Comments on: Question: Do you feel obligated to blog regularly?

By: Best Man

Best Man — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 05:58:07 +0000

Yeah I do feel that way and I think it is mostly because there are times when you lose your casual readers if you don’t post regularly.

So I try to do it regularly. I think after a month or two it becomes a habit anyway…

So yes, I think it is important to post regularly.

By: Bes

Bes — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 03:48:26 +0000

Carolyn, thanks for explaining. I like that idea: “Humans donâ€™t do anything unless that thing has some perceived reward.” If someone realizes that while blogging, they will have a better time blogging since they will know the reason they spend time on their sites. Thanks for reminding me of that idea Carolyn.

Also, yes, one does not need to be a starving student if one can avoid it, depending on what they want to achieve.

Casablanca Travel, thanks! I am glad you like this question. Thanks also for sharing that you “do not feel obligated to blog regularly.” So basically, you blog whenever you feel like it, not revolving around any time schedule, and instead you rely on the thoughts that flow in your mind.

Do you think if a person has a lot of thoughts, it can be better to have a regular schedule to post those thoughts on a regular basis?

By: Casablanca Travel

Casablanca Travel — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 06:05:29 +0000

This is a good question. As for me, I do not feel obligated to blog regularly because I make my entries whenever I feel like doing it. I do not depend on other things.

By: Carolyn Manning

Carolyn Manning — Sun, 24 Jun 2007 22:23:54 +0000

Well, yes. Blogging isn’t an end in itself. Humans don’t do anything unless that thing has some perceived reward. In my case, developing my art is a major part of that reward. That’s not to say I have any romanticized notion of being a starving artist, though

By: Bes

Bes — Sun, 24 Jun 2007 22:04:25 +0000

Carolyn, thanks for the comment. That’s a nice way to put it: “honoring a talent.” So, if I am understanding correctly, in your view a blogger blogs because he/she wants to, due to various reasons including practicing come skills, because without that, one cannot be a blogger.

SP, I see, thanks.

Lynn, thanks for the comment too. What do you think about blogs that may be combining the two? Trying to make a sale and also about something that a blogger is actually doing, like a “personal weight loss experience“?

By: Lynn

Lynn — Sun, 24 Jun 2007 20:22:34 +0000

I have found that it depends on what the subject is which will determine how often to post. For example if I had a blog about my personal weight loss experience, I think one post a week would be enough. On the other hand if you were using your blog to help make sales then you would want to post at least daily.

By: Simply Precious

Simply Precious — Sun, 24 Jun 2007 16:02:45 +0000

LOL, what I meant about you knowing I was going to say that, I’m sure you probably had a feeling I was going to say “read my blog because I’m not going to tell you”. =P

And yes, you are correct about the diary/journal thing.

By: Carolyn Manning

Carolyn Manning — Sun, 24 Jun 2007 15:36:56 +0000

Yes, Bes, I do feel obligated to blog regularly, as in every day. That obligation is to myself. But I don’t mean as in a ‘chore’, I mean as in honoring the talent. How can I consider myself a writer without writing?

By: Bes

Bes — Sun, 24 Jun 2007 13:32:06 +0000

SP, thanks for answering. Hmmm, no, I didn’t know you were going to say that heh, and I’m confused. Could you explain a bit more again please? Sorry =P

I see, so you have an electronic/online or maybe a computer-based offline diary not open for public, and it chronicles different things than your blog journal. Thus, you don’t feel obligated to post regularly since your main focus is to write down in either the diary or the journal things happening in your life. Am I correct?

By: Simply Precious

Simply Precious — Sun, 24 Jun 2007 05:45:00 +0000

Yes, I did mean something like being sick could be a reason of not blogging.

LOL, and as for the “sometime in the near future”, you’ll see… LOL, you knew I was going to say that, weren’t you?! =P

And as for your question about my journal/diary. My current blog is my journal, and my diary is… My diary… LOL. It’s not for the public to view. =P

By: Bes

Bes — Sun, 24 Jun 2007 05:34:27 +0000

Vivien-inspirationbit, thanks for the comment. So if I am not mistake, for you, blogging is not an obligation, but you feel positive when blogging regularly. When you say you “sometimes feel bad“, is there something specific you feel bad about [like stats or the readers waiting for the content or something else], or for your blog and yourself for not blogging?

Thanks for sharing.

SP, thanks for the comment too. Well, as for the reasons, do you mean even a small reason, or the reason can be big? For example, a person feeling obligated to blog may be sick and because of that reason, may not blog.

Also, you said “sometime in the near future“; could you explain a bit more please? Is your current blog also the journal/diary you are referring to?

By: Simply Precious

Simply Precious — Sun, 24 Jun 2007 01:24:31 +0000

LOL, like what the first commentor said, “obligated” is too strong of a word for me. If I can’t blog for some reason or another, then I won’t. LOL, that’s going to come up sometime in the near future… But I do, on the otherhand, keep a journal/diary that I’d like to blog in it everyday, if there’s stuff that’s out of the ordinary that happened… LOL…

By: inspirationbit

inspirationbit — Sun, 24 Jun 2007 00:24:09 +0000

“Obligated” sounds too strong for me. I don’t really feel obligated to blog regularly, but I do feel better when I do post on a regular basis, and I do sometimes feel bad when I don’t post for several days.