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How well I remember my first innocent desire to offer up my humble words to the world on my own personal blog and maybe to send a little traffic to my Triond Account. How I cherished the title of blogger. How I wore proudly the label of, dare I say it?…Writer. How I longed to communicate my deepest thoughts and emotions without fear or shame. My heart was full of an overwhelming joy.
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And I cannot possibly express to you, Dear Gentle Reader, the ecstasy that day after day carried me back to the keyboard after being blessed with those first hits and comments on the content of my blog.
My mind grew feverish to produce more and more content, more and more articles to satisfy the hunger in me for more traffic and for more comments to soothe the now uncontrollable lust of my ego. My unholy want turned into a need so demanding, so unforgiving that day after day, night after night I slaved at my blog sometimes putting up 20 postings in a single sitting. I did not eat. I did not sleep. Nothing mattered but the ever rising statistics on the glowing computer screen.
The number of daily visits to my blog kept going up: 100…200..300…My Triond earnings began to grow FAT! I became a shadow of myself. Nothing mattered but writing day and night, night and day…400…500…600…700
Up…up…up…800…900…1,000…2,000…3,000!!!
Then I got carpal tunnel in both wrists and I was cured.
September 8th, 2009 at 5:22 am
I can relate FULLY!!! LOL so strange becoming Obsessed with blogging and gaining traffic for your posts…. Wierd isn’t it?
September 8th, 2009 at 5:45 am
Haha… silly you! you should learn how to type with your toes x
September 8th, 2009 at 9:15 am
Funny, and i like it.
September 8th, 2009 at 9:29 am
I guess I don’t blog much.
September 8th, 2009 at 9:51 am
I thought it was carpet tunnel. I had it in my foot.
September 8th, 2009 at 9:54 am
Good one. Too much obsession towards anything can undermine the disasters waiting for us.
September 8th, 2009 at 10:14 am
To Funny. It’s always nice to start the day out with a good chuckle.
D I have just learned myself the undeniable addiction to blogging.
September 8th, 2009 at 10:19 am
Hi, Rita: Well, it was happening to me and I actually did get carpal tunnel in the right wrist. That was over a month ago and I haven’t fully recovered from it yet.
September 8th, 2009 at 10:32 am
lillyrose, you would have thought I was mad if you could have seen the tears of laughter running down my face as I composed, dare I say it?…This micro-masterpiece.
All those years of reading Edgar Allen Poe did not go to waste.
September 8th, 2009 at 10:37 am
Buma, I had great fun with this one. I can’t remeber the last time I laughed so hard. I hope others find it funny, too.
September 8th, 2009 at 10:39 am
Very cute!
September 8th, 2009 at 10:45 am
Ken, you’re better off not blogging. Triond can keep all of us busy. I keep blogging because after a year and 18,000 hits and 1,000 postings I have too much invested in my blog to stop. My blog sends a small but constant daily flow of visitors to my Triond Account.
September 8th, 2009 at 10:54 am
agriculi, I hope everything is better now. Beware, it could return without warning. You must not let down your guard! For the evil lives on.
September 8th, 2009 at 11:06 am
Gijo, as you say anthing taken to an extreme can be harmful. So, this article is really about more than just blogging. I hope you got a laugh out of the article.
September 8th, 2009 at 11:16 am
Hi, Tammy: Blogging can certainly be addictive. I’m not so bad now but I stll put in a lot of time at the computer even if I’m not blogging. What can you do when you’re an online content writer?
September 8th, 2009 at 11:25 am
Tichimes, this one was fun to write. It didn’t start out funny in my mind but the more I thought about it the funnier it got. At least it seemed funny to me. I kept thinking of Edgar Allen Poe.
September 8th, 2009 at 11:54 am
I can see your point – we can become obsessed – maybe waiting for that mirage of a breakthrough!!
September 8th, 2009 at 12:03 pm
Another nice account from you but writing is addictive. It is my sickness and my health as I’m sure it is of everyone else. If something is constructive, I don’t see why not we must do it until we break!
September 8th, 2009 at 1:06 pm
Lol I liked it and your right, bogging can be addictive.
September 8th, 2009 at 1:14 pm
I hope you get well soon, so many words waiting to be written!
September 8th, 2009 at 1:55 pm
revivor, the only thing I’m wating for right now is for the swelling in my right wrist to go down. I hope I don’t have to go to the VA Hospital; which reminds me. I have to fill out and send in my annual evaluation form.
September 8th, 2009 at 1:59 pm
LOL!!-
Although I cannot share the pain of carpal tunnel with you, my neck hurts and my eyes are going bad from the continuous glow of the computer screen while trying to type while in bed, head propped up by a pillow.
September 8th, 2009 at 2:04 pm
Atikin, you are forever the optimist; which is a good thing. One thing for sure is you don’t get good at something unless you do it a lot.
September 8th, 2009 at 2:11 pm
hollz, it appears that writers and bloggers just love words and communicating and the Internet is like a drug. I have to keep a close eye on myself.
September 8th, 2009 at 2:19 pm
Marie, it’s been a month. I’ve been typing using one finger of the left hand. I hope I don’t end up going to the hospital. I haven’t shaved in over a month. I look like a mountain man.
September 8th, 2009 at 2:31 pm
Julia, believe me. I feel your pain. The soreness in my right wrist is mostly gone but I still have no power in the hand. I really don’t want to go to the hospital. What are they going to advise. Rest? An operation?
September 8th, 2009 at 3:38 pm
Guy,
It can get worse. I have been blogging for 5.5 years now. It is a real….
