Note: This is something I’ve written ages ago from a word doc ‘coz I was offline then and I don’t know what to do. So, please bear with the post! 
…I salute y’all!
I remember the old days when I used to borrow Blogger’s space and prattled all the way like a smart-aleck nitwit. Ah yes, gone are the good yet laughable (read: ridiculous) old days.
In hindsight, it wasn’t all that good. My grammar was bad. My English was bordering to be trying hard. Overall, my posts were bordering to mediocre.
I don’t confirm nor deny that my posts are still that poorly-written till now. Maybe, it’s just I appreciate my writing and accept my writer’s block today more than before.
One thing I love to brag about my neophyte blogging days was being able to post more often. I used to blog for more or less 3-4 times a week. Most of the time, I was a lean mean blogging machine, for I was able to post every day. I thought I was driving really, really mad, until I’ve met the likes of Perez Hilton in cyberspace. My lunatic smile went awry.
It’s kinda force of habit, ‘coz my posts were mainly personal like that of your scented Caper Cat diary sans the lock. It was open to public. I wasn’t afraid of the comments. I actually thought of comments like receiving a star. The more stars you have, the better you are. Think about kindergarten, and your younger niece will be able to concur with what I’m saying. =)
But, time passes by. Ripe begins to rot. Yoga becomes boring.
Many yoga practitioners (my yoga teacher, for instance) would astutely if not violently disagree with the claim. (Honestly, that’d be a scale of 10 in the bizarre-o meter should Mr. Gautama fanatic becomes violent.) Hence, I dare you not to throw stones at me. It’s just representation of another word I am actually meaning to. I forget what figure of speech is that, and I don’t want to bore you on details. But, if there’s someone or something to blame—it would be David & Goliath. Nah, I’m kidding!
Blogging becomes boring. I don’t say it comes with the age. I believe it comes with the aging enthusiasm. As soon as you lose the zing, you lose all the mojo that comes with creating a sensible post. Even if it’s honestly a crappy one, you’d still lose the mojo to start and finish it with your signature style.
Like I, for instance, my blogging energy is sucked out of its entirety. I can no longer afford to think of a sensible subject and start writing about it. You know it’s hard when all your creative juices are lost and vaporized into thin air. It gets even harder when creative juices aren’t renewable at all. You’ll eventually go to the path astray, put your blog into exile until it builds yeasts and cobwebs with the Alexa ranking of a gazillion times forgotten.
Defying boredom and Squeezing out some New Juice
Sometimes, all it needs is a little goading with a wedge of a stick. For example, I am prodding myself at this very moment to start conceptualizing a post. I don’t know where to start. I have no single, not even an ounce of idea on how to begin. Hence, best thing about having a personal blog is that I am able to write anything under the sun. Another viable reason to push myself into blogging is the amount of money I pay for my domain and hosting should not be put to waste. So there. That’s quite a start of the push. =]
You can’t actually compose a post with just mere prodding. So, start typing. Start stringing a few sentences about the first thing that pops into your head. Right now, I am thinking of blogging something about my obviously incurable laziness and connecting it to my recently purchased slogan tee. Just type and type and never look back to the black hole of oblivion. Chances are you’d be as much surprised as like I am right now that I have made such a long, somewhat sensible post.
Finally, do not ever forget to enjoy and seize the moment. Play with your thoughts, and enjoy whatever it is that plays in your head—whether it’s just a few staccato Chopstick beats or a complex symphony. What matters most is that you’re happy with what you’re doing. If not, forget blogging and eternally abandon your account. It’s that simple!
#1 by r u s s on January 18th, 2010 - 7:21 pm
This is a beautiful post and I want to ask permission to re-post it in my blog. This portion is my favorite → “Play with your thoughts, and enjoy whatever it is that plays in your head”
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I still find joy and satisfaction in blogging. I did have quite a long break a few years back, but that’s because I was heartbroken when I accidentally deleted an old e-mail address connected to my old blog.Ö
#2 by roanne on January 18th, 2010 - 7:53 pm
Hi Russ! Sure, No problem. Thanks, and I’m really glad you like it.
I still have my old blog, though it’s locked for my viewing pleasure only.
There are certain things that halt us from doing our passions. Yet, true love never dies, and I guess this proves it.
And, we never fail to surprise ourselves as we keep coming back for more.