Where blog posts go to die.

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my lame attempt at Fitbloggin11 to document how Im always wearing a jumpsuit**

I adored Fitbloggin11.

I met so many new people.  Visited with so many old friends.  Brought home so much knowledge & wisdom.  And just felt a true sense of renewed connection to our Tribe.

Yet, with all those experiences, one sentence in particular has stuck in my mind since the conference.

It was during the Humor in Blogging panel (Im getting the name wrong of course) which was led by three of my fave bloggers (Charlie, Jack & Sue).

The session was silly snarky wise & witty.

What most stuck in my mind and has reverberated ever since was a comment JackSht made about blogging on Saturdays.  He shared a story about a blogpost he LOVED, published on a weekend, & which received little traffic.

He continued to share with the crowd how that blogging-moment was his realization weekends are where blog posts go to die (*insert knowing ‘it’s funny cuz it’s true!’ laughter from the audience).

Ive thought about that remark frequently in the quiet of weekend mornings when the Tornado is playing silently in her room, Ren Man is sleeping & Im in my office writing.

Journaling.

Sentiments which may or may not be ‘blog suitable’ yet it’s interesting (to me. yes Ive begin staring DOWN AT and INTO my star-tattooed navel) it never occurs to me to post my morning musings here.

And yet, if Im blogging just for me, does it really matter if saturday mornings at 552 am are where blog posts go to wither and die?

The answer unequivocally is no.

As a result please allow me to plant, water, and present for your witheringpleasure this mornings thoughts.

Our family unplugs on Friday nights.

We are a misfit trio of cultural Jews but in our way we observe the Shabbat completely.

It’s a tradition Im committed to keeping as the Tornado grows.  She may have playdates afterschool, saturday day and night and sunday day—but for as long as I can I want to keep the Sabbath sacred.

I stop checking email, I cease responding to twitter & I let all my facebook interactions linger until the morning.

This morning I woke up to this sentence posted on my facebook wall:

You remind me to be myself.

This morning, waking up to that sentence posted on my facebook wall, my entire mindset changed.

Six words.

Six words which humbled me, honored me & reminded me why I live my life the way I do.

It isnt KLOUT.

It’s not traffic or analytics or any other metric various & sundry employers use to evaluate me.

It is (to paraphrase a quote) to have made one person’s life easier simply through being here.

And, in the quiet of my ‘where blog posts go to wither and die’ morning writing, I was blessed to remember that is enough.

I am enough.

**apparently this is, indeed, true as Jen saw a photo of me in jeans/cowboy boots recently and expressed complete shock I own something which wasn’t one piece & created with toddlers in mind.

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  2. I’m glad you wrote it too! I love fresh posts in my reader on a Saturday morning.

    You ARE enough. We all are. The best blogs aren’t stat obsessed. I need to remember that lesson and grow my blog with it in mind.

  3. Saturday’s and Sunday morning’s with my coffee, seem to be the only time I have to read blogs. I enjoy your posts, wish I could have met you when I was in Austin, but I knew you were busy and preparing for your daughter’s school etc. maybe some day!

  4. Ahh..yes..Saturday mornings…the quiet of the dust of the week has settled and a morning ritual of coffee and my computer. Best day of the week.

    In my *not so humble* opinion, some of the best reads, from the heart and that stream of conscious, do seem to come on the weekends.

    Thank you

  5. I love my Saturday morning blog reading!!! It is quiet in my house and I have time to focus, contemplate and laugh! Thanks for the post.

  6. We unplug Friday nights too – hubby takes the bambino to parent & tot swimming, then a dinner date, and I stay home & paint the big girls nails, play beauty salon & monopoly jr.
    Saturday mornings hubby makes breakfast with the kids, and I get to “sleep-in” (aka read blogs on the iPad).

    Are you going to Fitbloggin’ 12? I need to pitch the idea to my hubby,..

  7. wow – so much here…
    unplugging and honoring..
    who cares if blog posts dies…
    the little stuff that reminds us of the power of tribe…
    and really, that is the point, eh?
    I had a similar thing happen – a SM friend (who I met IRL at fitbloggin) told me that I said something way back and he remembered…
    I was scared – because I can be a nasty hag in jest – but alas…
    back then I said, “you are among friends…” and he said that he FELT that.
    our tribe is powerful, and we never know how we will touch people.
    so thank you for touching me – and yes – celebrating our fallible humanity 🙂

  8. That’s funny because weekends are when I catch up in my reading. LOVE your blog! So many of your views are similar to mine, yet you always present things in a way that encourages & enlightens me. Thanks for being YOU. Happy Saturday!

