Blogging is hard

I've had a blog for about four years now and in that period I've found that I enter dark periods where posting is pretty much impossible. The longer it goes, the harder it is to pick things up again. Often, it requires that I make a huge structural change to the site in order for me to start posting again, something like moving to a new blogging system. I'm not sure why that works, maybe it's an excitement brought on by the change.

I'm not sure what puts me into these lulls. Sometimes it's being busy, but more often than not it's something else that I can't quite fully identify. Although, one thing I have realized is that posting without complaining is a hard thing to do. About a year ago I decided I wanted to try to only post positive things and my post volume has been through the floor ever since. I guess it's just a lot of fun to post to the world and bitch about whatever it is you feel is wrong with what's going on. Hence forth, I'm rejecting that position and returning to criticizing all that I think is crap.

So what to do? How do you get back into the flow and reestablish the momentum? I'm not sure, but I'm going to try by writing this meaningless post just to get things started. Maybe I'll redesign the site or something to make it feel a little fresher too, who knows what it will take, but I'm going to find a way to get back to writing.

Posted by Kimbro Staken