About Blogs (Part II)

[Before reading this post, make sure to read Part I]



I also give myself a hard time because while I think that I can write fairly well, I generally don't spend a ton of time thinking through well written arguments and prose here.



Any or all of my writing that I want to be proud of doesn't usually get done here. This is a good place to write up ideas, comments, or observations and not much more. I realize all of these things, but I still give myself a hard time because there are MUCH better blogs out there than this one. Repeat. MUCH better.



But I was doing some blog reading earlier and came to a realization that made me feel good.



The realization that I came to today was that sometimes enough is enough. I was reading a particular entry that was just so damned wordy and unnecessarily long-winded that I actually got annoyed before I finished reading it.



The individual who wrote this post is very obviously an intelligent person, and a good writer. The problem is that sometimes it seems like the author is trying really hard to REALLY drive home the idea to the reader that, "Hey, I'm smart and I write well," which really ends up coming off as a little pretentious.



So I guess there is a good middle ground. And maybe I put to much pressure on myself.



I want to do a better job of remembering the advice I was given by the guy who got me into blogs in the first place:



"Remember, there is no pressure to write every day. Even if you only write once a month, if it's good it won't matter."