I’ve been blogging for almost 3 years now and I still have no idea what I’m doing. There are times when I meticulously work on a post or write about something that I think people will be interested in and those posts get minimal attention. Then other times I just dash something off and those posts get a ton of traffic. This week I wrote 3 posts without even thinking about it that got a good amount of attention, the ideas presented themselves and the posts just kind of wrote themselves using me as a medium:
So what did I learn from the traffic generated by these posts? I should write posts that have the word “Girls” in them and perhaps focus more attention on posts that portray fat in a positive light. No, not really. I learned that I should just write about what interests me and stop trying to guess what people want to read about.
Something awful happens every winter at my home. I HATE IT. We get mice. I can not tell you how much it bothers me. Every. Single. Year. Make it stop!
And now your Friday Fortune Cookie
(don’t forget to add “in bed” at the end, if you are so inclined):
“Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions.” ― Dalai Lama XIV
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You need to get tamper resistant bait stations for mice (they make large ones for rats). You also need bait similar to Contrax Blocks. It looks like blue rectangular blocks. I don’t know if you can purchase Contrax over the internet, but that this the product a pest control company uses. (I know this because I worked as an office manager for a pest control company for 15 years).
Maybe you need a cat?
Oh! That would be frustrating! I guess it’s true what they say, your moments of brilliance occur when you least expect!
I hate mice…and it always does amaze me what actually gets hits. I can write deep thoughtful material and what gets the hits, youtube classics. Oy vey.
Love reading your blog, always! And re: the mice…I lived in a house that had a mouse problem in winter. I moved out. LOL
So sorry about the mice.
Yes you should continue to write about whatever you feel at the time.
Have a nice weekend.
I assume not the Disney type. We have had the problem in the past (knock on sharp cheddar we don’t) and since I stuffed steel wool in a few spaces around the foundation it has been good. There is neighborhood cat that I’ve welcomed too.
I don’t think any regular blogger can not think about what readers want. Over thinking it can be a problem. Since most of your readers are women and you yourself, you have an advantage in understanding you and your sisters. A recent post of mine was titled “Blog like a man”. You do need to respect your writing abilities and not constrain them into some formula. (like I know what the hell I’m talking about)
Rent-a-cat.
Seriously. I need a cat. We live with a dog and I don’t think she would appreciate a cat, but she might just have to deal with it because all she does is bark at the mouse.
Don’t write for us just write for you …..and we will come by for a laugh or cry or a OMG did she just write that or better yet….ah! aren’t her kids cute and why does she always make us look at her hubby’s butt…is she trying to make us jealous!!
Oh, my hubby is going to kill me for using pictures of hims butt, but he does have a really nice butt.
Better than a bag on his head! lol have a great night!
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LOL! It just doesn’t seem right to add the “in bed” to the Dalai Lama, but yet it is so perfect!
I’m trying to comment on your blog, but am unable to with either my wordpress account or twitter account. I was leaving a comment saying that I use Physician’s Formula Organic mascara. It’s not waterproof, but it is very easy to remove.
The mice would drive me crazy too. We once lived near a HUGE canyon and had problems with mice and rats. My sister while pregnant dreamed that a tiny demon scurried across her belly. I’m pretty sure it was a mouse. Hang in there. I hope you find a good way to get rid of those critters.
About all of your posts, I have to say, I really enjoyed them. I need to do the same, just write what I care about and not worry about coming up with anything fancy.
I love your writing. Write what you want.
As for mice – eeewwww. Sorry.
Oh, I can relate about the blog posts that get most attention. One I spent about 3 hours on and thought it would get lots of comments, but didn’t and others, that are just silly or thrown together quickly seem to get more attention.
I agree with Eva, you should get a couple cats to take care of that mice problem.
Can you find any of the holes the mice are entering through? If you will buy cheap steel wool and stuff it in the holes, they won’t come in. They don’t like to chew through those tiny strands of steel. It works really well.
Sorry – – – Mice are so icky.
We did find some holes and covered them up, but we seem to be missing at least one.
I yiyi, I just did the mouse thing. It’s nasty to even think about. We went around and sealed up every tiny crack in the roof line that we could find and set a TON of traps. Ick. I feel your pain.
I agree with Frau– Write for YOU. I all love you.
xo jj
I have found that the posts that get the most traffic on my site are political, poopal, related to personal deterioration, or related to doggie sex dolls. Make of that what you will.
I never have worked out how some of my blogs get loads of attention and others, that I feel are better, get very little. So now I write what I want, when I want and if people like it, that’s great, and if they don’t, that’s ok too. 🙂
Ugh, mice!!! There’s probably nothing you can actually do about them right? I am so sorry. I have also found it wacky what posts get read and commented on, and which one almost get ignored 🙁 Write from your heart, that works.
I’m not sure about the posting thing. I’ve been blogging i think since 2006 and still very few comments. I guess my posts are boring LOL. I don’t blog anymore for the comments. I do it for ME and the few readers I do get 🙂 Some very nice comments here and there. Cats are good for mice AND scorpions. Unfortunately, my husband and kids are allergic 🙁
I’ve discovered that, too. The meaningful posts, or the ones that are meaningful to me anyway, get little to no traffic, but the nonsense ones get a ton. Maybe that’s why I took a blogging break for awhile. AND if it makes you feel any better, I got home last night and my cat had left a dead mouse on the sofa, right where I sit. Lovely. 🙂 Hope all is well with you!
I know the dead mouse is not a nice present, but I hate the live ones in my house. It’s the idea of their germs that drives me bonkers.
I totally relate to all your feelings about blogging! And I think you came to the right conclusion. 🙂
Oh, comments! It’s a mystery, isn’t it? I guess you are right and just have to write about whatever entertains you that particular day. (Or maybe it’s all about the barometric pressure—-like my aching joints.) Who knows.
My daughter in Virginia had mice in her house and took steps to eliminate them which resulted in posting a picture of a mouse which expired, having crawled under the kitchen counter somehow, and this tail was hanging out. EEEEEEWWW! I’ll have to find out how she solved that problem.
I loathe mice, hope you get rid of the little buggers. And I think you should blog about what interests you!
Late Spring we always get the teeny tiny ants. The massive amounts of rain we get pushes them in. I have my house sprayed every couple months all year long but it never fails, they show up & gross the crap outta me. I feel for ya, get a big fat cat who has a healthy appetite. 🙂 (Cats are weird & creepy though so hmmmm maybe mice are a better alternative???)
mice … genius idea for a post! i could talk for days about mice wars:) we always get mice in the early fall, or rather, we always spot one in the kitchen that scurries out of sight before the broom goes flying. as a friend told me the first time we got the, “you know, it’s never just one.” eeeeewwww. fall is lovely in my area, except for the dang mice!
I get so irritated with my husband and BIL because they act like it’s just one mouse and I’m always like, mice have a posse.
I agree with you that we should just write what we know, believe in and feel. I wrote a post on the 6th as it happens called ‘Learning To Let Go’. I found myself questioning what people wanted to hear/read from me when really I shouldn’t worry so much about what people think about me. Also I agree with Eva I think you should get a cat 😉 I have two but wont share I’m afraid 😉 Take care xx