Comments on: Is This One Of Those Signs That I Need Help? http://www.misszoot.com/2008/04/12/is-this-one-of-those-signs-that-i-need-help/ misszoot.com - the mundane life of a horribly geeky mother of 3 Sun, 12 Feb 2012 13:32:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Operation Pink Herring http://www.misszoot.com/2008/04/12/is-this-one-of-those-signs-that-i-need-help/#comment-469527 Operation Pink Herring Mon, 14 Apr 2008 14:20:58 +0000 http://www.misszoot.com/2008/04/12/is-this-one-of-those-signs-that-i-need-help/#comment-469527 You seem to have such a healthy relationship with blogging. As long as in the internet isn't taking the place of someone's real life, I see no reason to quit! You seem to have such a healthy relationship with blogging. As long as in the internet isn’t taking the place of someone’s real life, I see no reason to quit!

]]> By: Jem http://www.misszoot.com/2008/04/12/is-this-one-of-those-signs-that-i-need-help/#comment-469084 Jem Mon, 14 Apr 2008 05:45:53 +0000 http://www.misszoot.com/2008/04/12/is-this-one-of-those-signs-that-i-need-help/#comment-469084 To me, its not so much about writing, as the internet in general. I feel its really bad for me and ever since I got the internet, way back when I was 14, my life has surrounded it. I'd rather be DOING things than always wondering who's updated or whatever, but I can't seem to stop. To me, its not so much about writing, as the internet in general. I feel its really bad for me and ever since I got the internet, way back when I was 14, my life has surrounded it. I’d rather be DOING things than always wondering who’s updated or whatever, but I can’t seem to stop.

]]> By: courtney http://www.misszoot.com/2008/04/12/is-this-one-of-those-signs-that-i-need-help/#comment-468768 courtney Sun, 13 Apr 2008 23:08:14 +0000 http://www.misszoot.com/2008/04/12/is-this-one-of-those-signs-that-i-need-help/#comment-468768 i've been writing nearly every day since i learned how. i've always had notebooks and journals and my own folder on the family computer, and by the time i was 12 or 13, a place online for my words. blogging is just another way to take those words out of my head and make them tangible. i COULD stop if i wanted to, because i have a thousand other outlets for my words. i don't want to though, because not only do i get to write, but i make friends doing it. it doesn't hinder my life at all. it's just another incarnation of something i'd be doing anyway. i’ve been writing nearly every day since i learned how. i’ve always had notebooks and journals and my own folder on the family computer, and by the time i was 12 or 13, a place online for my words. blogging is just another way to take those words out of my head and make them tangible. i COULD stop if i wanted to, because i have a thousand other outlets for my words. i don’t want to though, because not only do i get to write, but i make friends doing it. it doesn’t hinder my life at all. it’s just another incarnation of something i’d be doing anyway.

]]> By: Katy http://www.misszoot.com/2008/04/12/is-this-one-of-those-signs-that-i-need-help/#comment-468689 Katy Sun, 13 Apr 2008 21:08:47 +0000 http://www.misszoot.com/2008/04/12/is-this-one-of-those-signs-that-i-need-help/#comment-468689 I couldn't up and leave and stop blogging but I don't blog all the time. I can go up to a week without blogging and it doesn't bother me where as today I've blogged twice. I really enjoy blogging but it doesn't take over my life. I just don't have the time or the energy to blog multiple times a day. I couldn’t up and leave and stop blogging but I don’t blog all the time. I can go up to a week without blogging and it doesn’t bother me where as today I’ve blogged twice. I really enjoy blogging but it doesn’t take over my life. I just don’t have the time or the energy to blog multiple times a day.

]]> By: angie http://www.misszoot.com/2008/04/12/is-this-one-of-those-signs-that-i-need-help/#comment-468682 angie Sun, 13 Apr 2008 21:02:36 +0000 http://www.misszoot.com/2008/04/12/is-this-one-of-those-signs-that-i-need-help/#comment-468682 I could never ever ever quit my blog. Even though it has pretty much sucked badly in the last year, I could never quit. I don't even toy with the idea. It's a part of me. I love my blog friends (and my blog) like I do the people I see every day. It makes me sad when people who I read, stop blogging. Sometimes it makes me MAD. Irrationally so. And then I feel embarrassed. It's a weird thing. I could never ever ever quit my blog. Even though it has pretty much sucked badly in the last year, I could never quit. I don’t even toy with the idea. It’s a part of me. I love my blog friends (and my blog) like I do the people I see every day.

It makes me sad when people who I read, stop blogging. Sometimes it makes me MAD. Irrationally so. And then I feel embarrassed.

It’s a weird thing.

