I’m burned out on the internet. I don’t want to blog. Actually, I DO want to blog, but I don’t want to worry about what I’m writing. I just want to write the way I used to write, about my kids and my husband and my life and completely boring crap that nobody will find interesting but me. I don’t want to do product reviews anymore. Actually, I would still like to get cool free shit in the mail, but I don’t want to be obligated to write about it. Can we work out a deal like that? No? Boooooo. Don’t worry, I’m still going to do the eleventy-seven reviews I’m sort of obligated to do, and honestly, I’ll enjoy writing most of them, because I DO enjoy sharing things that I find to be really cool. I want to be able to go alllllll day long without even dreaming of looking at my Twitter page. I want to lie in bed watching The Daily Show and fall asleep way before midnight. I want to go the rest of my life without dropping a single Entrecard. I’d like to forget about Sitemeter. (Actually, I kind of have. I screwed up one of my sidebar widgets a few days ago and my Sitemeter code disappeared. And I didn’t add it back in. Hmph.) I want SEO to mean Supah Extraordinary Optimism. I want to upload pictures to Flickr and not have them end up on some weird joke site. I want to block out the entire “paid blogging” phase of my life, since it seems to be the source of the darkness in my blogging world, robbed me of my pagerank (yet another thing I wish I knew nothing about) and isn’t doing jack shit for me nowadays.
I just want to WRITE. Is that so bad?
But, I still would like people to occasionally throw money at me. Y’know, seven mouths to feed and all that.
Is that such a bad thing?
What’s wrong with me? Will I snap out of it soon?
Laura, also known as LaLaGirl, is the mother of a teenager and two young sets of twins. She's happily married to an enginerd named Paul, loves living in Colorado, and writes almost daily about married life, raising multiples, and parenting a child with autism. In addition to playing Barbies and pretending to eat plastic food all day, Laura spends most of her time folding clean laundry, obsessing about the amount of sugar her kids eat, and vacuuming up Polly Pocket accessories. She's obsessed with Yo Gabba Gabba, red wine, and Family Guy. She also regularly contributes to How Do You Do It? and authors the following blogs:


Rachel in AZ
October 1st, 2008 at 3:45 pm
I sure would miss you if you stopped blogging. I’ve been following you forever it seems. I would really miss it.
I sure hope you get get over the funk, find a happy medium.
Julie
October 1st, 2008 at 3:58 pm
I’m sorry you are in a funk. Are you in a post-twin-sale low? All that tagging and sorting is so invigorating and motivating! Just kidding. Like the previous commenter, I would miss you if you go. Hang in there. I think your readers like you because you are you and do write about normal stuff and use naughty words sometimes.
Julies last blog post..Bandana Quilt
Diamond
October 1st, 2008 at 5:14 pm
Just keep doing what you love, and that cloud will soon pass
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Diamonds last blog post..Pink For October
Michelle
October 1st, 2008 at 5:48 pm
What’s wrong with you? Absolutely nothing. You sound completely normal to me. Otherwise you’d be a Stepford Blogger - and utterly unauthentic! Hang in there!
Michelles last blog post..A Big Day + A Big Bus = A Big Boy
Amy
October 1st, 2008 at 7:51 pm
Dude, I TOTALLY know what you mean!! Even though I’ve never “dropped an Entrecard” in my life.
I’m actually feeling the same way about TV, though. How weird is that? The fall season starts and everyone is super excited about TV and I’m all, “Eh. I think I’m going to go on a TV hiatus.” Of course I still want to watch football, though. And maybe Survivor and Amazing Race.
The blogging thing, though, yeah. I burnt out hard from the paid blogging thing and feel like my blogging never recovered. I did learn a whole lot that has helped me in my work life, though, so I’m grateful for it all.
Amys last blog post..Overwhelmed
LaDonna
October 1st, 2008 at 8:22 pm
Paid blogging burned me out, too. Plus, we’ve also been doing this a loooong time (you longer than I, even) and you’ve got way more going on in your life than I do. What you’re feeling is completely normal.
LaDonnas last blog post..Linux Mittens
Jules
October 2nd, 2008 at 9:13 am
Of course my comment is totally selfish. I would miss you too much if you stopped blogging. Snap out of it woman!
Juless last blog post..I Love Him But I Want To Choke Him
Ruthie
October 2nd, 2008 at 9:16 am
Gosh, I’ve so been there with the paid blogging stuff. But I just recently started back again. Kinda need the money, you know? But there are definitely times I just hate doing them, and wonder if they really are worth the time.
suni
October 2nd, 2008 at 9:26 am
i understand. im still trying to get out of that funk. it’s been not so easy. i feel like i have run out of interesting things to say because im always thinking about how i can add in an assigned link, essay, whatever sigh i want to dissolve it all back to one semi private blog and call it a day.
sunis last blog post..New books for the 1st grade curriculum
Lisa
October 2nd, 2008 at 9:28 am
Completely normal feeling. I get into that funk myself every so often too.
Lisas last blog post..Dirty Sexy Money Premiere Rocked!
Lori in Denver
October 2nd, 2008 at 9:47 am
You stole my post! And I hadn’t even written it yet!
Ditto, ditto, ditto.