Comments on: July is here and so am I http://strivepr.com/2007/07/02/july-is-here-and-so-am-i/ experts in digital PR and social media Mon, 24 May 2010 12:09:54 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Pete Wilby http://strivepr.com/2007/07/02/july-is-here-and-so-am-i/comment-page-1/#comment-10432 Pete Wilby Sun, 08 Jul 2007 11:52:25 +0000 http://strivepr.com/wordpress/2007/07/02/july-is-here-and-so-am-i/#comment-10432 I often have a blogging holiday. I started with the best intentions - and I tend to be busier on the blog (!) during term time when I use it to set up resources for my students. But after a while it felt like a tail wagging the dog. Important daily face-to-face interactions with family and friends were 'getting in the way' of my blogging time. I soon realised that keeping traffic stats high was not my sole purpose of life, especially as the stats are no guarantee of *who* is reading and *how much* (if any) of *which item* is being read. So I've adopted a guilt-free, blog-when-it-suits-me policy. People who are interested will check by regularly anyway to see if anything new appears (as I did during your break from Strive Notes). Life is too short to be plugged into the machine. OK I'm a luddite. But life is good. I often have a blogging holiday. I started with the best intentions – and I tend to be busier on the blog (!) during term time when I use it to set up resources for my students. But after a while it felt like a tail wagging the dog. Important daily face-to-face interactions with family and friends were ‘getting in the way’ of my blogging time.

I soon realised that keeping traffic stats high was not my sole purpose of life, especially as the stats are no guarantee of *who* is reading and *how much* (if any) of *which item* is being read.

So I’ve adopted a guilt-free, blog-when-it-suits-me policy. People who are interested will check by regularly anyway to see if anything new appears (as I did during your break from Strive Notes). Life is too short to be plugged into the machine.

OK I’m a luddite. But life is good.

]]> By: Owen http://strivepr.com/2007/07/02/july-is-here-and-so-am-i/comment-page-1/#comment-10411 Owen Wed, 04 Jul 2007 11:05:44 +0000 http://strivepr.com/wordpress/2007/07/02/july-is-here-and-so-am-i/#comment-10411 It's always a shame how real-life impinges on blogging time isn't it! The trick is to make a slot in your day dedicated to catching up on your reading and writing. It's hard to stick to, but if you stick it in your calednar, it's easier to keep it up. It’s always a shame how real-life impinges on blogging time isn’t it! The trick is to make a slot in your day dedicated to catching up on your reading and writing. It’s hard to stick to, but if you stick it in your calednar, it’s easier to keep it up.

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