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Permalink Reply by Catherine on February 11, 2009 at 5:21pm

Lately I have started taking a day off if I want. I have a tendency to get pretty wrapped up in commenting and trying to keep up with everyone's blogs and then neglecting my own blog so some days I may take a day off from posting to my blog and others I may take a day off from commenting. I try not to take days off too often, maybe once or twice a week but doing this has really helped me feel on top of things and it has relieved a lot of the pressure I put on myself.

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Permalink Reply by kristen andrews on February 11, 2009 at 5:28pm

I have been doing the same thing, mostly on the weekend but I have to say it makes me feel like I am going to fall behind. It is crazy isn't it. I love Memes but those can bring in crazy comments and I can barely keep up.

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Permalink Reply by jinniver on February 12, 2009 at 1:27pm

I don't feel obligated to visit other blogs in order to grow mine. Sure, I understand some people see it as a good way to increase readership, but I've seen some of those comments: "Hey, this is a great blog/post!" I visit other blogs that I'm interested in and enjoy reading, and I leave a comment only if I feel I have something worthwhile to say. So that's a pressure I just avoid.

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Permalink Reply by Maternal Spark on April 6, 2009 at 10:45am

I feel the same way! There are some readers who are loyal commenters and I try my best to reciprocate because I genuinely feel a connection with them. But for the most part, I don't kill myself to comment back to everyone. Sometimes I have nothing to say. Sometimes I do. I do what I can with the amount of time at my disposal and try not to worry about it. If people like my blog they will read it

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Permalink Reply by kristen andrews on April 5, 2009 at 11:48pm

I think the ones that get a lot of comments leave a lot of comments so some feel obligated to comment back.

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Permalink Reply by Michele Pfm on April 17, 2009 at 6:46pm

I approach blogging as being work time, creative time, and me time. Maintaining my blog is both an exercise in creativity and also a lot of work. Reading other blogs is the same to me as reading a book or enjoying a movie. Since my goal is to write every day I spend an hour writing and half an hour reading; if something comes up (i.e. sick kid or I need to spend more time on work for one of my clients), I don't blog that day and don't feel bad about it. I figure we're all moms and, if anyone is going to understand not getting to the computer that day, it's going to be other moms, right?

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