How Christian Got His Groove Back
Posted on November 14, 2007
Filed Under Blogs, Personal
The hot summer months have passed and the cool nights seem to fill my living room, I sat on the chaise drinking a cup of hot chocolate to warm me up when I began to think about what I’ve accomplished this year. I’ve purchased my first home, got my citizenship, quit smoking and my career is hotter than ever. I couldn’t be more pleased with my recent accomplishments.
It was than, that I began thinking about Peogles and felt a moment of sadness when I realize that it’s been a while since I posted. I seem to have this bad habit that when I try to do so many things at the same time, it’s just a matter of time before one or the other will suffer and not receive the same amount of attention as it has in the past. In this case, my blog has suffered.
I began thinking about my broken promises to my readers, more importantly the ones that have supported me. I began thinking about the whole intention of the blog, and the purpose it was suppose to serve. What was I doing? I thought to myself. Have I given up on my idea? Has the spirit of entrepreneurship faded? Was I going to be the perfect examples why a high percentage of blogs fail? These were questions that began to spin through my head.
I thought about how and why I let this happened. We all know that bloggin is time consuing, especially if you are going for original content with relevance. I know I was swamped during the summer months with home renovations, and yes my career is far more important than my blog as it is my only source of income. But why did I stop? I’m sure that my readers would have understood even if I posted something cheesy like…
“I’m busy working on my floors, ripping the yucky blue carpet was worse than laying down laminate floors. BTW Home Depot customer service sucks…’
I was supposed to log my progress on home renovations. I was also supposed to blog about my journey to quit smoking. What ever did happen to that? It was than that I realize that I lost my groove. I was so busy and occupied that I’ve put blogging on hold, it was only supposed to be a few days, which than turned into weeks and followed by months. It was too long of putting it on hold that I lost my groove to post again.
So how did Christian get his groove back? I visited old friends and surf the blogspehre for inspiration.
First and foremost, Urban Thought – Seeing your blog flourished these last couple of months ignited a flame inside of me that I once thought was out. It’s also great to see that a tint of your personality is becoming more transparent within your post. Thanks for also convincing me that back tracking on old post isn’t hard as soon as you get into it again.
Ms. Q – A woman, consultant of Asian descent. Your world has always been an interesting one. I thank you for continuing to share who you are. Oh, and I am still in awe of your writing skills.
Ricardo – You continue to unload your views and log your journey on life. Thanks for the inspiration. Keep doing your thing. It works for you.
And to the new friends who have helped get my groove back. I thank you.
Brown Thoughts – You digitally motivate me to post on a daily basis, and not to mention you keep me up on the latest techy news.
Joanne, the laid.back buddhist – Your blog is one that is often rare in the Blogsphere, your style of journalizing is captivating and your entries of your life experiences is interesting.
And of course, how could I forget those that anonymously visit the site. I thank you for your continued support.
Until next time, be sure to come back. I promise this time that you won’t be disappointed, because Christian got his groove back 
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Thanks for the compliment of my writing skills! I really appreciate it especially as I’ve felt that my writing these days isn’t as “tight” as it used to be. Maybe because it’s been feeling “easy” since I’ve begun telling stories. It still takes me at least an hour for a post though and some…eeek, longer!
But I think I have some idea of what you mean when you feel that writing about installing laminate flooring would be cheesy. The interesting thing is that laminate flooring and Home Depot and customer service - they are all things we could probably relate to! I write about Airport Restrooms! Talk about cheese! hahaha! But if you’re not enjoying the writing, best not to write.
I know how Ricardo feels about not wanting to let things slide and it’s better to take a break if you do feel your writing is getting lazy or lifeless.
I’m glad you’re working your way back - when I learned (via the uh, grapevine) that you were busy with a home purchase and other life-changing events, I figured that you were just too busy to write.
I don’t write as much as I used to - I’ve been dealing with a lot of my own changes. Which is why I was respectful of your “quiet time.”
I agree with you about Urban Thought’s writing - he’s finding his own voice and coming into his own.
I look forward to “seeing” more of you!