September 8th, 2009 at 5:01 pm
It sure is addictive. Sometimes, I get up in the middle of the night to see if my article has got published. The greatest pleasure is when even before I get to see my article, it has managed to get decent hits, comments and ‘liked it’ clicks. No other website has got the dashboard as good as Triond. We know when our friends have published, we can get immediate responses for our messages. It feels so connected… so like a family.
September 8th, 2009 at 5:06 pm
Joshua, I can only imagine; but since I now know my limit hopefully I’ll be able to stay within my limit. Carpal tunnel is no joke. I really only got it in the right hand; but never let the facts get in the way of a good story.
September 8th, 2009 at 5:38 pm
The end was great
September 8th, 2009 at 6:13 pm
Very funny article but very true. My wrists are hurting but I just can’t stop typing.
September 8th, 2009 at 8:57 pm
What a great article and funny too. I totally agree. Just this weekend, I found myself online for hours trying to come up with ideas to write about. It can be addicting. Hilarious and a very creative piece too.
September 9th, 2009 at 1:34 am
Good point! I like how you said it, it’s so funny.
September 9th, 2009 at 2:15 am
That is just an awesome article. I have just started writing again after a ten year hiatus. Even though my Triond account doesn\’t show it, I can sympathize with your affliction (writing, not carpel tunnel). I\’ve been blogging and writing all over the internet and I\’ve been increasing my output daily.
September 9th, 2009 at 2:53 am
Yes, I can’t agree more with Atikin. Many a times I have conjured myself the idea that writing is a form of sickness and anyone who suffers from it should write, write and write for it’s the only medicine. And as dgwriting pointed out, you are sick of writing, and that is GREAT. Very nice article, it’s witty,amusing, afflicting yet inspiring.
September 9th, 2009 at 3:05 am
I don’t have to blog, I can quit anytime.
September 9th, 2009 at 3:31 am
nice ur right it becomes addicting
September 9th, 2009 at 5:07 am
I can relate too, though am not much into blogging now.
September 9th, 2009 at 7:25 am
I don’t have to blog, I can quit anytime.
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September 9th, 2009 at 7:26 am
I’ve had this problem too. I tried voice recognition but the software makes too many mistakes and it isn’t the same. There’s something addictive about using a keyboard too, and just speaking instead of typing just doesn’t do it for me. I am certainly addicted to my blogs!
September 9th, 2009 at 1:47 pm
Uma, Triond does have a great Dashboard. It’s so simple and informative. Everything about Triond is so user friendly. Triond is very addictive.
September 9th, 2009 at 1:57 pm
samdaman, after that big build up I was wondering how to end the article. Well, I really did get carpal tunnel (only in the right wrist) so I decided just to end it the way it ended. I think the ending really makes it funny.
September 9th, 2009 at 2:03 pm
Dulce, I really do have carpal tunnel in the right wrist. The wrist is very slowly getting better but I’ve been typing with one finger on the left hand.
September 9th, 2009 at 2:10 pm
marlene, you would have thought I was mad if you had seen me composing this thing, laughing out loud, tears running down my face, reading it over and over again.
September 9th, 2009 at 2:16 pm
Yovita, thank you. The article was the most fun I’ve had writing an article in a long tme. It will probably be a long time before I write anything like this article again.
September 9th, 2009 at 2:23 pm
Hello, dgwriting: welcome back to writing again. Writing is addictive. If I can come up with one new article every day I’ll be very happy.
September 9th, 2009 at 2:29 pm
Unofre, I’ve got the sickness and I’ve got it bad. I’ve had it for years. There’s nothing to do but keep writing. I know I am not alone.
September 9th, 2009 at 2:37 pm
ducroisjosef, you are fortunate not to have a blog. A blog can be lots of fun but it can also become a pain. I guess it’s all in how you approach it.
September 9th, 2009 at 2:42 pm
royee, I guess it’s best to do all things in moderation; but if you really want to be good at something moderation doesn’t work.
September 9th, 2009 at 2:49 pm
Melody, blogging really is fun. I’m glad that I have a blog. I just wish I had more time to work on it. I spend most of my time on Triond.
September 9th, 2009 at 7:49 pm
A life’s lesson is a lesson learned.
September 10th, 2009 at 1:46 am
I know this is addictive. But If you love to write then it’s okay. But remember we always need to give some time to ourselves. And to the people we love. So… may be it’s important to maintain a balance.
September 10th, 2009 at 5:05 am
Excellent article. I remember when I first heard of the word blogger, I thought, “I’ll never be one of those!” and yet here I am : )
September 10th, 2009 at 11:26 am
Louie, blogging by voice would be interesting and might be a solution once the technology is perfected. But I probably couldn’t affort it anyway.
September 10th, 2009 at 11:36 am
Seth, blogging is definitely an adventure. But like anything else it can be over done. It might be another two weeks before I’m fully recovered from the carpal tunnel in my right wrists.
September 10th, 2009 at 11:45 am
Sourav, having a certain balance in life is usually better than being addictive about anything; but sometimes it’s difficult to have a balance when you’re trying to be good at something.
September 10th, 2009 at 11:53 am
strovek, I find blogging fascinating. Ten years ago I couldn’t send an e-mail. Now I’m the Editor/Publisher of the Pittsburgh Flash Fiction Gazette http://www.pittsburghflashfictiongazette.com one of the best flash fiction publications on the Internet.
September 21st, 2009 at 5:11 pm
This one made me smile. I know the feeling of being addicted to writing and no matter how tired I am or the pain that I also feel in my wrists I still must write.
September 26th, 2009 at 3:38 pm
Cute ending.
April 12th, 2010 at 4:05 pm
I agree, this blogging stuff has gotten out of hand.
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