Bye Bye, Daily.
Some of you may have noticed that I didn’t update yesterday. Yeah, about that. Since I missed that day of updating when I was sick, I began looking back at all of my daily posts. A lot of them are rubbish, to be honest. Some of them are just filler, so that I can say ‘I’ve posted’ and others are memes, and overall I’m not happy with the record that I’m leaving.
I began this blog to write about my life, about things that were happening and how I felt about them. Since I started trying to blog once everyday for a whole year, I’ve lost sight of that. More and more often, I find myself turning to the memes, or rushing to get something - anything - posted before midnight. I stopped taking note of things and writing about my day; it became about the competition.
A little competition never hurt anyone, but from now on, I’m not actively trying to post everyday. I may not be attempting to win literary awards with my small corner of the internet, but I would like to post meaningful observations, thoughts and events from my day to day life. The competition is over, and I think I’ve taken what I can from it; the habit of writing everyday.
The ‘Daily’ category is gone! Forever!
May 28th, 2008 at 11:27 pm
But how long is forever?
Don’t be hasty with good intentions, or any intentions for that matter, they have a way of coming back for a good laugh, or other things.
May 29th, 2008 at 1:28 am
It’s a shame that you won’t be updating daily.
However, your realisation sparks a hidden truth, in doing something because it has to be done there and then, you lose track of your purpose.
Here’s to a new era! =)
May 29th, 2008 at 1:07 pm
@Worlock
Don’t sound so gloomy! I’m hoping that the posts may actually improve in quality if I’m not so stressed about getting them up before midnight. Deadlines are handy, but sometimes they do more harm than good.
@Gentil
Well, hopefully I still will be updating daily, most of the time. Just not all the time. I won’t not bother writing a post because it’s past midnight, or rush to finish one because it’s 11:30pm. I’ll just write.
Thanks for commenting, guys! =)
May 30th, 2008 at 3:30 am
Sorry, doom and gloom are required by the operating system to function.