tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807180913108287708.post6443135692970015908..comments2023-08-13T04:25:25.780-04:00Comments on Life Blessons: Encouragement for the Times When You Want to Give Up Bloggingcarmen @ life blessonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11436197171458180834noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807180913108287708.post-79704436648129562052012-05-12T05:50:54.799-04:002012-05-12T05:50:54.799-04:00Wow...this was a fantastic entry...thank you so mu...Wow...this was a fantastic entry...thank you so much..I really needed to read this. I really love the piece of advice about praying...you have given me some food for thought, also about the comment recycling other peoples work and pictures, so true...I have been guilty of this after getting some blog envy and seeing that this is what alot of successful bloggers seem to do, but this post and its comments have inspired me to go back to writing from my own heart and creating my own work, even if it is just one person who reads it, it will be all worthwhile....thank you..:)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807180913108287708.post-26066925405181067682012-04-14T14:30:53.558-04:002012-04-14T14:30:53.558-04:00Carmen, this was a wonderful post. It's so fun...Carmen, this was a wonderful post. It's so funny how it didn't even cross my mind to pray about my blog. It's just another way for my small voice to share about my faith (hence my blog name, Live Faithfully) even if I'm just shouting into what feels like empty space. Have a lovely weekend! :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807180913108287708.post-18731504344964085082012-04-13T17:51:27.901-04:002012-04-13T17:51:27.901-04:00Alysa, I totally am with you on that. I can get ea...Alysa, I totally am with you on that. I can get easily turned off by those kinds of blogs, too. But I think there are a LOT of folks just like us out there who want MORE from blogs. And I hope that is encouragement too to keep creating a blog you're proud of!! So glad this post could remind you of that :)<br /><br />Hannah, so glad this post touched you and encouraged you. Blogging can be such a sensitive thing, especially when we're putting ourselves out there, that it can be easy to draw and pull away in defeat. But I'm with that inner voice: Do not give up!! :)carmen @ life blessonshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11436197171458180834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807180913108287708.post-80399915710103821052012-04-13T17:24:03.760-04:002012-04-13T17:24:03.760-04:00Thank you thank you!!!
this was beautiful.
I feel...Thank you thank you!!!<br />this was beautiful. <br />I feel so silly sometimes because I find myself thinking "Give up. NO DONT GIVE UP. YES GIVE UP" I go back and forth all the time, but this entry was beautifully written and SO encouraging! thank youhannah lovehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16752411891465772321noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807180913108287708.post-9996081461373420332012-04-13T11:43:31.149-04:002012-04-13T11:43:31.149-04:00Oops! Shame = ShapeOops! Shame = ShapeAlysahttp://www.passagehillstudio.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807180913108287708.post-41508230725189667492012-04-13T11:42:18.493-04:002012-04-13T11:42:18.493-04:00Carmen! This post is JUST what I needed to read th...Carmen! This post is JUST what I needed to read this morning. Sometimes I get super frustrated by bloggers who just recycle everyone else's content for their own blogs. ("Ooo...look at that great piece of art." "Ohh did you see these shoes by this company?"..."I'm addicted to these printed tea towels by so and so." "Anything in the shame of a geometric gem?! I'll take it...") It seems to me that often times bloggers who do this rise to fame quite quickly. Since blogging for me is not about taking a bunch of other people's photographs, ideas, designs and using them for my content (I'd rather create and post projects of my own, share my own thoughts, etc.) at times I think, if I have nothing coming to mind, I probably shouldn't blog about anything today (this week, this month...). If that's how a blog gains readers (recycling content and not really creating anything), then I think, "Why bother? I'm not willing to do that, so maybe blogging is not for me?"<br /><br />"Start making a blog that you're proud of and other people will catch on." Perfect advice. Also...will continue to pray for inspiration from God.Alysahttp://www.passagehillstudio.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807180913108287708.post-67551393620478848192012-04-13T11:02:38.823-04:002012-04-13T11:02:38.823-04:00So glad you both enjoyed this post :)
Rachel, I k...So glad you both enjoyed this post :)<br /><br />Rachel, I know that blog envy too much! It can be so hard to fight and keep in check. I've often found I get discouraged about my blog when I get bored and spend a lot of time focusing on how mine doesn't compare to others. That's when I have to remind myself to get off the computer and get crafting :)<br /><br />No problem, leelee! I think it's always a good reminder to be praying about <i>everything</i>, even these little blogs of ours :)carmen @ life blessonshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11436197171458180834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807180913108287708.post-55626152836059210722012-04-13T08:13:35.780-04:002012-04-13T08:13:35.780-04:00Thank you so much for suggest that we pray over ou...Thank you so much for suggest that we pray over our blogs. I consider my blog an outlet for ministry, but was made aware by this post that I do not pray nearly enough about it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807180913108287708.post-42051489806425168142012-04-13T08:10:52.046-04:002012-04-13T08:10:52.046-04:00Love this post :) I definitely have had trouble st...Love this post :) I definitely have had trouble sticking to the same blog. I tend to feel like I've hit a brick wall 9-10 months in (if not sooner), and a lot of it probably does have to do with blog envy. I also think sometimes people get so caught in up in comments, statistics, and popularity that they forget what their blog was supposed to be about (I know I have before), which can send you into a tailspin of "Why am I doing this?"Rachel @ The Parkers Bloghttp://www.theparkersblog.comnoreply@blogger.com