Hi, my name is Tania @ iRuniBreathe. I was Freshly Pressed for Mind the Gap: Who sets the table? It’s been one month and one day since I was famous.
I started blogging six months ago, never having taken a writing course and not really understanding what I was writing about. I scoured the Freshly Press page daily looking for insight, inspiration, and clues about how to get my name on that wall. Then WordPress introduced weekly writing challenges and BLAM! there I was on the Freshly Pressed page.
It’s not easy to rise to unexpected Fame and Glory so suddenly.
I was thrilled with the rise in stats, followers, and joyous company. I was on top of the word. All day I could refresh pages, squeal, and the numbers would go up. There were more comments. I thought I had it made.
Two days later the stats settled down to usual levels. It felt much like the end of a vacation where you need another vacation to recover from the shock.
I wanted a blogging intervention that would make me worthy of even 7.5 min of fame.
I felt like I was going nowhere. I worried about keeping my loyal followers and my new recruits interested. I worried that no one would read what I wrote. I wanted to live up to the fame and glory and not in a way that I was paying people for it. I tried to blog about everything, anything, and it all came out flat. I had so many half-started drafts it rivaled the number of published ones. Did anyone else feel this way? Was it time to start watching daytime TV? Were my posting days numbered?
Luckily, as I stumbled I also found the safe and comfortable Freshly Depressed couch to curl up on. May we welcome all of our kind, who need shelter, warmth, and blog support. I know there is more in me than just what comes out Fresh. Even airing dirty laundry can make a good read.
Freshly DePressed 