The Blogging Trap

I’ve fallen into a trap.

I actually believe that people are going to read my blog. And it scares me. Scares me enough to not blog much.  Why is it that wondering what others will think of my scrappy posts are keeping me from writing?   The truth is I can’t stop comparing myself to the blogging rock stars I look up to. I know that I’ll never be the next Seth Godin, (who’s blogged daily for the past half decade) or Chris Brogan who gives birth to blog posts and nuggets of social wisdom faster than Warren Buffet makes money.  Yet it’s reading and following the blogs of these blogging rock stars that are keeping me from getting on the stick.  I care way too much about what other people think.

So, this post is my reminder, and a reminder to anyone else who’s trying (and failing) to blog well.

I’m blogging because…

• This is an exercise in professional development
• I need to improve as a writer
• I want to grow in discipline.  (i.e. set a goal and attain it.)

not because, “I’m good enough, I’m smart enough, and doggone it, people like me.”