Blogging, Commenting, Visiting, etc…

I’ve always said that if blogging starts to feel like a chore, I will stop doing it.

Over the past few months, there have been periods of days where I’ve gone without posting, including October, which is usually my favourite time to get my spooky posts out there.

It’s been even longer, or so it seems, since I’ve been able to visit and comment on the wonderful array of blogs that I follow.

Challenges have taken a back seat, characters of mine are growing dustier and ever more impatient by the day.

I’m not going to stop blogging; it hasn’t reached a chore stage yet, and I don’t think, really, it ever will… I love writing and playing with words, and this is really the only place I’m able to do that.

Moving forward, I will try to post a few times a week, possibly not daily. See, non-committal, so not a chore.

I will try to visit (and possibly comment) on a handful of posts each week… I’ll leave a like if I don’t comment, but know that I have read your post if I do this. It’ll be a bit more obvious if I comment as well, though!

I seem to have so much to do at the moment. Everything is competing for the same time. A bit of jiggery pokery is needed to fit everything in… but fit everything will!

I’m kind of starting afresh from today. I’m not going back over past comments here, but thank you for leaving any if you did. I’m also not going to try to catch up with the blogs I follow. That said, in time, I may be able to do something about this, but I am making no commitment.

Happy November… and I will see you soon… sporadically. (I may change the name of the blog to The Sporadic Perspective… or maybe not… it takes an age to work out how to use the blog design block editor (whoever thought buttons with symbols and not words was an easy way forward, and an incomprehensible page structure saves time, must be from another planet – but that’s a rant for another day!)).

See you in Blogland!

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43 responses to “Blogging, Commenting, Visiting, etc…”

  1. Misky avatar
    Misky

    I did something similar by not depending on prompts for inspiration, and I wrote when inspired … which means fewer comments and less reading time, but my muse is happier for it. I read your posts everyday, or when posted, sometimes I leave a Like but when I do it’s because I genuinely like it not because I want reciprocation. Be well, Tom, keep your finger in the ink so it doesn’t wither. And yes, happy November.

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    1. Tom avatar
      Tom

      Thanks, Misky. It’s all fun, it’s just getting the right balance of fun!
      And thanks also for visiting! 🙂
      Happy November

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  2. Visionkeeper avatar
    Visionkeeper

    We’ve all felt the dense pressure of our world gone insane and have retreated to save ourselves…Not just bloggers, everybody TL…It’s important to be kind to yourself and be there to support yourself in everything you feel. There is NO right or wrong it just is and it is fine just the way it is. These are mind boggling times of situations we have never encountered before and so we are all stumbling along. It’s a good time to teach ourselves to let go of what we feel we should be doing and accept that we aren’t with no guilt or pressure. While our words are appreciated and important, the time spent creating them is now needed to create our new world and feel joy. Be well TL and just BE for a while. Blessings….VK

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    1. Tom avatar
      Tom

      Thanks, VK!
      I am doing a lot of retreating lately, and it is working wonders… but other areas do take a hit because of it. That’s fine and things are quite smooth which is good. I’m focusing on me, though, and ‘out there’ stays out there… all of its nonsense, madness, and distractions are just something that try to get into me from time to time. My reflective barriers are up, so I’m only affected by things if I choose to be so.
      So yes, BEING is definitely what I’m doing right now.
      Have a great weekend!

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      1. Visionkeeper avatar
        Visionkeeper

        Good! enjoy every minute of that time! Many people don’t even know how to BE anymore without the distractions. Quite sad…..Carry on TL….VK

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  3. Michael avatar
    Michael

    It’s always an ebb and flow mate, keeping creating for your own pleasure and satisfaction is what matters most I’d suggest. Everything else will be what it will be

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    1. Tom avatar
      Tom

      Thanks, Michael. Yes, you’re right. Creating is fun and a welcome distraction to everything out there. Once I’ve aligned myself properly, I’ll give myself the time to be more creative. I’m just going through an alignment phase right now! 🙂
      Have a great weekend!

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  4. joylennick avatar
    joylennick

    Hi Tom, Lately, contents recently typed, suddenly disappear!?

