When I quit posting on my old blog a few months ago, I honestly didn't know if I'd come back to a blog or not.
I began thinking of a new blog almost immediately and I toyed with the idea of making changes -- many and big -- to what I had been doing. Still, I was enjoying my time off, so whenever blogging crossed my mind, I just brushed the idea aside.
After a while, though, I saw that one of several things I missed was the accountability that comes with blogging...or with my kind of blogging, at least. Yes, near-daily posts had been taking up a lot of my time, but I wasn't always using the time I saved by not blogging in a productive way. I had wanted more time for working outside, organizing my home and spending time with my family. What I got instead was more time for Facebook and Pinterest. Because I didn't publicly say that I was going to organize those recipe clippings or dig up the Jerusalem artichokes by Friday if it killed me, I just didn't do them. Without a blog, who would know the difference anyway?
It didn't take long for me to realize that I'm a lot more productive with an audience to keep me on track. It took a little longer for me to decide that "many and big" changes weren't necessary and that a new look, new name and a slight shift in focus would do the trick.
As for my willingness to commit to a blog again, well, I'm still not 100% on board with that one. The accountability, though, is worth enough to me to give blogging another go.
If you've been where I am, what made you decide to blog again and what keeps you going with it?
