Dispelling The Myth Of The 10 Minute Blog

The thought of a clone (or even two) has crossed my mind. Recently on an almost daily basis! I am one of those people who really struggles with keeping up. Keeping up with blogging, Twitter, Facebook, Google+, business, creating, photography, photo editing, web design, customer service, order processing, packing, shipping, buying, travel arrangements for shows and uploading new listings on Etsy, Zibbet, eCrater and Artfire takes up multiple hours of every day and leaves little time for much else lately. I am the wearer of all the hats in my business!

I know this sounds like it is a complaint. It really isn't. I actually feel blessed that I am able to do all these things and all while working on something that brings so much happiness not only to myself but by those that wear my designs. It is pretty incredible when I think on it.

The one thing I will complain about is the whole concept of 10 minute blogging. What is it that makes people believe that is possible for everyone? We seem to live in a cookie cutter society where we are all expected to be exactly the same. The reality is that some of us are not willing or even able to be the same as everyone else and embracing that is not only OK but makes the world interesting! I am happy that I am not exactly the same as anyone else in the world and have to say there are days I am grateful that people are not all the same in that they don't have all the same downfalls and talents. What one excels at another does not and that creates a wonderfully symbiotic universe.

I fear I am not very good at blogging in general, and while many people state 10 minutes is all that is needed I am going to have to agree to disagree with them. Perhaps they are able to put up a post in 10 minutes but I have never spent less than an hour, and most times more than 2 hours, working on a blog post. I read and re-read and search and research to make sure I am not making mistakes, either with spelling, grammar or the information that I am putting out to my readers. Is perfectionism keeping me at a standstill? Perhaps that is the case but I think not. I guess I am all too aware that just because I believe something it does not make it true and so I am sure to make sure it is before I put it out into the universe.

And while some of my struggle with blogging is due to perfectionism there is yet another thing that I usually only keep between myself and those I am closest to that interferes. I have brain damage. It looks weirdly blunt sitting there as a statement, as I look back upon it in this moment, but it is the plain truth. In June of 2011 I was in a car accident and sustained a traumatic brain injury that has resulted in damage that is irreversible.


While I am very fortunate in that everything I knew before the accident I still remember and know now, I have found ways to work around most of my limitations and I actually have had some improvement over time in areas of loss, I also struggle with quite a few things. One is time management and others include memory, comprehension of new material, sorting information, headaches, nerve damage and math to name a few. While most people would never know if I did not tell them, the fact remains that it just takes me far longer to do things that it does some people and I have had to forgive myself for the weakness.

So, if you don't see a blog or some other social media posting or if I take "too long" to give you an answer to something please don't feel I am ignoring you or my business. Sometimes I forget or think I did it already or even just did not get to it, so give me a poke or a prod and remind me if you would that you are waiting. I will not be  upset nor will I fault you for it and appreciate your kindness and understanding in doing so.