Please blog.
Blog frequently and candidly. The words are in there, let them flow. Don't lose the moment to overdigestion of thought -- let the moment flow.
Be effortless and don't spend eternity on each post: just blog. It's more like a small late night gig than an epic big-budget masterpiece: it should only be so perfect. Imperfect is good.
Don't lose yourself to the nonexistent person you think the world should see and admire through your masterful posts. Post frequently and you won't lose your day-to-day human charm and flippancy to some imaginary work of a genius you feel you owe the world with each post. Remember, when you're trying to be too perfect you're not blogging.
Don't become your blog -- just blog.
I like this...very simple
Posted by: Lucky | February 11, 2010 at 07:02 PM
Agnes...you hit it right on the head. The best bloggers for me are the one's who seem to be talking to ME. So...jeez...I'll get blogging already!
Posted by: Andy | February 11, 2010 at 07:14 PM
Blogging keeps me sane... If I am stressed,or happy I will blog and let it out... Blogging is thereputic.
Posted by: chrissy | February 11, 2010 at 07:19 PM
What inspiring advice!!! I know that I put WAY too much thought into my posts sometimes. You look gorgeous in your pic btw. :)
Posted by: Andi | February 11, 2010 at 07:43 PM
i totally agree with you, agnes. :)
Posted by: angeli | February 11, 2010 at 09:31 PM
You keep blogging! I love your blogs!
Posted by: Robyn | February 11, 2010 at 09:48 PM
Point noted Ms. Agnes !!! ;-))
Posted by: lostworld | February 11, 2010 at 10:10 PM
Great advice!
Posted by: Margie | February 11, 2010 at 11:24 PM
Keeping it coming is more important than anything other.......
Don't become your blog -- just blog......this is was really good.......
Posted by: Hitesh | February 12, 2010 at 12:12 AM
Words of wisdom here, Agnes - come over for a brownie when you are free !!
Posted by: Kate | February 12, 2010 at 01:27 AM
Blogging is so necessary to me. Just that right now, I'd better be silent. But I'm gonna blog again soon. That's something I'm sure of.
Posted by: Mehreen | February 12, 2010 at 03:51 AM
well said my dear
Posted by: theBluesman | February 12, 2010 at 04:40 AM
THANKS.
Posted by: Amin | February 12, 2010 at 05:09 AM
You are very wise ! Keep blogging !
Posted by: Sidney | February 12, 2010 at 08:03 AM
Good post! Sometimes when it seems one has nothing to say or want to say, a gentle nudge is needed! Thanks!
Posted by: Judy Harper | February 12, 2010 at 08:25 AM
I have been blogging almost every day for about two years. It is as you say, be yourself, your imperfect self. Let that out and don't hide behind fear or editing or perfection.
Posted by: The Napkin Dad | February 12, 2010 at 08:59 AM
We all need to express ourselves !
Posted by: Good Moroccan | February 12, 2010 at 10:52 AM
I believed all my life I'd write a novel that would stand among the world's great literature. I never got it done. Your blogging advice makes much more sense to me so maybe it is time to change my goals.
Love
Geoff
Posted by: Geoff | February 12, 2010 at 11:10 AM
I agree wholeheartedly...blogging has become great therapy for me!
Posted by: Organic Meatbag | February 12, 2010 at 12:52 PM
I HEART Agnes...
Posted by: Andy | February 12, 2010 at 01:55 PM
That sounds so right!
Posted by: WannabeWriter | February 12, 2010 at 02:23 PM
What an excellent post! Thank you, Agnes!
Posted by: Grace Givenz | February 12, 2010 at 04:03 PM
Love this.
Posted by: Sylvia | February 12, 2010 at 05:20 PM
HA! I so needed to read that!! thanks!
Posted by: Cathy | February 12, 2010 at 06:47 PM
I think people should blog (or write, or draw or sing etc.) because they feel like it. And they should put all their heart into it.
Don't blog because everybody does it, don't just write because you feel you have to. Just doing because it's good for you.
Posted by: Zhu | February 12, 2010 at 08:40 PM
This post is so for me right now... I've been lazy about posting! I'll get blogging asap now :)
Posted by: NIM | February 12, 2010 at 11:55 PM
I am spontaneous in person but when it comes to blogging, I do all the things you say I must not be doing. I am gonna take your advice. :D
Posted by: bins | February 13, 2010 at 06:48 AM
Well said.
Just write whenever the wish is to write.
Beyond the boundries, Beyond thinking thought.
Posted by: HOBO(nickname) | February 13, 2010 at 07:49 AM
amen to that.
Posted by: liz | February 13, 2010 at 09:43 AM
I admire u precisely for this quality. Loved the post Agnes!!!!
Posted by: Nancy | February 13, 2010 at 09:51 AM
Agreed. I've just recently began blogging and find that I just type until the words no longer escape my fingertips and let my vagrant thoughts lead the way.
Looking at your photos, seems you live as you blog.
Lynn
Posted by: Lynn | February 13, 2010 at 11:40 PM
Explaining life and love by letting the world witness your own is a true gift to the world, thank you Agnes!
