Beware of Blogger Madness

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.

64 responses to Beware of Blogger Madness

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  1. Seth Heartnett says:
    September 9, 2009 at 7:49 pm

    A life’s lesson is a lesson learned.

  2. Sourav says:
    September 10, 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.

  3. strovek says:
    September 10, 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 : )

  4. Guy Hogan says:
    September 10, 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.

  5. Guy Hogan says:
    September 10, 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.

  6. Guy Hogan says:
    September 10, 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.

  7. Guy Hogan says:
    September 10, 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.

  8. jacksangel says:
    September 21, 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.

  10. Resveratrol Healthblog says:
    April 12, 2010 at 4:05 pm

    I agree, this blogging stuff has gotten out of hand.

  13. Innovative Healthcare says:
    September 30, 2010 at 10:46 am

    This is so informative post its really so much usefull to me,I’ve never heard of them before, really interesting.

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