One of my blogs and I have been in a disagreement. I have been too busy to update what was once my flagship blog and in return, the blog glares at me every time I drop by and visit. I see blogging as some form of a marriage. Blogging is more than writing, like what I’ve discussed, it’s a commitment. Think of your partner, lover, or whatever you want to call your other half. Just because you’re in love with them doesn’t mean you’d want to see them every single second of every single day of your entire life. You’ll need space, you get into fights, you get pissed off with each other — that’s life. It’s the same thing with blogging. You’ll want time off from your blogs. This, of course, might stem from a recent disappointment, perhaps due to low traffic or revenue. Or even because you’ve gotten tired of writing or have started losing interest due to one reason or another.

I was thinking of filing a divorce (in other words, totally pulling the plug out) and moving on. But in retrospect, I just remembered how much I loved the blog in question and how much I used to love and nurture it made me change my mind. So I tore the divorce papers and decided to work things out. I’m pretty much convinced I can make it work again. Here’s how I plan to make blogging sweeter the second time around.

1. Start from scratch and understand the purpose of my blog.

When you’re patching up a relationship, you need to assess and understand why you were together in the first place. Same as with blogging, you need to re-assess the purpose of your blog. Why do you blog? Why this particular topic? Do you still love and have passion for the topic? If you don’t know why you blog anymore or if you feel like you can’t write for that particular topic any longer, then you know it’s time to move on. If not, then you’re one step into reconciliation.

2. Take a quick look at all my past entries and see if I could still relate.

Just like in a relationship when you think of the past and decide if keeping the relationship is still worth it, I plan to take a quick look at my past entries and see if I can still relate to the feel of the blog. It’ll be no use if I can’t continue what I’ve started or if I don’t feel comfortable continuing the topic and hence, the blog, any longer.

3. Decide if I’m willing to forgive and forget.

There are times when no matter how hard you try, it seems your efforts just don’t pay off. If you can’t get over those times and you vacillate on whether to blog again or not, then it might not be a good idea to reconciliate with your blog. If it’s within your capacity to forgive and forget and then start anew, then you know that you’re on your way to working things out and hopefully, blogging will be sweeter this time around.

Blogs mushroom in hundreds every single day. It’s normal for someone to build a blog and then lose interest midway. Hopefully, not everyone will abandon their efforts and some would try to pick up where they left off and try all over again. As I said, blogging is like marriage, which requires dedication. Spend quality time with your “other-half” and be patient when patience is needed.

This entry was posted on Friday, January 11th, 2008 at 4:09 pm and is filed under blogging. Responses are currently closed, but you can trackback from your own site.

About the Author: