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Vacations are a good thing for bloggers

By Matt Craven · Posted on February 3, 2007

My last blog post prior to today was exactly two months ago today. Since that time, I’ve not written a thing on any blog.

Why? It was a combination of being slightly burnt out, a large workload of non-blogging projects, and a couple new hobbies. but more than that, it was the recognition of a need to take a break from the day in/day out process of reading blogs, commenting on blogs, creating new stories, managing writers, and securing advertisers.

It’s been a great break.

Taking a break has enabled me not only to relax – and to find myself with more free time than I had previously – it’s given me a chance to put the whole of the blogosphere in perspective. What’s really important? What’s not?

For those of you that have been in the blogging game for a while – I’d encourage you to take a break. Sure, mine was probably longer than what’s really reasonable for someone trying to make a living through blogging – but it’s exactly the thing that I needed to clear my head.

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    By ProBlogging, Inc. on February 3, 2007 9:07 am

  2. Rock on Matt. It will be good to see you here from time to time.

    By muhammad saleem on February 3, 2007 12:49 pm

  3. Glad to see you writing again Matt. Welcome back to the Blogosphere.

    By Jessica Doyle on February 3, 2007 8:23 pm

  4. Hey Matt. Good to see you back, and hopefully HEAR you back at times too :)

    So .. blogosphere in perspective .. Is that really possible?

    By HART (1-800-HART) on February 4, 2007 1:30 am

  5. Matt my man – welcome back from oblivion.

    Yes, that “perspective” speak intrigues me as well – inquiring minds want to hear your take on it.

    By Martin Neumann on February 4, 2007 5:07 am

  6. How did this long vacation affect your blog’s readers? Did you lose any of your RSS subscribers? Did you get some negative comments?

    By inspirationbit on March 15, 2007 2:02 pm

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