Another Battle with Blog Guilt
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Okay, seriously...I need to create a graphic that is a "Blog-Guilt-O-Meter" that measures my level of anxiety over not getting to my reader. If I had it on my site today, it would explode! When I opened my reader, this morning it was over 650! I know I have been traveling and very busy these days but that was just too much for me! My brain cannot take the overload! There is NO WAY I will be able to get through all of that in a weekend! ARGH! I HATE when I do this! Y'all know how I am...you know I love all of you. I know you are not worried about me and not sitting there thinking..."Where the HELL is Christie and WHY has she NOT left a comment on my blog in two weeks?" You aren't thinking that right? Okay, I know...I worry WAY too much about stuff that is SO not important. But since it appears I have made my life's work all about blogging...yeah, it kinda IS important...to me.
All of this bellyaching to say, I have become...a...(gulp)...BLOG STALKER!! (I hear the gasps of all 200+ blogs I follow) Oh the horror! I know! I know! It hurt me to say it! For those of you who don't know, a Blog Stalker is a person who skims reads blogs, but does not comment...at least not on every read post. And for a person who practically rolls around smothering herself in really likes comment love, this is a very tough pill to swallow. I am going against the fabric of my entire being! (Too dramatic? Okay, I'll stop.)
Fortunately, I have taken comfort in the fact that I am not alone. I have recently heard the confessions of busy bloggers turned blog stalkers. It is not that we do not want to comment on every single post of the blogs we love...it is just that we love so many and I keep adding to my list! My time to read blogs is on Saturday/Sunday mornings before my kids get up. So yes my lovelies...I am up before the sun adding to your stats. Ping! There's a hit for you...ping...and one for you...ping...
So I am here my friends...flying under the radar...dividing my love for you between hits to/time on your site and comments. All of which are VERY important! I am feeling better already...how about you?
PS> I am going to try really hard not to talk about this anymore, m'kay? M'kay. 
16 comments:
Hi, My name is Tara, and I too am a blog stalker. I am so glad that you, Christie, have decided to own up to your problem and join our 12 step program...We meet regularly via Skype in Sunday nights @ 8pm CST.
I know exactly what you mean! I end up blog stalking and read a lot of posts, but comment on just a few. There just isn't time for all of the blogs I love to read! Thanks for stopping by my blog this morning, SITSta :) I LOVE your header BTW!
Ooo, lemme run over and see if you've left a comment for me...........nope, don't see one.
Girl, no explanation needed. We always shout out on Twitter which is my main guilt for not responding on blogs let alone posting blogs as frequently. I've become Twitter Tell All.
I have been a bit of a stalker lately myself! We still think you are awesome!!! You can stalk me anytime :)
igoogle is my homepage where I have my feed reader load. 99.9% of the time, I don't even see my homepage. I'm ADD like that! It takes a lot for me to pay attention to feed readers. LOL, don't feel bad!
Some mornings my reader just says 1000+. Oh well. We do what we can!
Haha. I must admit, I think I am a bit of a Blog Stalker too. It happens so fast. Its like, one minute you are on top of it all and the next minute you are out of the loop... do you think there is a group/home/camp/torture chamber/blog for folks like us?? LOL.
No worries lady. We know you love us and we love you. There. Nuff said!
This is great! Stopping by from SITS!
I'm always 1000+ on my reader... it's ready to blow all the time!
We get it, it's called being a busy woman, busy mom, how do we all keep up with it...don't sweat it! Although I try to comment all the time, sometimes you just don't have the time or anything really interesting to add.. at least that's how I feel sometimes.
Love this post, Christie!
Aw... don't worry. We all get busy. Like you, I try to catch up on the weekends. Sometimes it's the only way I get to read anything at all! :)
I didn't know being a blog stalker was a bad thing.. Ok I'm leaving a comment now, am I in rehabilitation now?
So that's what it is called...blog stalking...hmmm. I mean I do read other blogs because they are funny, entertaining and uplifting. Sometimes I feel the best thing to say is...nothing. I don't always leave a comment because the blogger has said it all. I may consider this in the future.
I have become a blog stalker as well. I feel so bad, but I will do the best I can to get back into being able to comment on people's blog.
I Stephanie aka BizzieMommy am I blog stalker. I read/skim through so many blogs I just don't have time to comment on all of them. Plus I only get a few minutes of "me" time a day and a "FEW" is probably exaggerating. What's a girl to do hire an assistant to comment for me.
You seriously must be going through a 12 step program and are on number 8-Apologize to those you think you have done wrong to-LOL!
Girl we know you get busy!!
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