Writing a retirement blog

After I retired I read a ladies blog for three years until she died. She blogged about her emphysema. In 2007 I started blogging about my own emphysema. Unlike the lady, I soon ran out of steam. I started blogging about current events and fell in with a five or six people. One evening during a mild onset of depression I deleted my blog and my google email account. A couple of months later I started another bloodspot blog, occasionally writing about my disease and giving an occasional update but mostly my blogging was about current events with an occasional political comment. I still write the blog but not as often as I did. I was blogging three or four times a week. I considered quitting blogging but found I like to write and consider it a good mental activity. Now I blog when the spirit moves me. One problem about my blogging too often is having nothing to and still trying to blog. So far as I know I have three people reading my blog. It is nice to know somebody does on occasion read it.

You're right - the motivation to write kind of comes and goes. I started my blog mainly because I have been writing for 30 years, and when I was laid off from my main writing job in June 2014, I felt completely at a loss for what to do with my time. My blog has kept me busy, even though my readership is small. It is a good feeling to know that a few people are reading what I write, as you say!
 


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