30 days to Halloween! What are you going to be this year?
85 days to Christmas! 60 days until we put up the Christmas tree, signaling Woody and Elfis to return from the North Pole.
I’ve been going through my list of blogs I subscribe to. I’m finding many that haven’t posts for 6 months or more. I know blogging isn’t something everyone keeps doing. People fall off the blogging bandwagon all the time. Perhaps they didn’t like writing after all. Perhaps it was because they didn’t go “viral”. Perhaps they were abducted by aliens. How long do you allow someone to not blog before you kick them off your subscriber list because you figure they’re done or alien abducted? I’d like to clean up my list by removing those who are done. Do you do that? It sure would make looking for great posts to share much easier.
The Salty Mamas
A stress free, picture perfect picture day for your kids… Or not…
Snoozing on the Sofa
Saving the family from invasion…
Motherhood Made Me Do It
Small talk or get naked? Both?
Lisa Pomerantzster
Solving the world’s problems around the supper table…
Riddle from the Middle
The next Driver’s Ed course…
All In A Dad’s Work
4 question my kids asked me…
You should see what I’m sharing on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook, too!
All In A Dad's Work 
Thanks for the shout out!
Also, that’s a great quote!
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You’re very welcome! Your post about public change room small talk had me laughing. I liked that quote, too. It’s not about how many followers you can get, but about the ones you already have.
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I was just thinking about how few of the blogs I started following a year ago are still actively posting. I think that blogging takes so much time and effort that it’s very hard to keep at it unless you’re disciplined, have a constant stream of ideas (or some kind of crazy schtick like asking your kids and parents questions – can you imagine?!?! 🙂 ), and can carve out a regular amount of time for it.
It’s kind of like people sticking with working out at the gym…!
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Excellent comparison to the gym. We’re not gym rats, we’re blogging rats! It does take time and effort and a desire to get ideas to the world. Many people start not realizing the discipline it takes.
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Sometimes I think about how it’d be nice if I had the same discipline for exercising that I have for blogging. When I’m blogging consistently, anyway. I guess making the Sunday Share is the blogging version of having a thigh gap 😀
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I know for me personally I try to keep at it. But occasionally I fall behind.
Not six months behind but still. (And yes 6mo is definitely grounds for unfollowing… or maybe I’m just heartless and don’t like wasting time searching through blogs with no activity?)
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Exactly! 6 months is a looooong break. I’m thinking I’ll make that my cut off. If they haven’t blogged for a half a year, I’m unsubscribing from them. If they decide to come back and write again I’ll resubscribe. It’s tough to keep at it for so long. Especially when it’s just a hobby (no $$)!
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I try to post every day 😂
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Excellent. I used to do every day. I’m down to 4-5 times per week now 🙂
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The Salty Mamas never disappoint, and that one was gold!
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Right you are Becca! I was reading her story about her stressing over making her son’s first school picture perfect and I was laughing. The she shared the photo and I nearly busted a gut laughing. Priceless.
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Thanks for sharing! Some of my favorite blogs have faded away over the years. I’m trying not to do the same myself, but there are definitely bumps in the road at times.
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You’re very welcome for the share. Sometimes we make those bumps in the road out to be mountains, though… We just do what we can and get by doing this adulting thing the best we can.
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Thanks for the shout out! Boy, welcometothenursery hit the nail on the head…I’m nowhere CLOSE to being a gym rat but I’m for sure a blogging rat by now.
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Blogging rat, gym rat, mall rat, rink rat… we’re all some kind rat in life. It’s because rats are smart and hard to kill 🙂
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Good question, Eric. After the year I had, I know there can be extenuating circumstances. I guess I don’t worry too much about it until the 1 year mark. Often bloggers will say when they are taking a hiatus, but sometimes events prevent that. It’s a judgment call. Wasn’t I helpful? LOL
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Exactly, sometimes you just don’t have the time or ambition for foresight to say hey, I’m gonna be gone for x days/weeks/months but I’ll be back. I know some who I read regularly (ie you) up and disappear for a bit but I never give up on you because I know you’ll be back whenever you’re done going through whatever it is you’re going through. Others I’m not so sure about. I figure if they’re gone for 6 months I’ll unsubscibe and should they return I’ll hopefully rediscover them 🙂
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Aw. Thanks for that. This is true. I always turn up… like a bad penny. LOL
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