Ah dear friends, readers and fellow bloggers, come on in and sit down. I'll pour you a good stiff drink. You're going to need it, because I am about to say things to you that bloggers aren't allowed to admit to, but are nonetheless true. Things that you are never supposed to say in polite company, like telling about the random urge you had to trip the nun on crutches at the mall. We all think these things, but I am about to say them out loud. Well, type them anyway.
Bless me readers, for I am about to bloggy sin;
Numbers Matter ~ We all say how unimportant our amount of daily hits are to our blogs, but that's a lie. I live and die on my hit count and check my stats constantly. The truth is that I don't want YOU to care about my numbers, but I totally care about about my numbers. A day with a good hit count and the cat is less likely to get kicked. I wouldn't kick my dog because at 140 lbs, she could eat me. If you really don't care about the number of site hits you get daily, then you have resigned yourself to being defeated in the blogosphere. I however am all about blog domination.
Comments are Crack ~ OHMYGOSH, I love comments. Love them more than chocolate and diamonds combined. A really good comment is better than a pedicure. I hate checking my email and finding no comments or getting excited because I found lots of comments that all say, 'nice post. You should check out my link!' Poor kitty cat. Lack of comments can rain on my day. However, comments from my regulars or an unexpected comment from someone I really admire will put me on cloud nine. They like me, they really, really like me. Total ego boost.
Come Follow Me ~ Yeah, we aren't supposed to get excited the number of followers we have or how many people have subscribed to the RSS feed. Let me say that I check those numbers daily and when I lose even 1, I feel like a loser. I am crushed and wonder why. When I gain one, I feel like I just scored the winning goal. When those numbers stagnate, I stagnate with a 1/2 gallon of ice cream on the couch. You should all fight to keep WeaselMomma somewhat thin.
You Never Have Enough ~ When I first started blogging, I would jump for joy if I got 1 or 2 comments and 5 hits. When I got used to higher numbers, God forbid if they went down even for one single day! When they go up, I LOVE it, when they deflate, so do I. I could get 100 comments a day for two months straight and is they went down to 80 a day, I would kick the cat be bummed. Most of us, including I, would dance on a pole cut off a toe for 80 comments a day, but it will never be enough. I'll always will want more.
It's All About Ego ~ When I attend blogging events and someone I don't know actually knows me, I feel like a rock star and I love it! When no one else in the room has ever heard of me I feel like the kid who picks their nose and always sat alone in the cafeteria.
I Get Jealous ~ When a fellow blogger gets a great event invitation or gig with a brand or website, I am happy for them, but am also jealous and think, what am I chopped liver? In reality, yes I am chopped liver sometimes. I love when I get even small opportunities, but never feel as successful as I thought I would. I would love the opportunity to make money on this blog and am not ashamed to admit it, as long as it would have zero influence on my words.
The biggest reality of these confessions, is that we are all human. We are all insecure in own silent ways that are never to be spoken of. We crave approval and attention from outside sources to keep us going.
I am a small fish in the open ocean.
I am a blogger and these are my confessions.
*Feel free to make my day an awesome one by commenting, subscribing to RSS feed, following me, tweeting this link, stumbling it or any other form of temporary ego boost you can throw my way.
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