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February 04, 2026

60 Reasons why I'm a bad blogger & 500th Post

I was not going to do a post about reaching 500 posts on this blog but then decided I should make a note because it really is a new accomplishment. You may not know but I moved to new blogs a lot so most of my blogs reached over 100 posts but rarely near 500. At least, not that I can remember. It's not that I abandoned blogs but more like I move to a new place like you would a home to find the best one. And the best one right now is this blog. 
      In a previous post I said, Blogging is not my life but it's part of my life. And it's still true now. Without blogging, I would probably procrastinate more, have more listless days and basically put off almost everything. Having a blog is something to keep my mind active enough to do other things. If that makes any sense. So I'll keep on blogging away.
I'm serious about blogging...
To celebrate this little occasion, here's a list - 60 reasons why I'm a bad blogger.  I don't think I'm a bad blogger but sometimes I am a bit too lazy to blog.  I don't think I'm a bad blogger but sometimes I am a bit too lazy to blog. This list is edited from a previous list (that had 59 reasons) which also came from a previous list and that list is also from a previous list so I did some alterations to sort of freshen it up. (Also, because I'm lazy, I'm using the same art - mouseover to see a changed expression.)

60 Reasons why I'm a bad blogger:

01 - Late at commenting
02 - Late at replying to comments on my blog
03 - Have a vivid avoidance to social media
04 - Refuse to use hashtags in my post titles
05 - Refuse to use hashtags in my post labels
06 - Spend too much time worrying why people don't visit my blog and doing nothing about it
07 - Write posts that may be way too long
08 - Change my blog's header often 
09 - Sometimes move to new urls for no reason
10 - Have short attention span
11 - Keep saying a blog is a form of social media so that I don't have to do social media
12 - Do not blog on Mondays. And Sundays. And sometimes not even Tuesdays or Fridays. Or even the coveted Wednesday.
13 - Sometimes avoid blogs that are a bit too challenging for the eyes (light color text on black or dark background is still very daunting)
14 - Refuse to blog after 8 p.m.
15 - Waste a lot of time trying to perfect the look of my blog but ends up putting it back exactly as before
16 - Do not have an email subscription service for my blog
17 - Sometimes refuse to accept that bloggers can also do social media
18 - Do not have any type of blogging schedule
19 - While blogging, wonder too often why I'm not doing something else
20 - Awkwardly but not too often, tell people there's something wrong with their blog
21 - While reading blogs, sometimes skim long posts if there are no indents or line breaks
22 - Do not often get along with bloggers who leave one comment and never come back again
23 - Join a lot of memes/challenges/blog events so I don't have to think up things to post
24 - Refuse to have a sidebar
25 - Sometimes have no understanding of time
26 - Post erratically or not at all
27 - Post a lot list posts
28 - Do not have a blog niche or any sense what my blog is about
29 - Take too long to update anything on my blog
30 - Waste time stalking old blogs that are not being updated
31 - Do not leave comments for blogs using disqus
32 - Do not leave comments for Wordpress blogs that requires signing only into Wordpress/Twitter/Facebook
33 - Do not have a Wordpress account
34 - Edit/correct/change posts long after they are posted, sometimes even years after
35 - Do a lot of over thinking before hitting the Publish button
36 - Do not know how to spell procrastinate but practice it all the time when blogging
37 - Often feel bad about not commenting enough but does nothing about it
38 - Does not read blogs through feeds or readers or email subscriptions
39 - Recycle posts ideas
40 - Spend too much time worrying about what I have said in my comments on other people's blogs
41 - Post a lot of rants and ramblings that may or may not be too negative
42 - Have short thinking span
43 - Post things nobody cares about or have any interest in
44 - Is often a bit too honest and then regret what I post or comment
45 - Make a lot of last moment decisions when it comes to what to post
46 - Ask a lot of dumb questions when commenting
47 - Only blog when I'm in the mood
48 - Really don't like to leave a comment just to leave a comment
49 - Very bad at checking for replies on blogs I leave comments on even when I ask a question that I'm interested in getting an answer
50 - Write a lot of post drafts but don't post about 99% of them
51 - Have a habit of reverting posts to drafts
52 - Takes a lot of unannounced blog vacations (where I just don't post)
53 - Do a lot of regretting for some posts that I had posted
54 - Repeat myself a lot but often doesn't realize it until later
55 - Always making excuses not to blog
56 - Mostly don't care to be up to date on anything related to blogging
57 - Do a lot of drive-by-hopping where I read blogs and don't leave comments
58 - Sometimes forget I have a blog
59 - Still don't know why I'm still blogging
60 - Still don't know if copying a previous post from a previous post which came from a previous post is considered a bad way to blog

