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	<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 22:51:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>To Blog or not to Blog?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 22:40:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[That is the question&#8230;  
I started blogging three years ago, and saw it as a fun, helpful thing in my homemaking/homeschooling journey. But after a couple of years it started to become a millstone around my neck. I didn&#8217;t enjoy it anymore. I felt pressured if I missed a day. I felt guilty if [...]]]></description>
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<p>I started blogging three years ago, and saw it as a fun, helpful thing in my homemaking/homeschooling journey. But after a couple of years it started to become a millstone around my neck. I didn&#8217;t enjoy it anymore. I felt pressured if I missed a day. I felt guilty if I thought about quitting. I had post whirling about in my head, but didn&#8217;t have time to type them up! It had lost the purpose that it initially had. I tried to take a few &#8220;breaks&#8221;, but that meant I &#8220;had&#8221; to come back&#8230; so, I stopped completely and deleted everything <img src='http://ajoyfulkeeper.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> I am that type of person, it is all or nothing!</p>
<p>So, am I back? No. I am not. My initial plan was to have a website with resources to share with others. I wanted to have a place where I could keep all my favorite links (so that I wasn&#8217;t continually wondering where I had seen that article, or recipe, or&#8230;!). I wanted a place to help keep me on track.</p>
<p>I am now going back to this plan. I hope to share things here, but not in a daily blogging format. I will repost some of my past posts, as pages that will stay here. And I will see where it goes from there&#8230;. no pressure, no guilt, just a helpful site for all, I hope <img src='http://ajoyfulkeeper.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /></p>
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