In my 5 years experience of blogging and 2+ here with this blog, I have met so many people, made friends, and probably had done some joint ventures with them as well. But one thing that’s clear is that being a blogger is not permanent.
I know I have bragged many times before on how I’m going to last forever as a blogger and how this blog is going to remain stable despite any challenges but I realized that you can’t really control things. There are some events that are just inevitable and would cause us to refrain from doing something and I know this is mostly the case for some of my blogger friends.
At some point its sad because bloggers are friendly in nature and I really had met a lot of bloggers that I really liked a lot. For them to leave the blogosphere is like cutting that only communication channel they have for their readers and specifically me. Of course in some cases I’m happy and it specifically pertains to bloggers who have sold their blogs successfully. I’m sure they’re satisfied with whatever pay they got from it and it only helped them move towards the direction that they like to move into.
As of this writing, I’ve been really really busy as evident with my lack of activity in the blogosphere and with this blog. My day job really demands my full eight hours that its impossible to sneak anything into that work sched. And when that 8 hours is over, all I could ever do is take my rest. In conjunction with that I also need to fulfill my responsibilities as the interim head of the family.
But as I always boast, this blog will still be a blog owned by me, Melvin. I don’t have any plans of selling it or abandoning it. Heck, that’s why I chose to have my name in it!
That last line is honestly what I really feel but I know there would be inevitable circumstances that could force me to do things differently. 🙁 How about you, what do you feel about this subject matter?
I think if one is passionate and making money is not his ultimate aim then can’t find a reason for selling blogs. Hope you get time for writing. May the force be with you 🙂
People change, priorities change. I have personally closed or sold sites that seemed to last forever and I’ve seen changes in others too. It’s sad when it happens, but the ones who keep on going and working are now harvesting their crop.
You’re provoking a thought that this blog will have its new owner soon. Hmmm.
I founded my blog and Online entrepreneurship in 2007, still live and kicking 🙂
I have a phrase for you melvin… “Tomorrow Is Promise To Nobody”… I always live my life with those words… although I can promise someone something, and I always do my best to hold the promise… but sometime under certain stream of time… many things around you could change the course of promise that you have made.
Promise is just a word… after all… there is no secret in it and believe me… there are tons of people out there… who still think promise is something that they should live on….
good luck to them…
everything has an end – it’s one of the saddest part about life. this post made me wonder what will happen to our blogs when we die. kinda weird but it really does makes me wonder! lol.
Thanks Binoy.
I find your argument valid but the problem with blogs that make money is that they’re assets and owners are quick to realize it. Its like choosing on “am I gonna let this blog die by not posting or will I just sell it and get 5-10X more than my monthly profit for selling it”. Certainly a business decision to make in there.
yea you’re right. That’s unfortunately the case most of the time.
That question makes more sense especially if we die accidentally or unexpectedly. Its like if I die today, who will manage this blog, who will get all the paypal money, who will answer all the emails, who will manage the twitter account and so and so. I think DailyBlogTips has written has a good article on that and I’ll try to look for that to be prepared. lols.
I don’t think it’s one of those things that you have to worry about Melvin because we all understand that we all do have actual lives – we’re not here on our blogs 24/7 – in fact, it’s better that we’re not because we can learn real-world experiences and later talk about them instead of sitting in front of the computer trying to think up ideas.
Bringing in real-world experience has a much more lasting effect because we get to hear your voice and see how you’re actually using it instead of just theory; that’s my 2 cents.
Yeah! I have blogs that come and go but you are still here. Way to go Melvin!
Though I am not as regular as I used to be, I am keeping it alive – I am somehow emotionally attached to it now and hence not thinking of discontinuing.
Btw, I did not get your intention here. Are you going to sell it???
As i have said in my “About Me” page, writing has been an outlet of my solitary seclusion when i was working in the middle east. Writing from the very start has been and will always be part of my life and my world so just by thinking the word “selling” my blog is i guess out of the picture.
But i am not taking out the possibility of selling it. I might – for a million bucks i guess?
Thanks Melvin for this opportunity and for allowing me to leave a comment in your blog,
More power to you,
Rommel
Blogging is not just a concept to remember.You have to be passionate about regular blogging.
Even though you want to, sometimes, circumstances change. Your priorities change. You’re not riding the same tide anymore.
Hi Melvin,
It’s not just blogs that come and go. It’s true also for offline businesses and even people don’t live forever.
Back to blogging. Jim Kukral, who’s been around for very long time recently announced on his blog that he’s quitting blogging.
I hope to see your blog up and active for a long time and I intend to do the same with mine.
Cheers,
Vance