Meryl's Notes Blog

It doesn’t surprise me to hear about blog fatigue or burn out as Green Tea Ice Cream reports and admits to blogging fatigue. Having blogged for over seven years (not as regularly in the beginning), I go through abouts of burn out or falling into a rut. I almost always have a list of things to blog about, but the problem is I am not in the right frame of mind to do the topic justice (as Green Tea puts it).

Even ran into this issue yesterday. I started blogging about application features and complexity, but soon found the entry going too many places. I stopped myself and asked, “What point do I want to make with this?” Too many answers came up, so I shelved the entry.

When I’m in the right mood, I try to blog a couple of extra entries — but that’s rare since I need to focus on my clients’ projects and not blogging. Hugh MacLeod lets his art do the talking on why we blog less. I probably go back and forth on Stages 2 and 3 of the 5 Stages of Blogging. I can’t quit blogging — here’s why.