April 29, 2005

Fatigue

Rick at Stones Cry Out writes about "blog fatigue" and how he solved his:

I'll admit that the current SCO format is largely the result of blog fatigue. I appreciate many things about the new SCO and my partners, but most of all, I appreciate the fact that blogging is more enjoyable without all the pressure to perform daily. We're all very busy guys, and although there is still a bit of pressure to keep insightful content on the page for our readers, for me, the pressure is nothing in comparison to what it was a few months ago. I can focus on family, work, and school, and still blog. That's fantastic!

Rather than asking yourself if blogging is something you really want to be doing, perhaps ask yourself if blogging the way you are currently blogging is really something you want to be doing. I like the group blog model and although it's not for everyone, perhaps it is a happy medium between stressing out and giving up. It worked for me.

Like any weblogger frustration has hit me. It used to really hit me a few years ago when new weblogs were popping onto the scene and immediately getting oodles of visitors. Instant success came to them while struggled. It hurt more knowing I was into this weblogging thing long before some hot writers ever heard of the medium. Increased attention to TAM pushed that frustration away. I think TAM is almost at a point of critical mass. (So go tell your friends to read TAM and put it on your blogrolls just to make sure.) Being on the cusp invigorates me and give me no reason to stop now.

The whole purpose of TAM is to force me to make me write daily. I have succeeded. Since I like to write it makes sense to allow myself to be read. In an ideal world someone would pay me to write articles, books, weblog posts, etc. Until then, TAM is the center of my writing enterprise. No fatigue seen on the horizon.

"Blog Fatigue"