Comments on: Accountability: Showing Up To Blog

By: Friday Linky Love | Small Hands, Big Ideas

Friday Linky Love | Small Hands, Big Ideas — Fri, 05 Nov 2010 13:01:44 +0000

[...] running two blogs (both of which, I refuse to let fall to the wayside) so I care enough about accountability, I love to write, I love all of you and I enjoy it. Thoroughly. I’m conjuring up a post on [...]

By: Confessions of a lapsed blogger « A Work in Progress

Confessions of a lapsed blogger « A Work in Progress — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 14:22:15 +0000

[...] people manage to show up to their blogs despite the general busy-ness of life. I have not yet mastered that ability. But [...]

By: what blog? | That Loud Girl

what blog? | That Loud Girl — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 00:15:03 +0000

[...] read this post on holding yourself accountable, and I really took it to heart. And then I still didn’t post [...]

By: Starting again: the blog and the exploration

Starting again: the blog and the exploration — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 00:57:56 +0000

[...] reading Grace‘s entry on “Accountability: Showing Up To Blog“, I have been feeling guilty about my own lack of presence on this blog. Not going to deny [...]

By: Grace Boyle

Grace Boyle — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 01:50:16 +0000

@Carlos Good point about friends, albeit, a little different than blogging (as I mentioned) but still a similar feeling on the receiving end.

And you're right, if you're just producing crappy content just to POST and BLOG it doesn't make sense. My focus was also when you're ready to stop blogging, move on, leave it for a while, etc. that you let people know and don't just drop off. Thanks for sharing my friend

By: Carlos Miceli

Carlos Miceli — Sun, 11 Jul 2010 21:24:27 +0000

I've never liked those friends that show up and are not in the mood. They better stay at home and come out when they are going to be fun.

Accountability doesn't make sense if quality is lost in the process.

By: Grace Boyle

Grace Boyle — Sun, 11 Jul 2010 03:54:26 +0000

@Clearlycomposed Yes, we do become invested in what bloggers have to say, their lives and their personalities. We wouldn't be reading them or coming back post after post, sometimes for years, if that wasn't the case. I think it's extremely ingenuine to not even say why you're leaving or not announce it. I understand that saying good bye or moving on happens, but at least remember what you've done with the community and of course, thank THEM.

Interesting point about if something happens, to make a final post for you on your site. By the way, have you heard of this: https://www.mywebwill.com/?

By: clearlycomposed

clearlycomposed — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 07:16:36 +0000

I read this post and just found myself nodding and nodding. I know that bloggers don't “owe” me anything but after reading a blog for a year, learning about health issues, family dramas, all the details that make up a life and then suddenly they are gone, the loss is palpable. I worry and wonder and just wish they would have said good-bye. I have a friend who has my online info and if something happens to me she knows to make a final post for me on my sites.

By: Grace Boyle

Grace Boyle — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 22:58:28 +0000

@Elisa Yes, yes, yes. I thought of you when this post was written but think it's so interesting the accountability that I truly feel in a non-obligatory way of course.

Thanks for sharing and it has been great to see and hear that other bloggers often feel the same. Empathy, yes!

By: Elisa Doucette

Elisa Doucette — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 22:29:11 +0000

I'm with you, it's a weird mindset and phenomenon we set ourselves up for. There is no *real* consequence for not blogging regularly and for many it isn't like it's a job or that we even get paid!

Yet I still feel yucky when I don't hit what my mental posting schedule is. And I won't even start how I feel about the fact that I haven't done a #BlogCrush in…I don't know…FOREVER (it seems!)

I feel like I'm letting people down. If they are taking time from their day to visit my site and poke around and possibly (hopefully) subscribe and and AND then I need to offer them something in return. And it's VERY frustrating, cause sometimes I have nothing to offer. Sometimes I just can't put it into words. Sometimes I'm so consumed with what I want to say but won't/can't/shouldn't/don't that no other thoughts can enter into my mind and I am paralyzed by that blinking cursor.

In other words, I totally know where you are coming from.