    I don ‘t know how old you are. . .but if you live to be 90 or over, like me, I guarantee you will still be writing if you have an obsession with words. My dear husband also has and he’s 96. He finishes several crossword puzzles each day, plus a word-wheel, if he’s not reading. We even wrote a modest limerick/joke book together: The Moon is Wearing a Tutu, and I have managed to write and publish nine books, with a 10th waiting…(I have put glue on my perch!) ‘im indoors also wrote a Memoir, which I typed and had published for him. So, you see, there’s no hope for wordies… I wish you a long life, sir. Words are as valuable as music. Cheers Onwards and upwards. Joy Lennick

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    1. Tom avatar
      Tom

      Hi Joy… thanks for your encouragement! 😀 I love the fact that you’re both still writing! Between you and me, I’m mid fifties, but to the outside world, I stopped ageing at 24!
      All the best for your next book! I will get my first out there someday.
      I hope the rains are keeping away from you, and I wish you a great and safe weekend.

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  5. Destiny avatar
    Destiny

    “Everything is competing for the same time.”🥴
    happy November, Tom 🤍

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    1. Tom avatar
      Tom

      I know, Destiny… it’s all very confusing (but only when I let it! 🙂).
      Wishing you a wonderful weekend… and Happy November!

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      1. Destiny avatar
        Destiny

        to let it or not let it…true.
        thanks, Tom…🤍

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  6. europasicewolf avatar
    europasicewolf

    Never enough hours in a day to fit everything in Tom! Even less when you have to battle the wordpress editor just to get one post up! Sounds like you’re familiar with its quirky design 🤪 Main thing here though is you’re OK 👍 and ticking along 😁

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    1. Tom avatar
      Tom

      Familiar and then some, Icewolf… and perpetually clueless about it all as well! And yes, I’m well. Finding time and losing time simultaneously adds to the fun! 🤪

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      1. europasicewolf avatar
        europasicewolf

        Interesting and losing time!⏲️I now have visions of finding and losing time, cancelling out any actually movement of time so that essentially time stands forever still…that would mean time ceased to exist right?👍😁We are trapped in a timeless moment….🤔(predictive text said a “Tomless” moment!)🥴

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        1. Tom avatar
          Tom

          Nooo! We can’t have a Tomless moment… I’m just trying to get back into blogging again!
          (Predictive text suggested Tomless… what is the virtual world coming to?)

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          1. europasicewolf avatar
            europasicewolf

            I would not like to be trapped in a Tomless moment indefinitely! That would be most unfortunate, and dare I say, a little boring! 🤭

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            1. Tom avatar
              Tom

              It most certainly will not be indefinitely, Icewolf. Definitely not. Maybe just a tad indefinitely.

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              1. europasicewolf avatar
                europasicewolf

                Maybe not for you, but it’s getting very close to the end for me and WP now. I concede that changing my theme has undoubtedly led to layout issues that I have spent 2 days correcting as best I can on posts done with the previous theme. But I see no rhyme or reason as to why those same problems with blocks completely messed up, are still doing that on new posts. Text and media block especially. I see no point to this new editor if they can’t make it function right. I’m not sure I see anybpoint to blogging right now either.😵‍💫🤨

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                1. Tom avatar
                  Tom

                  Eek! Noooo! These things are sent to merely try us! The editor isn’t easy to use, not user-friendly, and highly frustrating, I agree. A nice little user guide would be helpful. Although the post editor seems to be easier to use (especially on the mobilius phoneus) than the theme editor is on a PC… I wouldn’t dare to use that on a mobile.
                  Did changing your theme remove all your posts, Icewolf? That shouldn’t happen and is very wrong… I’d mention that to support as it seems like a fault. The formatting on my older posts is terrible, but there’s a message on the site saying powered by WordPress, so if they’re happy with how that looks, who am I to change it?
                  Anyhoo, there are a lot of your posts showing in my reader, which look like you’ve reposted them, although the comments are there from last time, so it doesn’t seem they have been removed…hmmm.
                  An Icewolf void in Blogland would be terrible, but I can understand how you feel with the frustrations. It is frustrating when things don’t look how you’d like them to (I sigh every time I look in a mirror!) Spellchecker is playing up on the app, so I hope this makes sense and isn’t a garbled ramble.
                  If you can bear it, and your posts haven’t been removed, I would try to stick with the formatting and maybe post a post about why they look as they do, hoping moving forward things in the new theme would look better. I think someone from WordPress liked my post here, so they will probably be aware of the issues… if they did read, that is.
                  If you decide enough is enough, that’s fair enough on your part, but very sad on mine… but I’m not as regular a visitor or poster as I once was, so cannot command you to stay and keep blogging or anything.
                  We’ve been around for far too long for technology to see us off… and as bad as it is, it could be worse and we’re on blogger.. that platform is shockingly bad (in my opinion) but it may get better with use.
                  Sorry about this garbled nonsense, but replying on a mobile isn’t as easy as it was either…

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  7. Sue Dreamwalker avatar
    Sue Dreamwalker

    Happy November Tom, you must do what pleases YOU Tom…. Blogging should be a pleasure and not a chore…. Take care, and We will see you when we see you…. I too do not spend as much time in blog land as I once did…. I am busy creating other things right now..
    Much love your way xx

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    1. Tom avatar
      Tom

      Thanks Sue, and Happy November!
      Being creative is good, however we choose to do it.

