Hypocritical Blogging

This came across my desk, and I thought I would share.
Some of it is not my original.
My thanks to the person who penned this piece.

Better to write for yourself and have no public,
than to write for the public and have no self.
-Cyril Connolly

The quote is the most hypocritical thing a blogger could say.

Write for yourself and have no public
This is the starving artist syndrome.

Write for the public and have no self
This is the artist wanting to be successful at any cost and defining success as fame and fortune.

Write for the public and have a self
It is possible to write for the public and deliver your weekly reports and still have a self. But only if you have something else that motivates you. It can be going home to your family or writing a blog at night.

But if your job makes it impossible to spend time with your family or to write, you're losing your self and you know that you're living a lie. Your means has become the end and your passion is dying.

Write for yourself and have a public
In a perfect world, your job is something that you would do anyway and it doesn't even feel like a job. It might take you a lifetime to find out what you really want or to gather the courage to go for it.

Just keep in mind that those who are living their dreams usually worked as long and hard as the ones aiming for fame and money. But they were reaching for something they truly wanted and continue to be disciplined and dedicated to this day.

Walk Good

Whatever happened to .........

When I started blogging a few years ago, there were certain “blogs” that I read consistently. They provided me with some insight into the blogging world, what the topics could be and (to a certain extent) the methodology of bloggers.
The question usually asked is why did some people stop blogging?
Here is one analogy: You don't walk into a bar, start screaming about what's on your mind and expect people to converse with you. Instead, you first listen to what's being said - as it's always easier to enter an existing conversation than to start a new one.
Such is life in the blogosphere. If you only write but never read, the motivation can be lost.
My take on why people stop blogging is: because they have no reason to blog.

So where are these bloggers, whatever happened to them?:

http://jamaicangirl2007.wordpress.com/ (last entry Jan 19, 2007)

http://nuffcrap.com/ (this one seemed to have vanished)

http://onejamaica.blogspot.com/ (last entry Sept 11, 2008)

http://jamaicagirl.wordpress.com/ (last entry Jan 08, 2008)

http://veesgirl.wordpress.com/ (this one has been suspended by Wordpress)

http://marangand.wordpress.com/ (this one finally had an entry … whew!)

http://xaymacablog.com/ (this one finally had an entry … whew!)

http://enterjamaica.wordpress.com/ (the link works, but nothing has been updated. Same person had nuffcrap.com)

If anyone who reads this and knows the whereabouts of the above bloggers, let me know.

Walk Good