To blog or not to blog. After about 6 months of blogging (my last post before just recently was in June I think?) I have completely lost any interest to blog. Sometimes it almost seems silly to write about our lives and broadcast it for everyone to see so that people can briefly read through it for their own news entertainment...and then the reader feels somewhat connected with that person because they know everything that is going on in the blogger's life. Does anybody think it's weird that we can know so much about somebody's life, and at the time that person may know very little about what's going on with you?
To be private or open. Then I thought maybe making my blog private could be a good idea. Maybe I've watched to many Criminal Minds episodes (which I am trying to quit because I usually watch them when I'm home alone at night which results in me being freaked out that some serial killer is going to sneak up on me), but I'm not sure I want any random person reading my blog. Does this weird anybody else out? I think I'd feel safer having just people I know and care about reading my blog?
What do you guys think? I'm very interested to know.
P.S. By the way, Colorado, California, Alaska, and Pine were fabulous - maybe someday I'll blog about it-haha. Jeff started school :( I'm excited for Carissa to have her baby. I didn't like Mockingjay. I was sad to say goodbye to Anna. I can't wait for my Granny's 100th birthday party. And I made tacos for dinner :)
Thanks for blogging. I feel like I know everything about your life right now :)
ReplyDeleteMy two cents...there's probably nothing private enough on the blog to be worried about.
Private blogs are a pain b/c "followers" can't get feeds to know when you update and you have to sign in to view 'em.
However, if you do go private you can have a list of up to 10 email addresses that get notifications when you post...so bascially I'm saying if you go private, make sure I'm on that list.
Love you!
Yay, you blogged! Not that I blog all that often...
ReplyDeleteTo answer your question: in my humble opinion I think blogging is a great way to stay in touch with close friends and family, without getting sucked into the "social networking" time trap of sites like facebook. You just get the highlights and see fun pictures of your favorite people... and it is alot more personal than facebook "broadcasts".
For that reason, and the fact my husband will one day be a doctor, we have a private blog. I don't want random people looking up pictures of my children, or crazy future patients stalking my husband. And you would be surprised how much personal information one could glean from a blog (i.e. family member names, schools, home town, what the front of your house looks like, birthdays, when you will be out of town).
And I don't think you should worry about the silliness of blogging. We had a Sunday School lesson about genealogy, and we talked about the importance of keeping a journal. Just as I started beating myself up for not writing in one regularly, I realized that my blog counts on the heavenly scoreboard as a journal just as much as the spiral notebook waiting patiently by the side of my bed.
So, to blog or not to blog. I guess it depends on who you are bloggin for. If you are blogging to keep a record of important events and thoughts, and keep family members updated on your life, then blogging is for you. But I personally don't care to keep the whole world updated on my comings and goings- so I have a private blog and a seldom-used facebook account.
Without blogging, we wouldn't know what you guys have been doing for the past month or so (since we last saw you in Cali). Keep it up and if you go private - invite us into the chosen group of viewers!
ReplyDeleteGracie, I have actually been thinking about this same thing. I actually miss the good old days. If you missed someone and wanted to talk to them, you actually called them on the phone. There were no blogs to check or text messages to send or facebook profiles to look at. Like, people use to have real conversations using their own voices! I do worry that people feel like they know me jst because they read my blog, when really they do not. Anyways, dont know what my point is with this, but Im letting you know that Im with ya on pretty much everything you said! :)
ReplyDeletei keep a blog for a journals sake. I dont have time to scrapbook, so I blog. We live far away from all of our fam so they like to look at the pictures and stories I post. Private? Hmmm, maybe I should do that. But honestly, its just kinda fun for me to blog about whats going in our life. If blogging isnt your thing, then dont worry about it. If it is, then blog. Haha, I guess thats my op.
ReplyDeletePersonally, I will cry myself to sleep if my Gracie stops blogging! I sometimes share all the same concerns about blogging. I'm sure it's different for everyone, but reading my friends' blogs makes me feel like I am still apart of your lives even when I am so far away and out of the loop! I also have been strengthened and uplifted by reading blogs of friends who are happy in their marriages, in their jobs, in their motherhood. It's like a little online support group. :) maybe I just feel that way because I'm out here in California... Alone.... ;) and of course I'm picky about who's blogs I read... But I think I've decided, all the strangeness of blogging considered, I am a fan. On more than one occasion, I've read something on a friend's blog that I really needed that day. And I love being able to stay "in the loop" by taking a few minutes to check blogs rather than spend hours on the phone every week catching up. Laziness? Maybe. I prefer to call it time-management. haha. Of course blogs shouldn't replace real conversation, but you know what I mean.
ReplyDeletePersonally, I like writing blogs because then I can pretend I have an audience. (As if people really read my blog ;)) But it makes journal-keeping more fun for me. Just my personal thoughts, I know it's different for everyone. If you aren't feelin it, you aren't feelin it. Private is a good idea. I'm sure I'll end up private soon, just been lazy. If you quit completely then you'll have to email or call monthly with life updates!!!
There's my 2 cents.
Love you Gracie!
so i know everyone has their two cents about blogging, and obviously those of us reading this are most likely bloggers ourselves so we have certain biases...I think you should move from Arizona back to Utah so we can live next to each other and then we wouldn't even need to have this conversation!
ReplyDeleteHi, my name is Joe from New Jersey. I've been following your blog since it began. I've never posted a comment before, but I don't want you to shut me out of your life. If you go private, I will never be able to know what "Gracie" is up to.
ReplyDeleteSo I vote no in going private.
So far I've gleaned a few important dates, birthdays, your mother's maiden name, and I recently found your social security number by just using google.
Hahahahahaha. Chris's comment is hilarious. You should keep blogging!
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