]]> By: Kelly http://www.misszoot.com/2008/04/12/is-this-one-of-those-signs-that-i-need-help/#comment-468491 Kelly Sun, 13 Apr 2008 16:20:37 +0000 http://www.misszoot.com/2008/04/12/is-this-one-of-those-signs-that-i-need-help/#comment-468491 Eh, I just try not to take it all too seriously. I enjoy blogging, it's a fun hobby, and I like keeping a record for my kids to read someday. But I don't stress about posting every day or commenting all the time. I just try and enjoy it for the fun pasttime that it is, ya know? :) Eh, I just try not to take it all too seriously. I enjoy blogging, it’s a fun hobby, and I like keeping a record for my kids to read someday. But I don’t stress about posting every day or commenting all the time. I just try and enjoy it for the fun pasttime that it is, ya know? :)

]]> By: DA http://www.misszoot.com/2008/04/12/is-this-one-of-those-signs-that-i-need-help/#comment-468470 DA Sun, 13 Apr 2008 15:57:21 +0000 http://www.misszoot.com/2008/04/12/is-this-one-of-those-signs-that-i-need-help/#comment-468470 I don't read blogs on a regular basis, sorry even yours. But time to time I do check in and see what's happening with your young family, being we have met and talked before. I don't see any relationship between your old friends drinking/drug use and blogging. You are not spiteful,hurtful nor rumor spreading in the blogs I have read. If you were neglecting your family responsibility to maintain your blogging then it would be a problem but your family appears to be the top priority in your life. Just remember to keep that balance of " internet friends/support" and real life friends/support. I too have had friends that refused to examine their life looking forward and just see the short term gratifications. Your blog reminded me of friends that outside of work , I have never been around that were not drinking and/or doing drugs. It is always life is too short not to enjoy and I'll change when I'm older.....wanting to live the teenage years forever. Well life is too short to not remember and there are no guarantees that you will get older. I don’t read blogs on a regular basis, sorry even yours. But time to time I do check in and see what’s happening with your young family, being we have met and talked before. I don’t see any relationship between your old friends drinking/drug use and blogging. You are not spiteful,hurtful nor rumor spreading in the blogs I have read. If you were neglecting your family responsibility to maintain your blogging then it would be a problem but your family appears to be the top priority in your life. Just remember to keep that balance of ” internet friends/support” and real life friends/support. I too have had friends that refused to examine their life looking forward and just see the short term gratifications. Your blog reminded me of friends that outside of work , I have never been around that were not drinking and/or doing drugs. It is always life is too short not to enjoy and I’ll change when I’m older…..wanting to live the teenage years forever. Well life is too short to not remember and there are no guarantees that you will get older.

]]> By: Cathy http://www.misszoot.com/2008/04/12/is-this-one-of-those-signs-that-i-need-help/#comment-467977 Cathy Sun, 13 Apr 2008 02:50:23 +0000 http://www.misszoot.com/2008/04/12/is-this-one-of-those-signs-that-i-need-help/#comment-467977 You know that many of the walk-aways will be back. We grow and change over time and so do our writing styles. When you find a groove that fits, you know it. You know that many of the walk-aways will be back. We grow and change over time and so do our writing styles. When you find a groove that fits, you know it.

]]> By: Grandmere http://www.misszoot.com/2008/04/12/is-this-one-of-those-signs-that-i-need-help/#comment-467942 Grandmere Sun, 13 Apr 2008 01:38:04 +0000 http://www.misszoot.com/2008/04/12/is-this-one-of-those-signs-that-i-need-help/#comment-467942 Blogging keeps me writing and I need to do that. It may not be as structured as the writing I used to do, but it is an exercise, keeps me involved, and provides a chance for me to pracitce the old skills. Mental exericise is as important as physical and this is a fun way to exercise! Blogging keeps me writing and I need to do that. It may not be as structured as the writing I used to do, but it is an exercise, keeps me involved, and provides a chance for me to pracitce the old skills. Mental exericise is as important as physical and this is a fun way to exercise!

]]> By: Randi http://www.misszoot.com/2008/04/12/is-this-one-of-those-signs-that-i-need-help/#comment-467917 Randi Sun, 13 Apr 2008 01:14:44 +0000 http://www.misszoot.com/2008/04/12/is-this-one-of-those-signs-that-i-need-help/#comment-467917 I don't use a Google reader. I have a specific number of blogs that I enjoy reading every day (obviously this is one), and I like reading others a few times a week (which is when they usually update). I blog once a day generally, and then take care of my business. I put my flickr photos up for my family to see and am not active there other than that. I have a myspace page, but do not do much with it other than use the Myspace IM to avoid work. I don't twitter, nor do I Facebook. Could I quit blogging? Probably not the blogging part. I enjoy reading other peoples blogs and writing my own thoughts down. Does it dominate my life? Absolutely not. I'm online only when I'm working and use the blogs as a buffer for work, and I actually schedule what time I'm allowed to go online and what time I'm not. For my life, I've found the perfect balance. I don't understand how people get "addicted" and let it take over their lives...I really, honestly, don't! I don’t use a Google reader. I have a specific number of blogs that I enjoy reading every day (obviously this is one), and I like reading others a few times a week (which is when they usually update). I blog once a day generally, and then take care of my business.

I put my flickr photos up for my family to see and am not active there other than that. I have a myspace page, but do not do much with it other than use the Myspace IM to avoid work. I don’t twitter, nor do I Facebook.

Could I quit blogging? Probably not the blogging part. I enjoy reading other peoples blogs and writing my own thoughts down. Does it dominate my life? Absolutely not. I’m online only when I’m working and use the blogs as a buffer for work, and I actually schedule what time I’m allowed to go online and what time I’m not. For my life, I’ve found the perfect balance.

I don’t understand how people get “addicted” and let it take over their lives…I really, honestly, don’t!

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