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  8. Chris Hall avatar
    Chris Hall

    Good morning, Tom – and I am a little late, as usual (now), but lovely to see you – always. No problems for whatever you want (little smile). Some time we can go on a trip around the moon and then wave to a few stars… we will enjoy that, don’t you think?
    Happy November (again) – be happy, always xxx

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    1. Tom avatar
      Tom

      Thanks, Chris.
      And exactly! We can do whatever we please, when we want to do it!
      And Happy November again! 😀

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  9. europasicewolf avatar
    europasicewolf

    🙄Here we go again…the dreaded typos didn’t take long to rear their ugly heads again! “Interesting….finding and losing time!⏲️…”

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    1. Tom avatar
      Tom

      Hehehe! This one passed me by! 😊

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  10. europasicewolf avatar
    europasicewolf

    Much how they always pass me by too, until they’ve already posted and there’s nothing I can do to change them😅Little rat bags that they are!😆

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    1. Tom avatar
      Tom

      They do do it delivering <- see? That should’ve been deliberately, but spellchecker auto corrected it to what it thought better…

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  11. Diane Henders avatar
    Diane Henders

    Happy November, Tom; and I hope you enjoy your more relaxed blogging schedule! (And I agree about the block editor: What a horribly ill-conceived “tool”!)

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    1. Tom avatar
      Tom

      Thanks, Diane. Happy November! 😀

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  12. europasicewolf avatar
    europasicewolf

    I was doing just fine with the block editor till recently Tom. Now it seems to have a mind of its own. But thank you for your kind words 🙏 No…changing themes only trashed the layout of a percentage of the older posts. I’m too much of a perfectionist to happily tolerate my posts looking like they did. Even if nobody looks at them but me.Text and media blocks hanged into full size images filling the whole page with the text layered over the top in unreadable black print for example. Switching to “Gallery” block helped a little but the “Tiled Gallery” block was a disaster 🥴
    Sorry about thebposts suddenlybshowing in your reader. I didn’t know that was happening. I didn’t repost them. Just moved them into drafts for editing to avoid losing comments etc and having to redo entire posts. They then published back to their original date spots. Apart from the pink candyfloss planet one. For unknown reasons that went in as a new post. I know that showed in the reader because it got a new like. I changed the date and it moved itself back to its original place.
    I did have a blogger account but on a different Google address to the regular one, so they may have terminated the email address for lack of usage- unless there was incoming mail I’ve not been near to know about!
    Anyway, having unleashed my inner wolf 🐺 🤪 unfortunately for the recipient I have asked a side, also released other frustrations too, so will continue with the blog until the next outrageous frustration arises with it 😏

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    1. Tom avatar
      Tom

      Enjoy the frustrations, Icewolf! They all add to the fun (when we look back in a few years!) 🤣

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      1. europasicewolf avatar
        europasicewolf

        It’ll be more than a few years Tom! I’m certainly not enjoying the frustrations…they are very…frustrating??!!🤣

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        1. Tom avatar
          Tom

          Hehehe.
          Do you remember the time when we used to just blog without jumping through hoops? 🤣 It’s a distant memory for me.
          Time for a quantum shift back into those times, methinks.

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          1. europasicewolf avatar
            europasicewolf

            There was such a time Tom?!!😂
            I probably always jumped through hoops because of that pesky theme I loved to use but was horrendous to work with🤣😉😂

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            1. Tom avatar
              Tom

              I remember both times well.

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              1. europasicewolf avatar
                europasicewolf

                I remember the pesky times much more vividly than the no hoops to jump through era!

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                1. Tom avatar
                  Tom

                  At least the times have provided lasting memories. 🤔

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                  1. europasicewolf avatar
                    europasicewolf

                    Well yes…your could put it that way ☺️😄

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                    1. Tom avatar
                      Tom

                      🤣

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  13. europasicewolf avatar
    europasicewolf

    NB: Typo alert! ⚠️📢🚨
    “Text and media blocks…” did not “hanged into full size images…” 😳 They ‘changed’ into full size images! ⚠️🚨📢⚠️

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    1. Tom avatar
      Tom

      Tyops? What tyops???

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      1. europasicewolf avatar
        europasicewolf

        😅🤣😂

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