Every Tuesday I have such high hopes. I start early in the day reading TWD blogs and commenting on as many as I can. I love to see the comments that people leave for me, so I assume that it's the same for others.
Then maybe I'll come back on Tuesday night. And the 46 or so active posts have become 120 or so. So I try to get through some more.
Then on Wednesday there are even more posts. Some of them aren't even TWD! (Where do these people find the time and topics?) So I fall further and further behind. By Friday I just try to comment on any post from blogs that I missed on Tuesday or Wednesday. This is murder on the control freak in me.
And now it's Sunday. I just cleared my Google Reader in preparation for the next TWD. I erased over 400 active posts.
I need to get over the idea that I can comment on all the TWD posts. I will make my peace with Google Reader one day. In the meantime, sorry for the posts I haven't read, the comments I haven't left, and the recipes that I've missed.
And next week I'll try again.
•••• Edited to add: The control freak in me had a field-day this afternoon. I (literally, possibly sadly) looked at every blog on the TWD blogroll. Originally, I had 478 blogs listed. If the blogger hadn't posted a TWD post for the month of December, I deleted it from my list. Now the only people on my list are TWD bloggers. I still won't comment on everyone, but my narrowed list makes me feel better. Control freak.
11 comments:
All I can really say is - join the club :) Depending on my motivation, I'll be able to comment on every single TWD post. But sometimes, I set the deadline of if it hasn't been posted by the time I go to sleep on Tuesday, it doesn't count. And sometimes, I just hit "mark all as read" a couple days later. Guilt trips are overrated.
It's guilt I get over pretty quickly. "Mark all as read" is a good tool.
As much as I love the comments and to comment I only have about 40 TWD people on my reader. I love everyones but I can't get through all of them either. And, I am one of the crazzies filling your reader with extra posts. Sorry!!! :)
Oh, I don't even load all the TWD blogroll in my Google Reader. I know that I cannot keep up with 300+ bloggers. I've got a bunch that I follow, and I check out the folks who comment on my blog, and fit more in if I can. I know that I'm missing some amazing and fun blogs, but the time commitment is just too heavy.
Nancy
it's nice that you try to comment as much as you can. i have all the TWD bakers loaded and read almost every post that comes through my reader, but i don't always have the time to comment on each one.
Amen sister! Sometimes my GR gets over 1,000 with all my crazy blog and newsfeed reading. I have to declare reader bankruptcy and start over all the time. I feel bad because I do want to comment but sometimes I scroll through and wish them a quiet, verbal, "nice"!
No worries, it's hard to follow every single one. I wish I could. I share your pain. Thanks for commenting on my blog:-)
OMW...I don't even attempt all this, I pick my top 30 favs (and you are in the top 5 always) and then just close my eyes and shut Clarice down for the night...LOL.
I try to make it to as many blogs as I can, but just cannot do it! I'm lucky to get to 20-30 on Tuesday and that's about it. I also always try to visit those who leave me comments.
I never feel bad not hearing from more people as I know everyone is in the same boat.
Again, thanks for visiting my blog!
I don't know how some folks get through all the posts they see.
They must never sleep
AmyRuth
It's really impressive to me that you read as much as you do!
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