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Permalink Reply by A Cowboy's Wife (Lori) on February 3, 2009 at 8:16am

Not really. It just makes me work harder to get to where I want to be. I do get a little upset when I see newer bloggers expecting great opportunities when they haven't even paid their dues. Or people who, when they don't get something they want, throw a full blown tantrum and then end up getting it because of it....and yes, I'm referring to bloggers;)

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Permalink Reply by Mom Bloggers Club on February 3, 2009 at 8:21am

I feel you on this. New bloggers REALLY need to pay their dues before expecting anything. If they work hard and create an audience, then by all means, they should get many opportunities. But if they haven't, they really need to work harder. New bloggers would probably be floored by how hard we work. This is a full-time job!

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Permalink Reply by Kimberly on February 3, 2009 at 10:33am

Not really. When I do get the occasional "twinge" (i.e.when someone gets invited to something I'd really like to go to), I've trained myself to think "Good for them. They worked hard for it and I hope that they enjoy themselves." (That's what I do in life in general when others get/have something that I'd like for myself!)

Besides, blogging has been REALLY good to me and my family in the last year that I've focused on it.

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Permalink Reply by Mom Bloggers Club on February 3, 2009 at 10:56am

It's funny because when I was on a podcast a few weeks ago a mom wrote into the site and said she was jealous because I was a successful mom blogger. Of me? Jealousy is such a time-waster.

I love your philosophy about being happy for others. I believe that as well.

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Permalink Reply by Maternal Spark on February 3, 2009 at 11:30am

The only time I feel envious is when I get the feeling that their career is blogging related. That would be a dream. But for me, I have a full time job on top of being a mom and on top of my blog so...I really do as much as I can and that is what it is...I can't change the amount of time I can put into it.

And it's funny, you never know what perceptions other people will have of you. One person might think I'm a successful mom blogger and another might think I'm small potatoes. I have no control over that either. I just do my thing and be happy that I'm doing it.

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Permalink Reply by goodiesformom on February 4, 2009 at 10:31pm

I also wish I could do something like this full-time, since I love it so. Envious not really, inspired to work harder yes. I want to be like them, I want to be one of them ;)

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Permalink Reply by Catherine on February 3, 2009 at 2:35pm

I would be lying if I said no. With that said it doesn't happen often and it doesn't last long. I know that success takes work. The thing that irks me (doesn't really have to do with envy) is when a very generic poorly written and executed blog gets attention over the blogs with original, honest, well written, well thought out content.

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Permalink Reply by La Mom on February 3, 2009 at 4:33pm

Envious of their success, no. Envious of their engery/free time/robust time management - yes!

There are some bloggers whom I wonder, "How do they have time do all that?" Regarding some of the mom bloggers for example, how do they have hundreds of followers (this takes lots of networking/commenting time), follow a ton of blogs, twitter all day, visit social blog sites (MBC being one of them) etc etc ...and take care of kids? I'd love for them to share their secrets.

And by the way, they obviously worked hard to get where they are so they deserve success. I just need to know what vitamins they take so I can get 'me some :)

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Permalink Reply by Maria (ConversationswithMoms) on February 3, 2009 at 6:55pm

No not envious. It just makes me happy for them. I can only imagine the amount of work that they have put in to get them where they are. That just makes me impressed, not envious.

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Permalink Reply by Ali on February 3, 2009 at 7:36pm

Envy? Well, kind of, sort of, but not really:) Okay, a little bit:) Especially when that blogger has 900 followers and writes about...nothing. But when jealousy starts to rear it's ugly head I have to remind myself that I'm not into blogging for money or success, but to have it more as a journal.

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Permalink Reply by Rachel Boldman on February 4, 2009 at 10:01pm

Yup, I'm not ashamed!!

lol

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Permalink Reply by Dddiva on February 4, 2009 at 10:05pm

Envious? Not really, waste of time and energy. I do think to myself- wonderful, if this can happen for then then when I get to a certain point I can do awesome things too.

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