Blogging is becoming less fun for me as each day passes.
I see ugliness in people that disgusts me. Over a BLOG.
I read of people neglecting their families over their blog. I read of people tearing other human beings to shreds over their blog. I read of people wanting fame and fortune and hits and presents.
For the most part, I try to ignore those people who have lost their grip on reality in the name of fame on the internet, and I continue writing about my pathetic little life, because I enjoy it. I enjoy sitting down while Gabby is taking a nap and the boys are at school and writing about the kids. Or about my weight. Or about my vagina. Or about farts. And I enjoy that a few people will stop by and comment. But it certainly isn't the most important thing in my life.
I realise everyone does it for different reasons, and I don't care about what other people's reasons are, really. I do care about the fact people are acting like assholes and bullies, though. It makes me not want to be a part of it. I have enough aggravation in my life, I don't need to spend time online reading grown men acting like dicks because they think they're a fucking celebrity because they have a blog, and lots of women read it and tell them how great they are. I don't feel like wasting time reading women calling other women cunts because of a meaningless blog award.
I have children, a husband, a home, wonderful friends, dogs... THEY are what matter. When my kids grow up, I certainly don't think they're going to care how many hits my fucking BLOG got. They'll care about the time we spent at night playing yahtzee or watching movies together, or going to get ice cream.
I wonder how many lives have been ruined over blogs. I wonder how many children have been neglected because the parent was too busy checking on their stats. I wonder how many relationships were ruined because one of the partners spent too much time wrapped up in the blog world. I don't know what it is about a fucking website that makes people lose their damn minds.
I suppose I'm writing this because I noticed that with each passing day, I'm caring less and less about "blogging". I'm starting to realise how insignificant it really is in the grand scheme of this thing called LIFE. I know it's easy to get caught up in it all, I know it's easy to care about how many people read, how many comments you get, but seriously, in the end, it doesn't really matter.
well said! I agree. Some people take blogging way too serious.
And the blog award drama is pretty pathetic.