For a hot minute I got pretty into my “numbers” on my blog. I was trying to be active everywhere I could be. I became a part of SITS, an active lady blogger community that has definitely brought me some readers. I was checking my analytics on a daily basis to see what posts brought the most readers, and who liked what. I mean…I’m not an all-star blogger. I think that on a good week, an average of 100 people visiting was awesome. Normally I’m somewhere in the 50-75 range, and thats when I write a few times a week. I definitely notice that when I don’t write, no one visits…and thats understandable.

I was feeling the pressure though. I was writing blogs that didnt mean anything. Entries just to write. Space holders. Sure, most of my entries are fluffy anyway…but thats what my blog is about, nothing. I guess they were fluffier for a while? Anyway, I’ve decided to stop caring. I don’t want to feel pressure to write. I love being an active part of a blogger community, but I don’t want to feel obligated to keep up with people. I want to do it on my own terms, and on my own time…and if my numbers start reflecting that…I’m OK with it. My Google Analytics has even been inactive for over a week, and I haven’t made any quick effort to fix it.

If I don’t write for a week…I’m not going to feel bad about it. If I write 3 a day, and don’t space them out through the week…I’m fine with that too. Getting things I need to get done…living my life without sharing every detail…thats what I want. Do you ever wish for the stone age? An age where technology didn’t rule, and people didn’t feel the need to share EVERYTHING? I feel lucky as a 30 something woman to have actually experienced life without the internet, blogs, cell phones, and that constant connection at all times. Do you think its weird that todays generations won’t ever experience that? There wasn’t a filter on what I could and couldn’t see at the library. People couldn’t reach me at all times. My life wasn’t out there for all to see. I didn’t even have a pager in high school like many of my friends did.

And yet I find it weird that people I know are un-searchable on the internet. I know people without facebook pages, and no Google search results. At times I wish I could go back to that. Just delete my presence offline. But then I’d feel so out of the loop that I’d just want to get back into it…because thats what is normal now. It’s what’s expected. Kind of wish it wasn’t.

Tangential as it may be….this post makes sense to me.

At least I felt like I was there only a minute. Last week I went on my first “business” trip. I use the word business lightly, because while it was for work, and for a client, I got to fly to New York to hang out with a Bridal Blogger, and do a media tour discussing how to do a wedding on a budget.

We went on behalf of  RetailMeNot.com, and she got to speak with 27 different stations talking about her tips for saving money on your wedding day, one of them of course being to look for online coupons. And after talking about everything that I’ve been obsessing about anyway (my wedding planning), I got to meet a good friend for lunch.  I did all of this in 2 days. I flew out of SFO Wednesday morning, and flew back Thursday night. I was exhausted, but it was super fun, and if my office ever needs to fly me out for work again…I’m game.

You should definitely check out The Budget Savvy Bride. Jessica knows her stuff, and she is super sweet and cute to boot. You can check out one of the newscasts she got to do on her blog here. You can also check out the live in-person one she got to do as well in Nashville here.

I think that you should go check out some of my current blog favorites right now…these are some of the craft and design blogs I’ve been browsing…What are YOUR favorites.

Do you ever feel that just because you have a blog, that you are required to write in it? I feel like up to this point I’ve been pretty good about 3-4 entries a week, sometimes up to 7. I don’t really have anything to say right now, so I’ve been kind of dark for a few days. I enjoy looking at my analytics and knowing that people are actually reading my blog. I sometimes fear that if I stop writing, people will stop….but I guess I shouldn’t feel obligated to write about nothing ….like I’m doing now.

Its been a pretty lazy Saturday. I’ve been staring at a huge pile of laundry for a week and a half that keeps growing, and I remember why I covet my own washer/dryer. But alas…with no water hookups, no washer/dryer. I’ll get it washed tomorrow…yah, I keep saying that.

I’m going to leave you blog world, likely till Monday, when I come back with an Etsy Tag Monday, and I want to share this video that my friend introduced me to. If you have 5 minutes, its worth the watch. This poor guy has been diagnosed with TB, but is making the most of his weeks of quarantine by making videos. Pretty entertaining.

Cuz I have to (and want to).

My fiance (I still love saying that), is a pretty random dude. He keeps me laughing and entertains me constantly with his random finds from the internet and photoshop skills.

It looks like Tumblr is the perfect site for him to share this stuff with the world now.

I hope he keeps some of the stuff special for me.

Check him out. MICK

Just a taste of what you will get if you subscribe to his feed.

Deep quotes like this:
“I feel that it will be called Mickaragua, and our chief export with be bourbon-fueled wordplay.”
— Me.

Scary photo-shopped images like this:

Add him to your RSS feeder… I just did.