SO WHAT! Wednesday
This week I'm saying SO WHAT if...
I didn't write a SWW {or any other post for that matter} last week.
Last week I was feeling overwhelmed. I am bad at time management. I've had so many people ask me how I fit in x,y, and z and the truth is, I don't know. I feel like I'm always being pulled in five directions and I have a hard time prioritizing. James still doesn't take great naps so when he does sleep it's usually in 20-30 minute increments and I have to chose what I need to do during that time. So I usually try to squeeze in some kind of exercise, eat with both hands, or shower, I have little time for much else. As much as I'd love to flop down on the couch and crank out a weeks worth of blog posts, I just do not have that kind of time right now. Not to mention I didn't really have anything to blog about anyway so it kind of worked out.
Last week I had emails stacked up in my inbox from a week prior. I had comments on this blog that I wanted to respond to but didn't have a chance. I just felt overwhelmed and rather than put out more content {that I couldn't respond to} I just decided to do the opposite. It was hard for me to turn the blog off for a week but I think I needed it.
As much as I love to respond to each and every comment I get from my posts {as long as there is a reply email address attached} I simply cannot do that anymore. If you've been reading for any length of time you have probably heard back from me if you've commented. I love having that interaction with my readers. I think that is what blogging is all about, building relationships, not just writing posts for people to read. I will still try to comment to as many as I can and if you ask a question I will of course give you an answer. But I'm also not going to beat myself up if I can't respond to every comment that comes in.
My sanity and my family are worth me shutting down part of my online self every once in a while, right? That's not to say that I'm going to not be posting as much or that this blog is going anywhere, it's not, but I'm going to be more selective about it. And, so what?!
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I didn't write a SWW {or any other post for that matter} last week.
Last week I was feeling overwhelmed. I am bad at time management. I've had so many people ask me how I fit in x,y, and z and the truth is, I don't know. I feel like I'm always being pulled in five directions and I have a hard time prioritizing. James still doesn't take great naps so when he does sleep it's usually in 20-30 minute increments and I have to chose what I need to do during that time. So I usually try to squeeze in some kind of exercise, eat with both hands, or shower, I have little time for much else. As much as I'd love to flop down on the couch and crank out a weeks worth of blog posts, I just do not have that kind of time right now. Not to mention I didn't really have anything to blog about anyway so it kind of worked out.
Last week I had emails stacked up in my inbox from a week prior. I had comments on this blog that I wanted to respond to but didn't have a chance. I just felt overwhelmed and rather than put out more content {that I couldn't respond to} I just decided to do the opposite. It was hard for me to turn the blog off for a week but I think I needed it.
As much as I love to respond to each and every comment I get from my posts {as long as there is a reply email address attached} I simply cannot do that anymore. If you've been reading for any length of time you have probably heard back from me if you've commented. I love having that interaction with my readers. I think that is what blogging is all about, building relationships, not just writing posts for people to read. I will still try to comment to as many as I can and if you ask a question I will of course give you an answer. But I'm also not going to beat myself up if I can't respond to every comment that comes in.
My sanity and my family are worth me shutting down part of my online self every once in a while, right? That's not to say that I'm going to not be posting as much or that this blog is going anywhere, it's not, but I'm going to be more selective about it. And, so what?!
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