This has been a strangely easy month for me to do the blog. It's very rare that a motorsport-related blogger has much to blog about in November, but it's almost as if the F1 authorities knew I was doing NaBloPoMo - there's been new stuff to write about every day...
I am still hanging on in there. I can't say I have written anything wonderful but I have written and even better I have found some great new people to read!
I had decided to use NaBloPoMo as motivation to post daily to my already-existing journal(s), and as such, it is working. I haven't missed a day! I used to let it slide and post once a week, if that ... and so many things I *wanted* to post about would just be forgotten. I consider my journals mostly personal and chatty (they're not particularly soap-boxy) and a way to keep in touch with friends, so it's been good to become more regular with posting. Sometimes I get started thinking "I have NOTHING to say!" and then once I type a bit, words just flow naturally ... turns out I did have something, whether or not it was particularly interesting!
My fellow bloggers provided me with the motivation to keep going. Mid-month, things were falling apart for me on NaBloPoMo and elsewhere in my life. I wrote this long post about how I didn't feel I had anything worth saying or anyone who even wanted to hear it anyway. The next day I got four comments (the most I've ever gotten in one day in the entire histroy of my blog) from people who were encouraging me to hang in there.
I wrote a post recently about how the atmosphere in here reminds me of the atmosphere in the computer lab during graduate school the night before a major paper or presentation was due. Everyone was very focused on their own stuff, and working very hard, but at the same time, no one wanted to see anyone else fail and supported one another by making coffee for the group, going on vending machine runs, sharing their computer paper, etc.
For me, finding a bit of a readership and support among other bloggers made it a lot easier to keep going. Who knows, I may even post more consistently after NaBloPoMo is over!
Hey, I have no right to complain about anyone else not leaving comments! I'm a bad comment-leaver too, often because I can't think of anything to say, despite how thought-provoking, funny or well-written the post may be. At least nothing other than "Nice blog!" or "Good one!" I did leave you a comment today, though...and BTW, I like your blog! Good one!
I'm hanging in there. The first part of the month was harder, but now that we're nearing the end, posting has become a regular part of my day.
My secret is the new laptop my husband got that I've totally confiscated this month. So while he's upstairs playing World of Warcraft, I can be in the bedroom posting and surfing. I had trouble with NaBlo last year because I could never get on the computer on the weekends since someone else was always on it, but this time around hasn't been as hard.
- Blazing Jezebel
I'm still here! I haven't missed a day yet (whew!). It's very hard. It got intense last week when I went to New York for work and was more concerned if I'd post in time than the actual reason I was in NY. It's definitely more challenging, but something I wanted to do with my blog a long time ago.
My secret? Whenever I have a real jolt of writing inspiration, I write several posts and post-date them in my arsenal. If I don't feel like writing one day, I pull from my goodie bag.
I'm still going. I've posted exactly one blog post per day since the start of November, and it has been quite challenging some days. Normally I post 2-3 times per week and include a lot of topics - I write about day-to-day life in our town, mostly. But I've tried to make the posts shorter and more focused, which I think is probably a good thing as I can be very long-winded!
A few days into November, I jotted down various topics that I thought of, for times when I couldn't think of anything else to say. That's served me pretty well, though I'm down to my last few ideas... but then we're down to the last few days!
I just joined this site today, but I've been posting every day this month. It's sort of a side project to my NaNoWriMo novel. I knew I wasn't going to have time to write my usual marathon entries a couple times a week, so instead I've been posting three short blurbs every day. It's been fun!
I had a whole schedule planned out. Something to write about everyday. So far I haven't needed it. Life has provided enough to keep me busy every day. And I haven't missed a day.
Still hanging in there! I rarely post every day, not that much really happens in my life that I need to post about. But, when it does happen, it's nice to have a place to do it! It's been a challenge, needless to say. Only a few more days and then I can skip out of the posting thing for days on end!
I'm hanging in there, much like a kid on a tire swing in a tree. I'm frequently excited to post, but sometimes go a bit wild and want to jump off the fast-moving thing before I fall and hurt myself. Then, I remember I have band-aids, and onward I go. :-D
I managed to stay on track and posted at least 1 blog a day. When I was traveling for 4 days, I actually wrote the posts in advance and scheduled them to be published every single day.
It's been quite inspiring. When I feel lazy and not in the mood, it keeps me going. I posted once at five to midnight because I felt bad that I hadn't written anything that day. It's good discipline for me and I hope to keep it up after this month is over anyway.
