I was reading a blogging friend’s site “A Piece of Peace” when I noticed the following logo:
And I clicked on it for further information.
RubyShooZ said, (in a nutshell) that she believed that everyone should blog without obligation. That a blog shouldn’t become a treadmill to you and you should only blog when you felt you had something to say – rather than because you felt obligated because sometimes, less is more.
She pointed out that you will not get the statistics of how many people visited your blog, or left a comment on it, engraved on your tombstone – so don’t be a martyr, blog with integrity and only when you feel like it!
Well I wholeheartedly agree, so I’ve joined the club! Thank you RubyShooZ for the logos and the common sense.
Alfie: Born (approximately) 1st September 2008 (from Cat's Protection rescue centre)
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Ooh, I didn’t realize that you’d seen this or posted this! Please excuse me for being extremely slow.
I am so happy about that BWO and it’s made all the difference in the world to me and my writing on my blog. I wonder if it’s made a difference for you too.
Peace to you today.
~ RS ~
By: RubyShooZ on October 27, 2007
at 2:42 am
Thanks Ruby – yes it has made a difference! It feels like a penny dropped and I realised that I can blog when I want to and not because I have to.
I finally managed to get the image in my sidebar too! Lol!
By: Author on October 27, 2007
at 8:13 am
I blog WITH obligation – to my sanity. There will come a day, though, when my sanity will have returned to a “new manifestation” and blogging may take on a less “survival” feel. Thanks for posting the BWO logo, so when that times comes, I can join.
Linda
By: Linda on February 13, 2008
at 4:52 am
Cool – thanks for sharing. I’ve got to post the logo!
By: cordieb on May 7, 2008
at 2:31 am
What a great concept! I’m still pretty new at the Cat Blogosphere but I am already “stressing” over making sure I make my obligatory rounds each day! I’m slowly learning to weed-out some of my usual stops though! ;o)
By: Whimpurr on October 31, 2008
at 12:18 am
Hello, Jan
I wandered into your blog via the Alan Rickman link (whose career I have followed with interest since seeing him at Birmingham Repertory Theatre, many years ago)- when I saw the picture of Sidmouth I gasped- it’s my favourite holiday place in all the world -r eturning in 7 weeks’s time, yippee! – and then I saw “The Circle of Life”, which I listened to on the radio coming into work. Synchronicity or what? Thanks for all the fun and interesting items on your site, I’ve much enjoyed browsing around it.
By: Mary on July 20, 2009
at 1:22 pm
Wow this is awesome. Jan already you have pointed me to two things I have/want to put on my blog. Blogging without obligation is such a fantastic concept. Thanks for sharing and thanks to RubyShooz too.
Kirsten
By: Kirsten McKnight on August 21, 2009
at 1:53 am
Welcome Kirsten,
BWO is great isn’t it!
Jan
By: Author on August 21, 2009
at 7:38 am
Jan,
Is it alright for me to use one of the BWO logos on this post?
thanks
Kirsten
By: firefly1234 on August 21, 2009
at 2:34 am
Yes of course ~ help yourself!
Jan
By: Author on August 21, 2009
at 7:37 am
I believe in blogging without obligation – Blogging for love is the way forward. My Dad’s cousin is a cancer survivor and heart bypass survivor. He just had his 80th birthday, still rides a BMW motorbike and wears leathers. He’s a reiki master too and the coolest guy on the planet.
xxx Abi
http://www.butterflydiaries.wordpress.com
By: Abi Tight on September 1, 2009
at 10:12 pm