Ways that blogging is like bull riding
- Sometimes it’s just so hard to let go
- You know what I mean. You work so hard on an article and even when it becomes obvious things aren’t working out as planned you just can’t quite let it go.
The lesson here: Don’t bind yourself up into an article so tightly that you just can’t let it go. Shelve it for the time being and you can always go back to it sometime in the future if need be.
- Sometimes you can’t even get out of the gate
- We’ve all had those days were everything we write just turns to crap. It’s as if there is no point in even bothering. Well sometimes bull riders have days like that too!
The lesson here:Wear head gear? No… The lesson is to realize that days like this will happen where you just won’t get going. One way to deal with it is when you are in an especially creative writing mood go ahead and write out some articles for future publication and save them in your drafts.
- Sometimes you’ll get kicked when you are down
- No avoiding it. Somewhere along the line someone will come gunning for you especially if you start making a name for yourself in the blogging world. They will stomp all over you if you make even the slightest mistake. Strangely enough bull riders have to deal with something similar.
The lesson here: Don’t fall! But if you must be prepared to get kicked around a little bit. Plan on it happening because some “jerk” will no doubt try to ruin you and your blogging reputation given half a chance.
- Sometimes you do everything right
- Those are the days you live the blogging part of your life for. The days when your posts get stumbled 100 times in 20 minutes, zoomed 50 times, sphunn and dugg. Days when the comments are 50 deep and EVERYONE agrees with what you said. And yes even bull riders have days like that sometimes.
The lesson here: Have more days like this. In fact try to have days like this every day. It’ll make you much happier!
I’d like to add one if that’s ok…
Sometimes, even after a perfect ride (or post) and a winning night (lots of stumbles and Diggs), when you get home, the only thing your wife can say is, “you smell bad.”
LOL
Allyn – So true. Sometimes you do just fine and no one appreciates it.
sometimes i run, sometimes i hide, sometimes im scare of you….
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Pretty good analogy, except the part where you talk about bullriders being crazy for getting on a killer animal
Now, where are those blog clowns…. oh, wait, that might be me…
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