It’s good to know we’re not alone. Strength in numbers!

Hey Emily! Glad to know I’m not the only one. 4 days a week sounds totally manageable to me. Maybe that’s what I should shoot for. It’s nice to hear feedback from someone with the same sched. Thanks!

Hey Belinda!
Nice to hear from you! Thank you so much for the support. It’s so cool to know someone is reading my blog half way around the world. That Internet sure brings people together ;) Sounds like we are very similar, your mid century house sounds cool, if there were more mid century houses in the city I think we would’ve got one too.

Thanks for dropping a line !

Don’t worry, I’ll still post almost every day, and on the days I don’t it will just be because there is an even better post in the making. Like a fine wine, right?

Seriously though, thanks for letting me know that you depend on me :)

It’s true, we wouldn’t be blogging if we didn’t want someone to care. Like I said in a previous comment, I wasn’t fishing for it, but it’s nice to hear such positive encouragement from people I have built relationships with via bloggin’.

Your blog makes my garden jealous, I love seeing what another Minneapolis girl is up to with her old Minneapolis house :)

Sarah,

I know, right? When I first started blogging I wasn’t at all serious abut it, but I do remember that no one posted on a schedule. You just posted when you felt like you had something to say and it didn’t matter if it was at 10pm or 5am. Now it’s all so regimented. Having a schedule makes you some sort of pro (and I goes that’s what I was trying to be). I get it, I’m not trying to dis on those who do, but it doesn’t need to be such a grind.

I am one of those who checks out my blog subscriptions via my google reader, but I also make a habit of manually visiting my most favorite designed blogs. I like to see how those blogs are looking, and if they’ve added any new cool features.

That stat is pretty interesting, it’s hard to be a small fish in a big sea, isn’t it? Especially when that sea gets bigger by the minute.

Thanks for taking the time to share!

I can definitely understand how easy it is to become obsessed with comments/stats/etc. though. I fall into that trap a bit myself (and I have a teeeeeny blog, it is really silly to worry about stats!). I try to remember that I want my blog to be a tool to help me live a better life, so all those comparisons are really pointless. Though, I also want to connect with like-minded folks, as I imagine you do too, so I think it’s natural to wonder who is reading and whether you’re making that connection. I went to a lecture last weekend that offered the following statistics: during the Iranian election protests in 2009, the protests were the subject of 25-50,000 tweets per hour, representing 6-12% of Twitter activity. During the Egyptian revolution in 2011, the protests were the subject of 186,000 tweets per hour, representing 0.13% of Twitter activity. Yes, all those decimal points are in the right place. It seems to me that blogging has probably grown similarly. With so much noise it is hard to get noticed! But, perhaps on the other hand, with so many people looking online for this kind of connection, perhaps kindred spirits are bound to bounce around and meet up eventually.

Meg!

So sweet of you to say. Yes, we are all in it together aren’t we. Relationships are such an important and great reason to blog. Plus it helps us to have an outlet, you are right. Just because we take vacations, or a day or two for ourselves, doesn’t mean we are losing the relationships we have built.

I think a big part of the reason I stress myself so much out is just because daily blogging was a goal for me. I was hoping to do it every day for a year. I usually don’t come up short when I set a goal for myself, and it’s hard for me to admit “failure.” I don’t feel like I’m failing at the blog but I feel like I am not finishing what I set out to accomplish and that feels like a failure. I just need to learn to let go.

Anyway, sorry for the novel there. I’m so glad I get to meet friendly people like you :)

Hey Emily,

I forget that this is not just a blog problem, but an everyday problem. This is a feeling that happens to almost everyone who has a day-to-day routine and isn’t exclusive to just blogging. I need to remember that when I’m feeling overwhelmed my bloggin’ in the future.

P.S. totally sleeping with ALL the windows open tonight, it’s gonna feel great!

Hey Sam!

Brunch with you and Mari was lovely as well. It was really nice meeting some other ladies that are deep into being creative women (and moms) in the twin cities!

I really love that idea of having a media-free day, and I would like to try incorporate it into our life. We, just like so many people, are compulsive about checking our instagrams, facebooks and twitters. It’s seriously ridiculous and I can see how it can become an addiction. More than that it’s like a nervous twitch. I’m gonna try really hard to make this happen in our lives.

Thanks for sharing that with me, please send the link when you find it. :)

Hey Laura! Seriously all these comments are making me feel pretty amazing. It makes me so happy that people like you are finding inspiration from stuff I’m doing. So awesome on a lot of levels! Thanks for taking the time to leave a comment.

Thanks Jessica! I hope to keep it up most of the time, I just gotta know that it’s okay if I can’t make it a day too. Thanks for the support!

Thanks Mieze! That’s sweet of you to say so.