Why can't I contribute?
WARNING: Severe ramble coming.
At one point I was blogging quite prolifically. That point was really not too long ago. Well, it wasn't exactly yesterday either. In May of this year I wrote fifty entries on this here web(log)site. In August, I wrote seven, and before this entry I have written six in September.
StephenGlauser.com is coming up on it's one year anniversary and it seems like I've run out of steam. But why? I slowed down at a time of pretty decent traffic and I was getting pretty good comments, and actual, real discussions were beginning to emerge on the pages of my blog. It's not as if anything has really changed in my life to reflect that all of a sudden I have nothing to write about.
And it's not just that I'm not writing my own blog, I'm neglecting to visit those that I used to frequent. Blogging used to make the internet interesting for me, and now it seems I can hardly be bothered.
I don't really know what I need to do to get back into it. I've toyed with the idea of redesigning the entire site (again) but quickly lost interest in that as well. I've got a few other web projects that I would like to get off the ground, but I just can't find the motivation to get started, and I have no idea why.
Maybe the internet is just losing it's appeal to me after twelve years of use. There are very few things I seem to do online these days:
- Check out Wikipedia.
- Talk on MSN to people I don't want to talk to.
- Maybe talk to a few I do.
- Check email. (I never receive personal email, I don't know why I check)
- Play poker. (Even this is becoming boring)
- Look for good, produced movie scripts.
- Read and review (generally bad) unproduced movie scripts.
- Occasionally write something here
- Occasionally browse the blogosphere.
And that's about it. I remember a time when I used to do something interesting while spending time online. The problem is, I can't remember what any of that interesting stuff was. Oh well, hopefully something will spark interest again. I know, I know, this post comes at a time of (in recent history) unprecedented posting.... I had to ramble.
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The Internets is dying. It's because of the trucks that dumped a bunch of ultra-wing trash into the tubes, and its bored people with brains who aren't on MySpace. The Internets is so dead that I'm thinking of getting a MySpace account, and donating my brain to science before I die.
Posted by Saskboy on September 14, 2006 at 11:10 PM
I've had the same non-blogging problem lately, but Mine is purely an "I've got time to go online and catch up with folks, or I've got time to write on my space, but not both." problem.
I've chosen to read up on y'all, and comment when able.
I hope that I can start writing again, and not just crap, but start getting into some really good stuff... I have almost ten drafts of some decent, thought-provoking stories and commentaries that I just can't get to!!!
Posted by Tracey on September 15, 2006 at 12:37 AM
I hear you! Same problem here.
Posted by brea on September 15, 2006 at 9:24 PM