Paralyzed Hyperactive - That's Me

Before I started spending all my time on the internet I used to read a lot of books, now I do most of my reading online.

Today I was reading Problogger.com about something that really applies to myself.

He was talking about:

• The Paralyzed Blogger - I’ve come across quite a few bloggers recently who look at the wider blogging community and are so overwhelmed by what they see going. They see blogs with beautiful design, bloggers with incredible gifts of communication, the massive traffic numbers of some of the A-listers and even the big dollars that some bloggers are making - and they get sucked into the trap of comparing their blog with others and end up being quite depressed by what they see - to the point where often they give up.

This is me he is talking about - that’s all I could think when I was reading this – he is talking about me.

He is definitely talking about me.  I have so many things I want to write about and I end up writing about none of them because some other blogger is making a million dollars and I am not.

Then he goes on to say:

• 2. The Hyperactive Tweaking Blogger- I’ve also been bumping into quite a few bloggers that get so inspired by the wider blogging community that they spend 90% of their time tweaking their blog’s design, finding the perfect place for their ads, working on publicity etc that they actually become completely unproductive in terms of creating content for their blog.

This is me too, he is talking about me again.  I want to change the design of my site every time I look at it.  I want to get all the links perfect and then I want to make them even better than that.  

I want the site navigation to be simple and easy for every single person who uses it, so that with one click they can go any where they want.

So I decided that I was going to change my site and stop changing the design around.  Then I am going to spend more time blogging and less time worrying if everyone can find everything they need with that one click.

Anyway here is the link if you want to read any more of what he said:

www.problogger.net/archives/2005/11/01/the-distracted-blogger/