Les Jones

Blogging > Changes in Blogging

The vacation last week was great. Among other things, it gave me a chance to think about how blogging fits into my life. I love it, but it's taking too much of my time, and it's becoming too insistent a demand on my time, so I'm making some changes. I'm not giving up blogging, but I plan on blogging less.

I'll still write the Thursday Gun Links. So many of the bloggers I read cover guns that I never want for material.

I'll still write the Tuesday E-commerce Report. It's actually fairly demanding: there's little material out there to link, so the report is mostly original writing each week. It's worth doing, though, because it's the most unique thing on the site, and it encourages me to do research in my professional field. It's already done some good in focusing my thoughts, and in attracting some consulting contacts.

The easiest thing for me to cut back on is blogging about current political events. Most politics is the politics of the last five minutes. I work a full-time job, so it's impossible for me to have timely coverage. There are other people in a better position to cover those issues. In the big picture, covering the latest fusillade between Democrats and Republicans isn't the best use of my free time. In a week they'll be on to different talking points, and I won't be able to get that part of my life back.

The other change is that I'm going to put blogging at a lower priority. If I have to make sacrifices in another part of my life in order to blog, I just won't blog. Blogging is fun, and occasionally important, but it's less important than family, friends, and work, so I'm putting it in its proper place.