So I’ve been at the new digs for a month now, officially. But I still haven’t finished sorting out the things I’ve brought over. I still don’t know how I managed to accumulate so much tat in the time that I’ve been living in London.
If you’ve moved houses, how long did it take you to sort out all the things that you packed into boxes and storage boxes? Is this normal? Or am I just procrastinating again?
I can quite shake the feeling that there are things I need that I haven’t actually thought of. But of course, if I don’t sort out my stuff, I won’t know what I have and don’t have and I won’t have a clear picture of what I do and don’t need.
That should give me enough motivation to sort things out, eh?
Sometimes I wonder if anyone is listening…if anyone actually reads my posts or if they’re just looking at the pictures. I’d like to think I have interesting things to say. But sometimes when people don’t write comments or react to your posts, it’s hard to gauge whether the content you put out is relevant.
I like writing as much as the next blogger and I like to think that they way I express my opinions can be entertaining. But when you are met with radio silence, visions of tumbleweeds rolling in the dust fill my mind. I’m constantly asking myself if I’m actually reaching someone.
One voice in my head says, “Yeah well, you don’t blog often enough for people to pay attention!” This is true. Everyone says that for your content to have traction, in this oversaturated social media environment, you have to post not just meaningful content, but you have to post regularly. Even though I know this, a small part of me thinks that somehow I’m reaching someone.
Thank you so much! You made my day! You know who you are.
I know that my chilli belly pork recipe is, by far and away, the most active of all my posts but I rarely hear from people who actually try the recipe. To be thanked for sharing a recipe that I actually tested several times before I posted it on my blog means the world. It’s actually galvanised me into action. It is the elixir vitae to my inertia! I am hoping this sustains my writing drive. I’m glad to know that my virtual “Yooohooo! Anyone out there?” was heard and someone, sight unseen, has replied “Yep! I hear you!”.
Please leave your comments! My “I’d love to hear from you!” pronouncements are genuine. I really would like to hear from the people who read my blog. Besides, if you’re someone I’d rather not hear from, you’d know it!
I know times are difficult but it helps to try to look at the bright side of life. If you’re down in the depths of despair, there’s nowhere else to go but up.
I saw this post on LinkedIn today and I wondered what Boris and his cohorts would say…
It frustrates me that I haven’t been able to devote any time at all to blogging of late. I seem to always be apologising to everyone and no one for not being able to write anything. But sometimes I wonder, are you listening out there…anyone?
I am sitting in my front room guiltily typing out words while I am off sick from work. I’ve had what seems to be a throat infection for a few days now. My throat still hurts like heck, even after a 3-day course of antibiotics. I have had tonsillitis since moving to the UK but not quite this bad. I’ve had to take one day off but that was mostly to make sure I rested. I took most of Thursday and all of Friday off sick and yet I still find myself without energy. I’m hoping to get another doctor’s appointment so that I can be checked to see if this isn’t anything more than a throat infection (I am listening to the doctors’ surgery hold music as I type!).
But to go back to my blogging issue, as with everything in my life, I think I need to just sit down and be devoted to it. I used to be. When I started blogging I used to be vigilant, I used to blog nearly everyday. And not too long ago, I managed to post one entry a day! The excuse that work is more involved does not fly because I used to blog even when I was terribly busy! I guess the difference is that, now, I can’t blog at work.
I really need to devote myself to this. I am going to embark in another blog revamp and I think that’s what’s the most daunting for me. I want to make sure my blog entries are more focused and that my blog is a bit more of what I want it to look like! I’m seriously considering getting my own domain and seriously committing myself to writing more and writing better blog entries!
What say you dear reader? I would love to hear your thoughts!
I am at my desk and am staring at that little clock on my computer screen’s system tray area and I’m thinking, “There are only 15 minutes left to my lunch break! Oh no!”
I am experiencing my afternoon dip early. My afternoon dip is me not really wanting to go back and do something work related. Quite possibly because it is a Friday today. There is certainly a lack of motivation in the air around me. I am exhausted mentally and physically. I feel very blecchy because I probably ate a dodgy tuna mayo sandwich yesterday from the sandwich van that comes around to the office. I’ve always said buying food off the sandwich van was a dangerous exercise, but then again, I never listen to myself. So now, I along with my stomach, am paying for it.
This is an especially special Friday because it is a bank holiday on Monday. This means I’ll have a 3-day weekend and it means I can most certainly find time to bake! I’m looking forward to being able to bake food for the gods during the longish break. I haven’t had them in quite a while!
What do you do when you get an energy dip at work? How do you cope? I’d love the tips because frankly, today, I am not in the mindset to get out of this Friday funk. I need a long holiday where I don’t do anything but not do anything!
Yellywelly 