Do you have any reason to believe you're a bad blogger?

22 comments:

  1. If you're a bad blogger, I'm a hopeless one. I don't think it actually matters if your comment/reply late, as blog posts stay up permanently. And I never watch replies either; I think you should comment on the original post and then leave it.

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    1. Rosemary Johnson: Sometimes I think I'm a bad blogger, other time, not so much. But yes, you are right that blog posts stays up so I can comment any time.

      Thank you for dropping by. Have a lovely day.

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  2. None of these qualify you as a bad blogger in my eyes ... or I just might be one as well. You decide.

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    1. Charlotte: You are right, no one's a bad blogger as long as they post & comment once in a while.

      Thank you for dropping by. Have a lovely day.

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  3. I love the mouse-over change on your artwork! I hope your next post is 60 reasons why you're a good blogger!

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    1. Debra: I also love that mouse-over art - I should do more of those but I'm too lazy. Maybe I'll do a good blogger post.

      Thank you for dropping by. Have a lovely day.

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  4. Me? I'm horrible. I do it once a month whether I have anything to say or not. hehehe

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    1. emaginette: Posting once a month is not bad at all. At least, you're still blogging.

      Thank you for dropping by. Have a lovely day.

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  5. Love your changing expression.

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  6. The previous comment (as anonymous) is also mine. I didn't pay attention, sorry.

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    1. Olga Godim: Thank you for correcting the anonymous bit. And thank you for dropping by. Have a lovely day.

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  7. You are too hard on yourself -Christine cmlk79.blogspot.com

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    1. Christine: Yes, in a way but I'm trying not to.

      Thank you for stopping by. Have a lovely day.

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  8. I don't think there is such a thing as good or bad blogger, everyone does things differently, in their own way.

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    1. River: You're right. We have our own ways of blogging and everything else.

      Thank you for dropping by. Have a lovely day.

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  9. I like your "new" header. :) I blog when I have time or even just when I feel like it and try not to worry about it. I've always said that I'm glad I'm not trying to earn money by blogging because I'd be in trouble.

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    1. Live and Learn: It really is a new header since I just changed it recently. I really try not to worry too much about blogging but sometimes it just comes. Like you, I would be in trouble if I'm pay to blog.

      Thank you for dropping by. Have a lovely day.

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  10. I do quite a few of these as well. Don't feel so bad! I am often bad at commenting, even though I follow a lot of blogs. I avoid ones that have white text on a black background- they give me headaches. I don't use hashtags at all, anywhere, ever. . .

    The mouseover expression is funny!

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    1. Jeane: I'm glad you share some of my particularities. That mousover expression is supposedly my funny side.

      Thank you for dropping by. Have a lovely day.

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  11. Check out how many followers you have, I'm sure you will think again. ;)

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    1. Marianne: Thank you for your kind thought. I try not to think too much about numbers of readers and such but mostly it's better to not think too much, I guess.

      Thank you for dropping by. Have a lovely day.

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    2. Haha, yes, sometimes I wish I could think less. My brain seems to be constantly "on". And I don't care about how many followers I have but if think you are a bad blogger, that might convince you you're not.
      You have a great day, as well.

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