You’ve likely noticed by now that we’ve stopped commenting on blogs. Well, we haven’t stopped entirely; we still comment on as many meme-based posts as we possibly can, though it usually takes us a day or so. And we haven’t ceased commenting forever. We hope that our lapse in commenting is just temporary.
As bloggers who have been just as prolific about commenting as we have about blogging, our relative silence must come as an unwelcome surprise. As bloggers who have long extolled the virtues of leaving feedback, the break we’ve taken from reading and commenting must seem awfully hypocritical. Unfortunately, we didn’t have much of a choice.
While we managed to keep up with the many blogs we follow during a very busy summer, for some reason the resumption of our normal post-summer routine has proved a hectic time for both of us. September is always a busy month for us; while October is usually more sedate the past month has been less relaxing than we expected. Between work, family stuff, an enormous non-blog writing project, and occasional extracurricular activities, it’s been difficult keeping our heads above water.
We’ve continued to blog, obviously. We appreciate the outlet blogging provides and we don’t intend to stop. But something had to give, and for now that something is reading and commenting on most blog posts. It wasn’t something we chose to do lightly. In fact, I’m not certain that we ever chose to stop commenting, per se. But after a few days of unchecked posts scrolling through Google Reader, it became clear that the odds of us getting caught up were slim to none.
We feel guilty about it, actually. We know we shouldn’t, but we do. We feel guilty because despite our lack of reciprocity we’re still receiving a lot of comments from bloggers who enjoy our stuff. The fact that we love staying caught up in the lives of our friends by reading their blogs but can’t makes us feel worse.
The long and the short of it is this: Our current inability to stay caught up with the blogs we so enjoy is not personal. We have simply dropped the ball. In the hopefully-near future when things get easier, we will pick it up again, and run with it. Until then, we hope that you’ll continue to stop by.
-Jack
Don’t feel guilty… you’ve posted so many comments over the years, you can take a few months off and still be way ahead in the feedback bank.
If ever you need a hand (or tongue/lips) to help with the ball/s I would only be too glad to help 🙂
life happens. 🙂
hope things are going well.
Don’t sweat it. Most of us understand that life (the real world) is far more important. I know that you & Jill are out there, reading, watching, tweeting. It’s not like you told us to “fuck off”
I know I have been slacking off also. It just happens. love to both of you
J+J, I did actually notice and wondered to myself if there was any particular reason. But like Tom said, it is nothing to feel guilty about. Other things take priority. But I really do appreciate that you took the time to explain to your peers your reasoning.
You two as always are too cool for school.
We all get busy and have times when we need to deal with the real world. I’m glad you are doing what you need to do to manage stress and keep things in balance. You’ve been amazing at lifting others up so now it’s time for you to coast for awhile and let us return the favor. Hugs to both of you!