Put This One To Bed

Today marks the end of another successful NaBloPoMo (National Blog Posting Month) in which I post at least once per day for the month of November.

Looking back at the listing of posts and the times that I posted, even though I technically completed it, my heart wasn't always in it. There were some last minute scrambles and some fluff posts, but now that it is over I am glad that I once again took on the challenge.

More than anything, the forced daily posts kept My Thermos sort of on my radar and remind me how much I love writing here. It isn't always my top priority though, or even in my top 10, and this exercise proves to me that I can still contribute here without the rest of my life coming to a screeching halt.

So will I continue to post every day? I doubt it. I guess it is possible but I'm not sure that serves us best. More than that, I hope to at least continue to write every day. I'd like to write the BYOBO posts more frequently. I have some ideas about in depth record reviews and some other features I would like to introduce.

I wasn't at all involved in the NaBloPoMo community this year so I don't think I got any new readers or visitors - but that has never really been my priority around here anyway. I just hope I didn't alienate either of my regular visitors...

Congratulations to any of my fellow NaBloPoMo'ers who also completed this task. Check with me again next year to see about doing it again.

SB

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Congrats on crossing the finish line, Scott.

You kept the spirit of NaBlahBlah alive throughout the month...which in my opinion isn't necessarily writing 30 award-winning posts, but instead stressing the idea of simply paying attention to your blog on a regular basis. I know you've got plenty of other places to direct your writing energy, but I'm glad that you keep My Thermos going, because it ranks high on my list of good reads.

I paid attention to my blog this month right up until the point where I didn't pay attention to it anymore. But I'll be back to give it another shot next November, and (as I've said out loud so many times it's getting annoying even for me) I hope the November exercise gave me a little bit of a kick in the keyboard to continue at a semi-consistent pace.

#1 Gregg (Homepage) on 2008-12-01 01:20 (Reply)

Thanks Gregg - it's all your fault I got into this mess again this year to begin with

My time spent here does go through peaks and valleys, and as much as I complain, I do like the end result of new fresh content being here more regularly.

Whether it is worth reading, well, that's another story

SB

#1.1 Scott (Homepage) on 2008-12-02 11:25 (Reply)

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