One of the important aspects of blogging is simply showing up. You need to blog daily, or more often, to give your audience a reason to keep coming back. With more than 350 posts in just over a year, I've been here almost every day, and I've enjoyed it. As I told students when I was teaching English many years ago, writing helps you to think. Organizing your thoughts and putting them down on paper (or the computer screen) forces you to think about your assertions and defend them. That process, day after day, has been an outlet and a learning process for me.
I'm happy to report that my 382 days of joblessness end Monday. I begin a new job, a new career, a new schedule, a new focus, a new commitment and new responsibilities. Although I have no intention of abandoning this blog, it will have to take a lower priority. I might not be posting early each morning. I might not be posting every day. If that weakens its impact and reduces its audience, it can't be helped.
I started this blog to help me keep in the practice of writing every day while I searched for a new job. Having found a job, I have less need for this blog. Several people have told me they read this blog regularly. I hope they will continue to do so — and to understand if my posts are less frequent. I've enjoyed blogging and plan to continue doing it as much as I can.
3 comments:
Congratulations dude! It has been a pleasure to follow you and your thoughts. You are a talented one, whether it be from education, practice or born w/it(or all 3)..thanks for sharing w/us. Best of the best w/ your new position. I still think you should allow your blog to flow w/ unedited responses and banter. But you da owner and what the owner wants the owner gets. take care.
What's your new job? How could you not provide us with those details!?! I'm so glad to hear that!
Congratulations! Prayers do get answered!!!
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