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Bloggy Slump

Posted on 01. Oct, 2009 by Trish in Trisha

Have you ever felt like you were in a bloggy slump?  I feel that way right now.  When I first got into blogging I loved to update every day.  I had tons of things to say.  I used to devour all my friends and families blogs, and then get mad when they didn’t update regularly.

That’s when I started blog hopping and entering contests.  It gave me something to do, and it was fun.  I think I’ve mentioned it before that we are a one car family.  Since my husband leaves so early in the morning for work, it’s not really an option for me to drive him to work to have the car.  We do that when we need to, but I really don’t like having to wake my daughter up to drive 30 minutes, to then drive back another 30 minutes just so I can run a couple of errands during the day.  So I’m at home pretty much all day, every day.

I needed an outlet, a way to connect with other adults.  Our house faces our little neighborhood park and I would watch out the window and as soon as I saw others over there I would hurry and pack my daughter up and away we’d go.  It didn’t really matter that she was only 4 months old and really could care less about the park.  I needed the adult interaction.  Then it started getting cold and people weren’t outside as much.  That’s when I decided to start this blog and really dive deep into the blogging world.

I loved the community I found, especially in the MomDot forums.  Everyone there was so helpful and I was able to learn what technorati was, or why alexa rankings were important to some companies.  I learned how to fine tune my blog design and really make my blog stand out from the hundreds out there.  It was like a virtual girls get together.  We could all chat, but didn’t have to worry if our kids started crying or needed our attention.  We didn’t have to interrupt someone, or hang up on them.  We’d just walk away and come right back to where we left on when we had time.

That community is what I really craved.  I had a passion for doing product reviews and giveaways here on my blog.  Now that passion has dwindled, and I really wanted to start doing more personal posts.  Now I’m not sure what my blogging passion is, or if I even have one right now.  My friend Cat over at 3 Kids and Us wrote an article about blogging passions that really made me think.  I don’t think I’m really passionate about anything right now.  Which is sad to me.  I think what I really want is that sense of community here on my blog.

I want to know who my readers are.  I want to read your blogs and get to know you.  I want to feel like I can call you my friends.  And I don’t have that right now.  I don’t really feel like I have people who read my blog and comment on a consistent basis.  But I want to change that.  I want to feel the wonderful sense of friendship here.  I want to get to know YOU!

So tell me about yourself.  Leave me a comment and tell me something…anything!  It could be a physical characteristic you have, or something about your family, or something odd that most people don’t know.  I really don’t care.  I just want to get to know you more personally.  If you have a blog, leave the link.  I want to stop by and visit.

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