Hello, I'm Kelly, and I'm a blog addict.
It's a joke, yes, but I'm guessing for many of us, it strikes a little too close to home.
I'm learning to balance (mega-huge life word for me) this fun and sometimes consuming hobby. To walk away from the computer when my kids needs me -- even if I haven't finished the post I've been working on for the past 45 minutes. To turn the computer off at night when my husband wants to see me -- even if my Bloglines account still shows
And friends? That is not loving well.
So. The conversations I mentioned esteem comments greatly. (Don't we all?) They want people to know that any comments, all comments, even random comments are encouraging and appreciated. Beth compares comments to a paycheck for bloggers, which is a great analogy. Comments are little bits of validation in our In Box. What's not to love, right?
But here's where I'm stuck. I read many, many blogs regularly. (The exact number will be left undisclosed lest Corey hold it against me.) I would love to comment on each and every post, each and every day. But if I did that, I would have no free time, no time to pay attention to my kids, no time to listen to my husband if he should feel like talking that day, and little time to sleep.
Heck, I wouldn't even have time to write for my own blog.
So what do I do? What do you do? How do you balance this whole blogging thing with your real life? Do you comment on every blog? If not, what is the proportion of comments left to read-only blogs? And what tips the scale for you -- what type of post is a "must comment" post?
Note: I realize the irony in asking you to comment on a post about comments. But that's not stopping me from doing it, is it?
So leave me a comment, and we'll continue the conversation.
