Today I went out and worked on the roses in hopes that spring will be here soon!

There are no rules, just guidelines for being what you want to be

Best wishes and take care.
Try not to spend too much time on the computer each day as it is not good for your wellbeing.
Too much of anything is good for nobody!

On being more concise — that take more time. There’s that famous quotation about “I would have made it shorter, but I didn’t have time.”

It is sad that we have to comment to get comments. I have some blogs I’d read even if I wasn’t a blogger, as I’m sure we all have. Commenting on blogs that don’t really interest me is not always easy, and sometimes I just don’t comment. The person may be very interesting to me, but not necessarily what they write about on their blog.

What this means is that our blog’s success is limiited by the time we have available to comment. It’s too bad there aren’t other tools for getting ourselves noticed and hanging onto readers. I guess there are, but I don’t know enough about them — SEO so we can get more searchers, contests and prizes to draw people in, etc.

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Thank you for sharing your good suggestions

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I am working on adjusting my commenting and time slot for commenting so I can have the time to build my community and have enough time to take a course on money.

I think I have been working on being too thoughtful and wordy in my commenting and if I can loosen up my thoughtfulness and timeliness, I might surely be able to accomplish both in an appropriate time frame?

I sure do appreciate all these good suggestions – it really is so helpful thank you.

I’m not sure if this is an exact fit – but I used to be involved in an organization called Toastmasters – where we worked on our public speaking skills. One important part of that was evaluations by the other meeting attendees. What I learned through all of this – is that we can make a point about something – even if we are critiquing, and do it in a nice manner. And this is a skill that I believe applies not only to that group I was involved in. It really applies to all areas of life. Including writing.

And that’s the great thing about comments. It’s a way for us to share our viewpoint – even if it is different from the writer. Doing so “nicely” I do think is important. And I do love comments – they just add so much to the discussion, and it really feels like a community is being built…

Great thoughts here Patricia…

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I think other than getting more concise in my comments and just setting a time limit for reading and commenting, I will give myself permission to not comment on every post.

I am also preparing to take a weekly class on learning how to make money and I want to have time to participate fully and learn all that I need to know.

Good thing life is ever changing and adjusting!

I know what you mean about needing to cut down on time spent in this area. I agree that comments are important. I find many times when I’m leaving a comment, I am inspired with answers for myself, or for another post. I am careful to reply in a way that I add value, or compliment the blogger. Sometimes I leave a teasing remark.

What I find disappointing is that when I do take time to focus on other priorities, and my commenting/reading time is cut back, the visits to my blog decrease as does the traffic. I’m beginning to learn to accept this as part of the process. As Vered said, you have to keep commenting to receive comments if you’re not a celebrity blogger.

What I’ve been doing lately is to stop commenting on every post of every blog in my reader. I’ve made it ok now to read/comment on every 2nd or 3rd post of the ones who post every day. I only post once or twice a week and it is more difficult to keep up with those who post every day. I don’t like missing ANY of them, but something’s gotta give somewhere.

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