If you miss one or two of my blog posts, I will not accept your apology.
People comment, email, and DM to apologize for not visiting my blog or doing so a week or more after I’ve posted.
For the love of all that is covered in chocolate, please stop.
Don’t get me wrong. It’s very sweet (the chocolate and your apology). And I’ll admit I’ve done this myself to fellow bloggers.
Of course I like seeing you here but, if you can’t make it, it’s all good.
If I don’t see you for a long while, I might inquire. But, if I do, it’s out of curiosity or concern not anger or upset.
Every once in a while (or more often), we get overwhelmed in the blogging world. We can’t keep up. Either with writing our own posts, reading others’ posts, commenting, or replying to comments.
It’s. All. Good.
Don’t let anyone tell you otherwise.
I don’t know how many times I’ve blogged about this but I don’t care. I’ll blog it again. I’m a broken record. Whatever.
I do not believe blogging should be a source of stress in people’s lives. And, yes, we are people. With lives. Outside the bloody internet.
Sometimes, we can’t catch up and need to rid ourselves of guilt and empty our inbox. I think we’ve all been there. Or most of us, anyway.
I will not tell you that you’re doing something wrong or not doing enough.
I won’t.
You’re good. Just like that.
But I also will not tell you you’re wrong for wanting to be everywhere and do everything. Sometimes, we do this to ourselves.
So, if you really feel the need, you could pop over here and leave a smiley face and I’ll know you were drowning in notifications. Then I could save you, you know? It’d be a secret code or something.
I’ll drop by your blog and leave you a life vest.
I’m not even going to ask.
If you’re overwhelmed, stressed, falling behind in the blogging world…take a breath, empty your inbox, and throw away the guilt. If people get upset about you missing a couple of their posts or not replying to their comment…well… *shrugs*
You’re all good here. Cheers, gentle readers.