WingColors

I've never gotten "tired of blogging" as I've never put myself on a schedule.

If I have something interesting to say, I do. If not, I don't.

How often do you find yourself blogging though and how long have you been at it?

I'm having a bit of a block at the moment, having just had flu and starting a new job. I keep trying to break back in but I'm never happy with the quality of the post so scrap it.

Not cool.

I don't really get "tired" of blogging but the fact that my blog revolves around politics makes it a bit difficult to come up with something that 'sparks the fire'.

Currently it's just petty name calling and fundraising data... so I'm COMPLETELY uninspired to write about something.

I've scrapped about 5 posts today before hitting submit because they came across as "boring" to me.

That's another problem, over time we begin to have new standards and I know sometimes we take into account what we think our audience expects of us. We should be able to just write and push it out there, but if it isn't good enough why did we think we should write it in the first place?

I posted daily or several times a day for almost a year and keeping that schedule was tough and to be blunt, not that rewarding. When I slowed down or took a few days off when our son was born I was floored by the nasty email that arrived. Evidently some people felt I was on their payroll.

I still try to keep it to one per day but sometimes I take the weekend off or let a post ride for several days if I feel that it's of greater importance to me.

Take a break after you get into 9rules. :) That's my advice.

-mattie

I don't know if it's because i'm tired of blogging... I think it's more because I can't be arsed to sit down and write something that's worth anything.

It doesn't help that my content is really spread across about four sites right now. The official blog, a lj devoted to my writing about my writing processes, a clip blog where I post tidbits and video that caught my eye and made me laugh, and a podcast I've been doing with Josh Awesome.

When I sit down to put something out, it's like "where is this going and why?" and sometimes, by the time I decide, I don't really want to put it out anymore.

Thank god for next week's vacation :)

That can definitely be a problem. Sometimes we want to branch out what we talk about so we create something new, but then we reach the point where all the new stuff mixes with the old stuff so where do we go? Blogging simply can be a pain in the ass at times.

Yeah I feel your pain Scrivs, and you've been blogging way longer than I have. But sometimes I just don't feel like writing, especially when sometimes I have to pull something out of no where to keep consistent.

It's easy on my personal blog because there's always stuff on my mind to talk about. But there doesn't always seem to be stuff that I feel like writing about on my design blog.

So then the decision is do you stop the design blog altogether?

I often take breaks but always come back :)

I think it's always good to take a break when there's something else in your life that's major and takes up a huge amount of time in your life. I took a break off blogging when I had to study for a 10-hr exam for which 300 hours of studying is recommended. Sometimes you have to put stuff aside to achieve actual life goals. On the other hand, my blogging was rejuvenated when I decided to run a marathon--so I made lots of posts about distance running. It was good new material.

Of course, I only have a personal blog.

I've always had the idea in my head that I shouldn't write a blog entry unless I had something interesting to say, not just that "I need to blog today". Nothing is more frustrating for a reader or RSS subscriber than for the author to write about boring or played-out topics just so they can make it look like they're writing often.

I had a tired of blogging phase recently. I wasn't really tired of blogging though, I just had nothing to write about. That's the thing with personal blogs - if you're a boring bastard, so is your blog.

My solution is just stop trying to force it and go out and do something. 9 times out of ten you come back with a story to tell.

Sound advice.

Seems I'm not the only one in the middle of a blog-break at the moment. I agree with what Mike, and pretty much everyone else actually, has said - if you're not inspired to write, don't write. Forced posts just aren't pretty.

For my own part, the break has been due to illness and a general disillusionment with the whole web/community/look-at-me, look-at-me! deal. I made a decision to take a step back before I got TOO jaded in my posts and starting being mean and nasty to people I like and respect.

Week one of the break comprised pretty much no internet usage - no blog, no notes posting or replies, no Flickr, no forums, and just the occasional email and Twitter to let people know I was still in the land of the living. Well, my adoring masses do worry so.

Week two of the break which has just commenced sees slightly more Flickr and Twitter activity (oh dear lord, change those names now, please!), restrained notes postage (as evidenced by this) and a general easing myself back into online life. I expect week three will see cautious IMing and maybe even some light blogging, but let's not get carried away here.

My point being, a break can be a good thing and a great chance to get perspective on issues. And in my case, give me time to restrain my natural biting sarcasm from getting me into trouble!

I get tired of it .but it is addicting.
I blog too much.

I have too much I want to talk about, no definitive focus and people emailing me with articles and things they think I want to blog about. This makes it kind of a pain in the neck. I wish I could stop.

Maybe I will when I graduate and enter the real world.

Maybe not.

I get tired of it often. Instead of having it where I post a lot and then there's no posts for a month, I've spaced myself out accordingly. I now blog at least once a month, which is more than enough time for me to feel "inspired" and to write something. I couldn't stand having a gap in the monthly archives dates anyway.

The reasons why I blog makes it hard for me to get tired of blogging simply because I take care of myself first. It's always the politics and community that destroys the fun when it comes to blogging and since I work at it myself, it's hard to have that kill the spirit.

What I usually do when I get involve in the the dark side of the blogging community is keep blogging but not about those things. Conscious avoidance of what makes us tired of blogging.

What the problem is really is thinking of things to blog about. Now that's different from being tired of blogging in the first place. Then again I always have something to say and I would never blog unless I have something to say, an occupational hazard that has its benefits. I couldn't have averaged one post a day for the past 4 years without it.

I think there are two very diff. issues at hand here:

I liken writing (including blogging) to working out. If you can trick yourself into having fun with it, you won't realize you're doing as much as you actually are (i.e. a nice full court basketball game vs. two hours of cardio with people huffing and grunting around you at the gym).

But you're in a unique situation...between 9rules, wisdump, businesslogs, etc. would it be safe to say blogging is your JOB? Which if you agree, I would respond: work isn't suppose to be fun/you're supposed to get tired of it. If it were [fun] they wouldn't call it work. :)

You seem to still be having fun/don't mind taking extended breaks over at your "non-work" sites (ScrivsTyme, OreoCEO) which furthers the point I'm trying to make.

Did that make any sense? Anyone? lol

I've been doing this for a year, and have taken breaks when I've needed to. I'd do it in a vacuum, because I love writing little essays. But I find I am really inspired by the people who come by and the conversations that go on in the comments section. Every post has a second, and sometimes a third wind in the comments. I didn't realize that until a few posts were left up for a few days and I realized that gave me time to respond to what people have to say, and do some blog visiting, while the next topic percolates under hte surface.

What I'm trying to say is that the thing I've learned in the last year is to allow for little intervals after each post -- that's when I get back into the place I need to be in to write another post and it also allows me the pleasure of interacting with people, which is turning out to be one of the delights of blogging I hadn't really anticipated.

I'll take the other side and say I actually think a schedule helps. Not that spewing whatever you have on-hand at the time is reasonable, but I've found that (if I let it) knowing I've got a "deadline" coming up can actually be a boon to getting the writing flowing rather than an impediment.

Honestly, my blog went in fits and starts until I set a goal for myself to try to write something unique once a week. It's been an important creative outlet for me during some tough times, but it wouldn't have happened without putting myself on a fairly strict schedule and keeping to it.