3 stupid things I’ve done with this blog
Maybe this will save someone else a little time and misery. Maybe it will give someone a laugh or two. Maybe it won’t. What it does do however is provide me subject matter for an article.
- Tried to make my own theme
- Fortunately for everyone who reads this blog that endeavor never saw the light of day. It did however cost me about 2.5 weeks of my life that I can never recover. To say that my calling isn’t in Wordpress theme building would be an understatement. Perhaps even a lie. Take it from me kids, know your limitation and save yourself a lot of time and effort.
Lesson learned: There are things out there that I’ll never be good at no matter how much time I waste trying to do them.
- Took a break
- This wouldn’t have been such a big deal, but what was intended to be a 2 week break to “collect my thoughts” turned into a several month absence. Granted I still popped in here and there to check things out, but I was missing in action. The damage? Lost about 85% of my readership judging by various stats. It seems to be building back up nicely, but imagine where I might be had I not gone stupid.
Lesson learned: Slow down if you must, but don’t stop completely. It’s just wasted time!
- Tried to make it into “A Blog about Blogging”
- Yeah I know… WTF was I thinking? What kind of a clown names their blog A Blog about Nothing and then gets the bright idea to make it about a particular topic? Me, that’s who! I’m the clown that tried doing that. It probably would have succeeded too if not for one grim bit of reality setting in. I didn’t have a damn clue what I was talking about!
Lesson learned: Either stick to what you know, or learn something about what you’re blogging about BEFORE you start telling other people what to do.
What about you? What stupid things have you done with your blog(s) that you regret (and hopefully have learned from)
