On Blogging & Topics & Time.
In case you haven’t noticed, I’ve been struggling to find things to write about on Lemonade Life. My life is pretty boring. Right now, I’m living in a hotel, so there’s absolutely nothing to tell you about when it comes to decorating my home, cooking or any other fun “home ec” kinds of posts because it’s literally impossible to work on anything.
My health and fitness has pretty much gone down the drain. I haven’t worked out, and I’m not eating particularly healthy. I don’t really feel like talking about how bad my health is right now, because that’s not very interesting to read either. It would be the same “owe is me” post and until I figure out a way to change things, it’s going to be very repetative.
As far as diabetes goes, well, I write for a diabetes blog. I kinda don’t want to write about it on my personal blog anymore. That, and I don’t have much to say about it. My last A1c, which was on Monday, was 8.3%. Over a half a percent higher than last time. (Which is bad, for my non-diabetic crowd.) See aforementioned comment about my health and fitness going down the drain.
My work is a diabetes blog, so honestly if you want to find out what I’m working on, go read the blog! It’s also been taking up a lot of time. I don’t usually feel like devoting more hours in the evening to writing when that’s what I spent the first eight to nine hours of the day doing.
The only thing interesting going on is that I’m traveling quite a bit. On the weekends. That’s pretty much the only content I have to share, and that’s just one post a week.
So I think I’m going to slow down the blogging around here. Maybe permanently, maybe not. I thought I could fill up the blog with memes and whatnot, but I’m not sure how interesting those are to read for people. I mean, every once in awhile is good, or once or twice a week. But I usually get the fewest comments on meme posts, and so I’m not sure if that means that people aren’t reading them or people are bored by them or what.
I’ve also noticed I’m not as active on Twitter as I used to be. I guess I just don’t feel like I’m doing or saying anything interesting right now. Do you ever feel like that? Where you’re basically boring yourself, so why torture other people with the same hum-drum?
My goal with this blog has always been to share my life. It’s a life blog, pure and simple. And sometimes, you know, you don’t want to share your life. Sometimes there just isn’t as much to share. Life ebbs and flows. Sometimes there’s a whole lot of really cool stuff going on, like with planning a wedding and losing weight.
But I have also been thinking that I need to blog more about just general topics than necessarily things that are going on in my life, but also observations about things that other people are doing. Maybe write about why I’m not doing certain things. Or things that I’d like to do.
My blog has morphed and changed over the years and I certainly see no reason to keep it a static object. I am not a static object. So one would think this blog would change with me.
We’ll see.
Hi. Allison. I appreciate what you’ve said about not being static, and not having your blog be static either. That is so true! At the same time, I for one would really miss your blog. Yours was one of the first diabetes blogs I started reading, and what I loved about it was that it was NOT about diabetes alone. You blogged about your faith and your struggles and relationships and travel and just seemed to be a really cool person and a great writer.
Hey Allison: I’m in EXACTLY that same place. Totally been not as active in blogging or Twitter-world lately, and haven’t really made too many #dsma chats or shows recently. Although I’m not d-blogging anywhere else and doing that, my day job is journalism and writing and I’ve been less motivated lately to write MORE in my free time. Many other life circumstances and stresses have taken away the motivation and energy I had for that, before. Just don’t feel like sharing as much, and really don’t want to talk as much about my D in regular life at the moment… just want to live and deal with everything else at the moment. Not stopping on my end, but just trying to mix it up and spread out so it’s not updated as often. We’ll see what happens. Anyhow, glad you’re over at D-Mine and I enjoy reading your stuff there – and will continue watching for the more personal life stories as you’re able and willing to post here. Hey!!! That reminds me… .See you and Erik in KC in A WEEK!!!!!
I’m not a big commenter, but I’ve enjoyed reading how the Hurricane has affected you. I also would love to hear an update on your 101 – I’m doing that project because of you, and I’d love to see how your new list is going.
But still, I wouldn’t have you keep writing when you’re not enjoying it. Don’t worry about it!
I can totally relate to some of the sentiments you’re expressing here… sometimes I am just tapped out and just living my life is enough–I just don’t have the energy or desire to rewrite it all again just for a blog post.
That’s when I love to turn to things I’m thinking about instead… sometimes it’s just a random jumble of single thoughts, sometimes it’s a rant about something I’ve overheard at work or seen on the news. I hope you don’t step away from blogging completely though, just take some time and find your balance.
I can definitely understand where you’re coming from. I’ve been taking a step back from my own blog, too, and I had to re-evaluate what kind of blogger I wanted to be. WHAT did I want to write about? For me, my life isn’t all that interesting either, at least right now. I work. I exercise. And I watch a lot of TV. I can’t blog about work and I don’t care to become a healthy-living blogger but I know there are a lot of topics I do want to delve into, less about my life and more about myself as a person.
I do hope you keep blogging, even if it is on a limited basis. I really love the way you write and reading your blog. But do what you need to do. I know I’ll still be around.
I’ll be here waiting to read whatever you decide to post next. It’s okay to take a break and just enjoy the small moments of being newly married.
I’ll be honest, meme’s aren’t my favorite. I do like your movie/book reviews. What about adding restaurant reviews since you’re eatting out so much? Or maybe a post about the perks of living in a hotel.
I’d also be interested to hear if any of your views from older posts have changed.
If Erik is okay with it, I’d also love to hear about what you’ve learned about yourself since you’ve been married. I’m thinking along the lines of “Wow, I’m more selfish than I realized. Or I’m having a hard time finding community. Or I admire my husband because…”
well i can certainly understand where you’re coming from. i would like you to know that yours was one of the first blogs i read when i first found the DOC in April. i was immediately hooked! however, you must do what feels right for you. perhaps cutting back abit is what you need to do. writing all day at work, and trying to write in the evenings does seem….well i guess you could become disenchanted with it. just know that there are alot of people out there that you have helped sooooo much because of what you have already written. and know that if you need a break, we will all still be here when/if you choose to return.