Posted by: The Napkin Dad | February 14, 2010 at 10:45 AM
This reminds me of a friend of mine who who loves the polka music and he says that
he likes to " polka like there is no tomorrow...and follow the polka music in your heart"
I was thinking of your words about blogging and I guess the thing to do is to do what you love...blogging..polka..dancing..singing...so I get from your blog that what you need to do is to:
"why you must__________(fill in the blank with blogging..polka..singing..dancing)"
Posted by: Yosh | February 14, 2010 at 11:10 AM
So very true Agnes. Thank you for reminding me.
Posted by: Heather Landry | February 14, 2010 at 10:08 PM
Looks like the answer to my post !!! LOL :lol:
Posted by: UmaS | February 15, 2010 at 01:06 AM
If you've read my site, you know perfection isn't anything I strive toward!
Posted by: vange | February 15, 2010 at 11:17 AM
Great advice! The blogsphere has so much to offer the world. I blog as often as I can but if my creative muse leaves me, I'd rather do something else until it comes back to me again! Filakia xxxxxx
Posted by: Anastasia | February 15, 2010 at 04:01 PM
hey friend,
that was very much inspiring :D
thanks dear..
blogging is just blogging and being regular is what matters like u said
Posted by: Aiz | February 16, 2010 at 05:45 AM
Holy cow you get a lot of comments :) I'm doing my best to keep writing. Sometime my best is pretty sucky though lol
Posted by: Jonathan | February 16, 2010 at 08:03 AM
is this for me, honey? :))
ok.. ok.. ok.. i'll try to do it more often. :)
Posted by: jacqueline | February 17, 2010 at 06:11 PM
Hadn't read this before. Great advice-and not only for blogging.
Posted by: nothingprofound | March 17, 2010 at 02:14 PM
Who else thinks that Russia bears walking the streets, and the vodka flows like water?
And anyone can know that in this country the most beautiful girls?
Posted by: Remar | March 22, 2010 at 12:44 PM
I so needed that. It's like you've been reading my mind this past month as I began my blog, got excited about my blog and then became terrified of...my blog. Thank you and now I shall follow you!
Posted by: Maggie Rose Weber | March 27, 2010 at 09:15 PM
Interesting, Agnes.....that's really what I try to do...most of the time it feels like I'm talking to air and perhaps no one will hear...but I go on anyway. :)
Posted by: Tillie | April 07, 2010 at 11:05 PM
And if we blog to the point of poverty and can't afford a PC to blog on, then what?I think I know the answer but I had to ask the question because I respect those that live here on blogs.etc and will respond. And the responses I will remember.
Posted by: the Sandman | April 07, 2010 at 11:44 PM
Agnes, Hi there!
I love this post and I feel the same way. I read so many blogs and they won't just talk. I think they feel they need to be a certain way! I don't always understand why someone just posts pictures from the web about decor but maybe they feel the need. I write what I feel at that moment! I sometimes cross the line, but I can't be anything other than me!
Megan
Posted by: Megan | April 30, 2010 at 12:43 PM
You're so talented! your're also very beautiful!
=)
Posted by: Nelson Muntz | May 28, 2010 at 09:35 PM
Blogging can be as hard as any job. Patty and I have been at it since about 2000 AD when we were on ModBlog which is out of business, years ago. We have said it once or twice and to some, dozens of times. I tried with words. Then words and pictures. Some people like just words. Others liked just pictures. Some even liked them combined. I have a life of stories and some pictures have yet to be taken to go with them.
Posted by: Abraham Lincoln | June 23, 2010 at 08:53 AM
This is for you:
http://mysoul111.blogspot.com/
Posted by: shalmalee | January 24, 2011 at 06:27 AM
I do.. I blog to keep my sanity and to scream my thoughts and I blog because it is cheaper than therapy.. :)
Posted by: Yuva | March 19, 2011 at 08:18 PM
I keep coming back to this post of yours....its simple and candid. It helps me everytime I have second thoughts about my blog :). Hope all is well with you...keep blogging!
Posted by: Shachi | August 31, 2011 at 01:16 AM
I think this is an answer to my question. I am a newbie in blogging. I've been blogging maybe almost a month now, but sometimes I feel lazy blogging especially when there is nobody reading my blog.
I will follow your advise. Thanks a lot.
Posted by: Ferdinand | November 11, 2011 at 07:57 AM
I had to read this again. I need to keep doing so...because I keep forgetting. This is so awesome, Agnes! Have a great day...
Posted by: Andy Koehn | January 02, 2012 at 09:54 AM
Agnes-this is very good advice.
You are a wise and interesting woman. I just love your blog.
Posted by: Mary Sheehan Winn | February 04, 2012 at 06:13 PM
Read it again. I have to. Annoying I visit THIS post so much...but you are dead on. I'm going to write something now. Ain't gonna' be perfect either...but it's a late night gig after all...
Posted by: Andy Koehn | February 07, 2012 at 10:19 PM
Good! Wish everybody wrote so:DD
Posted by: cheap oem | February 09, 2012 at 07:49 AM
Great post!
I've been blogging sine 2002, having given birth to 4 blogs, and eventually burried 2 of them. :-D
Posted by: Kiril Kundurazieff | May 31, 2012 at 11:40 AM
I love it! I prefer intelligence nexus for sensory nodes but I sure enjoy watching you, how you enjoy yourself and life all the more by sharing!
Posted by: David Merrill | February 09, 2013 at 07:19 PM
Good words of advice, Agnes :)
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