Wednesday, June 1, 2016

30 Day Challenge


What a month! I now realize it was the 30 Day Challenge, not the Month of May Challenge. Which is why I apparently got it in my head I needed to post every day in May. Still, it was incredible! It was also difficult and truly lived up to the word "challenge". I can see why blogs/sites that post daily need more than one contributor. It is not only hard to come up with something to post every day but to also find the time. I shocked myself that I was able to keep up, except for one missed post but ended up with 32 posts for the month.

My feelings about the challenge are over-the-top positive! It was a fantastic experience and I must give a huge Thank You to Ames for starting the challenge. It made me realize how much I not only missed blogging but also the interaction and support of other bloggers. I will admit that when my blogging tapered off to next to nothing a few years ago, I would tell myself that no one would really miss my posts since there are so many other blogs out there. I would literally talk myself out of writing reviews and posts which only made it that much more difficult to get back into the habit of blogging.

This past month has proven to me that we are all important, no matter how often we blog. Our love of books is what binds us together into this wonderful community.

But would I do it again? I may be crazy but I'm not insane! LOL  I might do it again but not for a while. A break is sorely needed. I do need to find that balance between blogging, reading and commenting on other blogs as well as replying to the comments on my blog. In order to do that, I will have to cut back just a little on blogging. Maybe to every other day?

Challenge Accepted!

6 comments:

  1. Les, congratulations on finishing the challenge in such great standing! I'm so glad you joined. I missed you!

    Thank you for all your support throughout this whole month!

    It has been a great experience. But, like you, I could never post daily on a regular basis, though. What an effort! I don't know if could come up with something every day for a long period of time.

    FYI: I love your "Keeper Shelf Sundays" posts. And, the weekly releases posts are great for someone like me. I tend to place books on the "wish list" and then, with the craziness going on in my life at the moment, I forget the release date. LOL!

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    1. I missed you too! It was fun but like you said, a lot of effort!

      I'm going to try to keep doing the Keeper Shelf Sunday and the new release posts along with reviews. Those should keep me busy. :)

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  2. Woohooo, Leslie!! You really did awesome!! :)

    LOL, yeah, I wouldn't do it again soon either. Not a full 30 days in a row. I'm glad we're blogging again ;)

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    1. We all did great! It was how I would imagine running a marathon with friends would be. Each of us cheering the others on. :)

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  3. Thanks for joining the challenge Leslie!

    And like you, I would talk myself out of posting. But it's good to get back into the habit of blogging. I won't post every day but I'll post a lot more than once a month!

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    1. Thanks so much for starting it Ames! It feels good to get back into blogging. :)

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