My last post got me thinking. Well, first I was thinking, then I posted, and then I thought about thinking and how I can't seem to stop doing it lately and how I don't really put much of it here, on my blog.
I never wanted my blog to turn into a place that was just about my business, just about selling yarns or whatever. I'm super vigilant about it in my podcast, it seems so cheap to use entertainment to sell people stuff. Who wants to listen to a podcast or read a blog that's constantly trying to separate you from you money, or convince you how great some product (or producer) is? Not me. In fact, there's a podcast I don't listen to because it listens exactly like that, one long ad and ego boost. But never mind that, I digress. It's not that I don't think I should post about Insubordiknit, I mean, it is what keeps food on our forks and us one step ahead of the bankruptcy lawyer, but there needs to be a balance, right? Something maybe in the area of 10% shop talk? However, when life gets so crazy and busy that I can't see straight, much less spit a coherent sentence into my computer, shop talk takes over and I become boring, one dimensional. That or I become closed-mouthed, not blogging at all because all I'm doing is working and I feel bad posting about the shop so I don't even post about the wonderful spinning I'm doing for fear it'll come off like I'm trying to sell sell sell.
So here's me trying to get back a few other dimensions, some meatier posts. I've been able to bring back a little knitting action but this blog is dangerously low on the personal. Do y'all even know me anymore? Heh. The truth is, I feel a bit like I don't know myself lately. Maybe this will help. My goal:
-- a personal (dear diary-ish) post a week, just so I can get back in my head, make a little room in there for me.
-- a knitting post each week, after all this is a knitting blog, yo.
-- a spinning post each week, cause it doesn't always have to be about selling the yarn, sometimes I just wanna talk about spinning.
wow, that's three posts a week! Can I do it? Let's see.
Posted by jacey at April 3, 2008 07:21 PMOkay
That sounds like a plan
We'll be waiting. And .... you are not being self promotional when you talk about the spinning It's what you do - right? spin why not talk about. I for one love hearing it(mixed up with all of the other stuff in your life)
Posted by: johnk at April 3, 2008 07:46 PMYou can totally do it! I applaud you for getting back to "you"
We all need to do that a little more :)
Posted by: Jody at April 3, 2008 10:46 PMgotcha Jacey. No.. you dont think too much!
Posted by: Mama-E at April 3, 2008 10:52 PMI look forward to all the posts!
Posted by: Jason at April 4, 2008 08:56 AMI think, that all of us fight this battle regularly. I don't want to be all sales no meat but yea, it is a business. And some weeks that is about all I can handle.
I decided, about the time that Ravelry took over the world, that I would post whatever I wanted on my blog. I quite worrying about it so much.
And guess what happens when you stop worrying? You post more about your life and journaling gets easier!
:)
Hope things are going supa smooth for you today.
Holly