People seem obsessed with online projects where you have to do one thing, every single day, for a month, for a year, every week, etc. While I understand how cool it must be for some people, and sometimes I wish I could do it, I just won’t. Why? I don’t know… For me, anything that is supposed to be fun and becomes an obligation ends up not being fun.
I signed up for the Holidailies and before that one was over, I signed up for NaBloPoMo thinking I could do it. And then this weekend came, with important things happening, a friend dying, my having a mini-breakdown. So I didn’t post for 3 days straight and I felt guilty. That is stupid! Last night I said it wasn’t fun, this is a hobby, this is a blog… I left NaBloPoMo.
The 365 Project on Flickr has a great premise. But it didn’t work for me when I tried to do it. At the end of the day I was desperate looking for a photo to take because I simply forgot, as if I was getting paid to do it. And yes, I’m here thinking that everything in life requires a little bit of commitment, but like I said… I don’t want something I enjoy to become an obligation. I have enough of those already to make my online life another one.
I’m back to posting whenever I feel like it, without having to rummage through my brain looking for a subject that won’t make people yawn. And it feels great!
