How Christian Got His Groove Back
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 
8 Things
- I love chance meetings
- I had to learn what the three words mean
- I once put a dot on a twenty dollar bill
- Seafood
- I respect Tetris
- I think people should try Tim Horton’s maple pecan danish
- School is cool
- I love Winnipeg
Meme: Eight Things You Should Know About Me!
Well since I haven’t blogged for a while, I’d figure I would give this meme blog a try. Thanks to Urban Thought for tagging me. This is how it works.
- Each player must post these rules first.
- Each player starts with eight random facts/habits about themselves.
- People who are tagged need to write their own blog about their eight things and post these rules.
- At the end of your blog, you need to choose eight people to get tagged and list their names.
- Don’t forget to leave them a comment telling them they’re tagged, and to read your blog.
Here are the eight facts/habits about me.
- I don’t have a high school diploma or a G.E.D
- I am not Canadian born
- I like to dip my fries in mayo rather than ketchup
- I have a cat
- I accidentally ran over a cat when I was 16.
- I prefer winter over summer
- I like to sit in my office and work with the lights off
- I have to drink water with my meals
Ms. Q – Interesting persona and would like to get to know more
Ricardo – Cause, he seems to be living a cool life
Chris from Peogles – Cause he always writes things that make you go hmmm
Michael Sync – Would like to hear from a programmer
BlogPaul – Because I’d like to hear from an ignorant blogger
Whoever You Are
You must be thinking
Whoever you are
And wherever too
That we are closer than worlds apart
Whatever is between us
It is secret, like how the name of Wall is also a Street
And how fire could be a real wall
You must be thinking
I am only awake when you are asleep
And I only sleep when I can
But surely if someone like you could understand
My dream then my dream is just a dream
Just another one of those you relate to
And surely if I understand you
Like the way I usually do
Then our distance has to be measured
Before our letters can be treasured
You must be thinking
I am scared to lose you
You are correct in a correct kind of way
I am scared to lose you because of respect
Because ever since I could remember
You could love someone before meeting
You must be thinking
How it happened when I met the person
I didn’t even know it was happening
It was just an ordinary day
The greatness of such a way
The likeness twofold and young
The silliness so flavorful
It was so good, I could have ruined it
You must be thinking
Where was I in all of this
You were in my thoughts
I was thinking of you
It was like we were together
Not in a secret place or a secret time
Just somewhere for all we know
Just friends and strangers the same
In our place where love is the game
Untitled
Based on my experience when it comes to marketing, they say that to earn loyalty from your customers, you must also be loyal to them. This means providing the goods and services that they initially inquired about and maintaining the excellent customer relationship that you have established.
Unfortunately the same cannot be said about the Peogles blog. I know, I know. I have disappointed many readers in the last two weeks, with the lack of updates on the site. I apologize to those who have been loyal and promise that there will be no more dry weeks, however I can’t promise about days .
I can continue to explain myself as to why the post were not there, especially after my promise of Ad:Tech entries and multiple ideas to post about. However I figured I will leave that for another time and just get back to the usual.
I will resume entries where I last left off, so yes I will post a little something about the Ad:Tech in San Francisco. Hopefully those who are truly loyal readers of Peogles, will return and continue to support the site.
Blogging for Motivation
You may have notice the lack of entries from the Peogles Blog, or should I say the lack of quality entries during the last few weeks. Despite the success of the blog and progress I have made within the last three months, I’ve hit that road of losing motivation.
I’m not sure why I started to lose motivation? Although blogging is time consuming, my schedule is relatively the same from last month, if not a little lighter considering I took a semester off from school. So it couldn’t be time.
So why am I losing motivation?
Is it because I feel that I have reached a certain milestone in terms of hits and visits that I am content with, and therefore I may justify in my own mind why I don’t have to publish today?
Is it because my Google AdSense isn’t earning much? To be quiet honest this blog wasn’t design for monetary gains, so that can’t be it.
Is it the lack topics or ideas circulating in my head? That can’t be it, there are always thoughts and ideas going through my mind, but for some reason, I’m not as motivated to publish them as I would have been a month ago.
Urban Thought and I had a conversation that there should be a plug-in that will connect your brain to your blog, so you can just think and it will post. (Haha.. I’ll wait for the day that happens)
I’m sure that it happens to every blogger once or twice during their blogging career, but what can you do to keep yourself motivated? How do you continue to push forward and make progress? How does Ms. Q do it?