Wednesday, April 18, 2007
What do you give up for your blog?
Dan at The Wrong Advices recently posted about “How much time do you spend on your blog” and I have been thinking about it ever since. After all, time is something most of appear to have in short supply (oh dear what a cliche). I include time reading other blogs as well as that is part of the overall appeal for me.
I have come around to thinking about this question from another angle - what do I give up for the blog? This for me is a more relevant question considering my lifestyle and the stage I am up to in my life. The answer to the original question is probably too much, however, I think that as long as I am not prioritizing blogging over more important activities then I can justify the time spent doing it. This justification is of course to myself but more importantly to my family.
So what am I giving up? The main thing is watching TV. I love nothing better than to sit in front of the idiot box and not contemplate the problems of the world. The trouble is that this is a very non-productive activity. At least with blogging it forces me to think a little bit occasionally (perhaps not always evident from my posts). Unfortunately, I also on occasion blog instead of doing the work that I bring home that I actually get paid for so I will have to watch this so that it doesn’t become an issue. Finally, I am trying to get a sports related blog up and running and writing this post is keeping me from doing some design work on the templates so I am going to stop waffling.
What are you not doing?