  11. I usually post “serious” articles about writing during the week (e.g. business, marketing, blogging, social writing etc) and then do a humorous post on the weekends. Those get a lot of traffic. Maybe that should tell me something….!

    Great post, and shalom Shabbat.

  13. When i began blogging, i decided to do it 7 days a week, no excuses.

    It’s not easy, but i do it, and i check the blogs i follow every day, too.

    Everyone has to find her own speed.

  15. LOVE! You know, I used to blog all weekend too & then I went to just Saturday & then just funnies on Saturday because I did see readership “died” & it is hard to put your heart into a post that not many read & like others, for me, it is hard for me to write & time consuming as it does not come easy to me. I have even thought about no Saturday funnies too since it is so slow on weekends. In general, I don’t eve know quite what I will do! 😉

    Thx for the all important message Carla!

  17. I’m actually more productive on weekends since there’s no mom-taxi to high school and I can get up and do my thang!

    and LOL to you standing on tub for pic cuz’ I’ve done same thing to get full length pic!

    now, who’s goin to fitbloggin’ 12?
    I want to but am trying to figure out who on earth would teen sit & make sure said teen gets to & fro school! and function properly w/no family here

  19. So many things. I must list.

    1. Fitbloggin – SO FLIPPIN’ EXCITED!
    2. That panel – One of my favorite. I often think of his comment as I read posts on Saturday.
    3. Journaling/Blogging/Writing – As I was thinking of what comment I wanted to leave, it became too long for a comment so I suspect a seed for a post is being planted.
    4. Unplugging – I try to. But I lack discipline.
    5. You ARE enough.

  20. He just said what I’ve experienced! I’ve written some really good posts that I was proud of and was happy about…then posted them on a Friday or weekend and it got little traffic and zero comments. I was so let down. I don’t blog for comments or page views, but when I pour myself out there on the page for my readers I do want some feedback. I want to hear that my readers feel the same way,or experienced what I experienced.

    So I am posting less. I’m taking weekends off. It’s nice. I’ve been doing things I used to enjoy in my downtime.

  21. Just echoing what others have said: weekend mornings = blog reading around here. I enjoy finding posts from those who rarely bother on the weekends. Especially posts like this.

  23. Awesome post girl. Growing up my parents never really did Shabat with me. We did all the big holidays but the little important every week ones got over looked. Sam is mixed in her culture, hubby is a mutt but does have some Jewishness in him. So Sam is 3/4 Jewish. I want her to believe what she wants but she will learn about the Jewish culture that seems to have died in my life with my Grammy and Mom.

    Ok so back to the main subject of the post lol. Sometimes I do blog on the weekends (like I did today). If I have something to talk about dang it if I care what day it is I’m going to get it out of my mind and onto my blog!

  24. LOL, between the title of this post and the reference to Fitbloggin 11 captured in my reader, I thought this was a dead post that got accidentally published — or maybe this is the living dead post in honor of Halloween?

    I love that you unplug on Fridays.

    I love that you remind us to be ourselves.

    I seem to be writing almost every day, but that’s because I always have something I can’t wait to write about, and I’m not good at pacing myself. Maybe some posts are better than others, but they all mean something to me — whether it’s silly or serious.

  25. I do find it funny that most people don’t seem to blog or read blogs on the weekend. Myself, I have more time to blog and read on the weekend than I do on the weekdays.

  26. I so needed to hear that today because inspite of all my real world happenings, I’ve been feeling bad that my blog is no longer what it used to be.

    Thank you for making me feel better that if I need to write my words just for me…it’s okay.

    I’d forgotten that’s the only reason I blog.

    And that’s okay. 🙂

  28. Sometimes I use the “where blog posts go to die” to my advantage… yeah I said it;) And I love that sentiment that was posted on your wall! So glad it sparked a new perspective!

  30. My little blog – it’s The Quiet Little Blog That Could.
    I don’t get alot of readers, or comments, or exposure.
    I get a couple of letters a month from people… fatties who sign their real name, and who tell me how something I did, or wrote changed them in a good way. People who never comment, but always read.
    So – that’s cool. Plus, I really do blog for me! And anyone else who wants to come along!

  31. Ever since Jack said that, I haven’t posted on a Saturday. But your right- my blog isn’t for others. It’s a way for me to think out loud and connect with myself. I just do it publicly so others can be nosey. Or maybe be helped by my attention deficet way of thinking. Or maybe it’s all just a grasp at keeping my sanity.
    Regardless, I never feel the pressure to be anything but me. Not anymore. So maybe I SHOULD start posting on Saturdays again.
    We just won’t tell Jack. 😉

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