Thursday, December 09, 2021

Thursday Ramble - Putting Out


Our dear Spo, occasionally writes about the BOD, reminding him of his obligation to put out, to write, to post, to produce for his loyal readers. I feel this pressure, without a board reminding me of it.  I made a personal commitment to post at least once each day, five-six years ago.  

As bloggers, we are content creators.  We have an audience. Loyal readers that look for our updates.  They miss us when we are not there.  I have emailed a few bloggers over the years who went missing, inquiring into their health and well being.  

BF Skinner would say, don't be so predictable, but I am.  

Why do I do this daily? Because I want to.  It is a commitment to myself.  I hope that it my daily posts are looked forward to by my readers.  I love the interaction with comments.  

How do I do this.  Nearly every post is written ahead of time.  Some of the theme day posts such as YouTube or Music Mondays, are created and scheduled as much a month ahead.  I go back and review, and edit, and replace, or shuffle around posts.  I try to be at least a week ahead every weekend.  When I feel the need to take a break, I will write as much as three or four weeks ahead.  Then I can take a few days off, and my audience still gets a daily post.  I have a folder of draft posts, posts that have been started and still need work before they are ready for prime time.  Some never will see the light of day.  As I write this, I am amassing posts ahead, thinking a few days off from putting out are in order.  

I start every post with a photo.  Sharing my photos is a special reason for me to have the blog.  The photos here are mostly mine, some are old family photos, including a lot of scanned slides from my father's collection.  

I do this because I enjoy it.  I find meaning in it.  I do it to connect with you my readers.  I try to share a message, to remain positive most of the time. 

So what is ahead for the adventure?  I intend to maintain the daily posting.  Foodie Friday will go away, I am struggling for ideas too often.  Maybe after the new kitchen is installed, I will think about doing cooking posts.  The limits on travel the past couple of years, have at times morphed Travel Tuesday into way-back days.  The Sunday Five is very popular, I will keep thinking of questions to ask.  Music/YouTube Monday is fun. I need to get the scanner out to keep talking about the way we were on Wednesday.  I have all of my black and white negatives from the 70's - a few thousand of them to work through (groan!) Over the next couple of weeks I will develop a blog plan for 2022, I did last year, and taped a copy to my computer - it worked.  

What should I replace foodie Friday with?  


15 comments:

  1. The only way to keep on blogging regularly is to blog "for ourselves" because we enjoy it! I certainly just blog about what amuses me, and if other people find my posts entertaining, then that's a bonus!

    How about replacing "Foodie Friday" with "Fun Friday" -- tell us about the most fun thing you did that week or on some occasion or another. Hell, if all else fails, tell us a lawyer joke!

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  2. Debs is right. We must blog as an outlet for ourselves. And your better than I with posting when not around. I used to pre post for when I was gone, but I never have that much time anymore, so when I vacation, I'm gone.

    And I find those theme days tough to keep up with.

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    1. We miss you when you are gone off having fun

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  3. Anonymous12/09/2021

    I post daily except when I am on holidays. I hate trying to post without my desktop, and my partner deserves my attention on holidays. Truth to be told, I enjoy the break too. While I am not as well organised ahead as you, I know people get concerned if I don't post something, hence sometimes I post that I am not posting and end up with a short post anyway.

    Even if it is to just say I am taking a break for a while, as a daily poster you do owe at least that to your readers.

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    1. 99% of my posts are created on a desk top computer. A few on an I Pad, even fewer on a phone.

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  4. Enjoying it yourself is the most important thing. I’m sure you’ll come up with another great idea for Fridays.

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    1. I do have fun, most of the time

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  5. Fabulous Fridays, post about things that Are way cool, over the top, overdone, astonishingly beautiful... This allows for a wide range of things and can be at times serious and at times funny.

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  6. PS: FYI, pictures of me would fall into the astonishingly beautiful category.

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  7. I'll miss food Fridays, but maybe when the new kitchen is in we can get New Kitchen Food Fridays.

    I tend to find things to write about and save them on a Word doc, and then write about it when I have the chance; and I find quotes and gossip and Bobservations everywhere, so I save those until needed.

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    1. You need a terabyte of storage for all you collect

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  8. I like some of the suggestions above. Fabulous Friday is a good idea. I thought of Fantastic Friday. Everyone loves Fridays!
    I tend to post each day's post the day before but sometimes I'll post several days ahead. I did that often during the first months of the pandemic because I was stuck at home all the time anyway.

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    1. When I tried doing just a day ahead, I missed a day that year.

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