I have missed blogging. Although taking an unexpected break was very freeing. My life was just too busy and blogging was adding unneeded stress. Then, I reminded myself-this is not a job! You are not required to post! So, I didn't. I've still been reading blogs and commenting and I try to get on my social media a little bit. I have plenty of ideas of things I want to post about. However, I want to improve my blog by blogging quality over quantity; and lately I haven't had the time or energy for that.
I am also currently in the process of unfollowing a lot of blogs. No offense if you're one of them. I followed too many blogs in the beginning for giveaways or because it appeared that they wrote about things I would be interested in. I unfollowed blogs that are not longer active or that don't write about things I'm interested in reading. I also unfollowed blogs that I don't feel a connection to the writer. It doesn't mean that I think their blog is "bad." It's just that there's no point in me following a blog that I don't actually read. It's also helping me get to the point I want to be at with my blogging. I want to get back to blogging for enjoyment. So, that means following blogs I enjoy reading not blogs I feel obligated to follow.
In the next few months, I also want to clean out my Twitter, Bloglovin', and Pinterest accounts.
I don't like clutter and disorganization in my home or personal life, so it makes perfect sense that I wouldn't want it in my online life either.
How do you determine if a blog is one you want to follow?
3 comments:
I don't follow a lot of blogs because to me it is therapeutic to read blogs. I may not post a comment on them all, but I read very close to all the posts of bloggers I follow and therefore, it would be impossible to follow tons of people! I always see high quality posts out of you so try not to let it stress you out, enjoy it, and keep up the great posts! :-)
I think it's a very good idea to not follow if you're not reading a blog--after all, while some people seem to think it matters, "Follows" do not matter when no one is actually reading! And now that I think about it, maybe having too many friends on facebook does make it overwhelming. I have 155 right now, I've always been rather selective about who I actually want to connect with on Facebook...and it probably about time I go through and take a serious look at my "friends" page.
As you can tell me and you are on the same wavelength. I needed a blogging break. And I am still reminding myself to step away.
As for following blogs, what I did was if that person's first three or four post wasn't something I wanted to read then they probably don't have much that I do want to read. Also to help read my favorites, I got them sent to my email since I check that at least once a day. And if I don't check it, it's there waiting.
As for social media, I have no clue. I don't use anything but pinterest and instagram so I follow who I want there and the rest I don't care. At least it keeps me from going crazy and trying to clean out every so often.
Good luck and enjoy life!
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