Blogging - Boon or a Bane ?

posted by Woodooz on Saturday, June 04, 2005 11 comments
I love writing. But now, am under a self-imposed compulsion to write daily.

I like to be creative. But now, am awake at 1.30 am, trying to get not out of insomnia, but writer’s block.

I am aware of the happenings around me. But now, am consciously trying to see which ones I can convert to a blog post.

I used to write for myself. But now, am constantly refreshing the page for comments.

I read and respond to all the comments. But now, I find that eating into my working hours.

I like bloghopping just as much as channel browsing. But now, am invariably glued onto my monitor.

I was new to the world of blogging. But now, am just as addicted as a chain smoker.

Is blogging a boon or a bane? Did you have the same problems too when you started off?
Woodooz

11 comments:

  1. Gowri5:44 AM, June 04, 2005

    Hey Somu, that was a funny post. :)I've been through that, still do all of it. But I'm not complaining, bcoz unlike you I'm jobless and without blog hopping and blogging I would be bored to death by now!
    So, many thanks to blogs and my hubby who introduced them to me, that I'm still alive and kicking!

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  2. ada-paavi!!!!5:52 AM, June 04, 2005

    i cant disagree, there seems this compulsion to write. but anything that becomes a compulsion becomes a bane rather than a boon

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  3. Krish10:49 AM, June 04, 2005

    Welcome to the world of Blog addiction... I think i have overcome it a bit.

    Nice post...happy blogging :))

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  4. Krish11:15 AM, June 04, 2005

    BTW, 5 months back : I would have felt bad ( very very bad ) if i have not commented on your previous posts ;)

    At those times I force myself to commen on each and every post of the bloggers who used to visist my page. It eats up your time boy.

    Think it's just a starting problem. So no worries.

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  5. @$#!$#2:11 PM, June 04, 2005

    me?? i'm very much addicted to bloggin...

    though recently haven't posted much...its work thats gettin to my nerves..

    though still find time to post comments...like this one ;)

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  6. Kaps10:14 PM, June 04, 2005

    I am going thru the same phase now. Planning to cut down on blogging a bit. It is taking up lot of time.

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  7. Woodooz11:03 AM, June 05, 2005

    Gowri, thanks. As a matter of fact, at this point in time I am not complaining either. Coz I have not seen myself getting into trouble. Just not sure of the future course :o)


    Srivatsan, true. Atleast for one day I had no compulsion. I was away from home all day yesterday that I had no oppurtunity to get close to a comp :o)


    Thanks Krish. Now thats encouraging to know that overcoming it is sure a possibility. Well atleast for now I dont see a compulsion to comment on everything that I read. If its something I do not relate to or have nothing to say, I just enjoy the post and come back later :o)


    Falcon, I do enjoy it :o) But considering I just cannot spend more time on this without having to focus on other things... hmmm that's what made me wonder.

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  8. Woodooz11:10 AM, June 05, 2005

    Ashish, Nice to know someone's there in the same boat. And you still are awaiting your raise and that anxiety probably is killing u ;o) Thanks for the time you spend here penning down your comments. I sincerely appreciate every word that is written.

    Aahaa... Smyta teacher vera yedhaavathu gyan irrukka yenankku ? You mean too much of honey can get cloying ? Lol ! Right, and am trying to take this whole thing as it comes :o) Neega sooper... sometimes it just ain't easy for me to let myself loose ... hmmm !

    Hi Kaps, thanks for dropping by :o) Now, you haveany strategy that you have worked to cut it down ? I would love to hear a few from you. We probably can put in a concerted effort.

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  9. Art12:00 PM, June 06, 2005

    I felt one day that, i am writing coz i want others to read or coz i want to write out my feelings. But now i think its my blog, I will write anything i want, whatever time i want to, and howmany ever times. If people appreciate it, well and good, if they criticize, take up the good and valid points and move on. We dont have to change just coz people want u to. But yes suggestions are always welcome. :)

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  10. Chez3:15 PM, June 06, 2005

    You are just experiencing the inital hiccups.. later you'll find its far more higher than being said simply as addicted... :-) yet, its fun, aint it??

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  11. Woodooz3:20 PM, June 06, 2005

    Anand, tell me about it...it definitely is lotsa fun... When reading is so much fun by itself, being read is a different story altogether..

    and am already kinda getting over the hiccups.

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