After blogging for everyday for nearly 100 days, I caved in to two non-blogging days. Including missing my Web Wednesday weekly feature.

Admittedly, I felt really disappointed. I thought I’d at least make it to 100 before I stop the daily blogging. Unfortunately, I’ve been confined to my bed/couch the last couple of days. ‘been having chills/on-off fevers/headaches/tummy aches and all sorts of other aches and pains. And, one sure sign that I’m really ill is that I am unable to face the computer. Everyone who knows me know that it takes A LOT to pry me off my laptop.

I’m feeling a bit better now, though still not 100%. In fact, I’ll be off to the docs later for a check-up - and might even need meds to help speed up the healing.

Anyway, although the break in daily blogging disappointed me, I also felt relief on the other hand. The pressure’s off to blog daily, since I’ve already missed my target. One lesson I’ve learned through this though, is that when it comes to blogging, it’s near to impossible to reach a daily blogging target when:

1) You’re writing a personal blog and ‘guest bloggers’ aren’t a good fit.
2) There’s a limited amount of time you can spend on future posts.
3) When ‘future posts’ aren’t always applicable.

After all, how can you allot for emergencies, extremely busy times, illnesses, blogger burnout, etc all the time? I mean, sure, when I knew I won’t be able to blog for a day or so, I managed to plan future posts on those days. Even on days when I didn’t feel like blogging due to exhaustion or being way too busy, I still managed to muster up enough energy to come up with a post. But, when I ended up ill and unable to get up from bed… Well, there was just no fighting that one.

Ah, well. Maybe one of these days, I’ll come up with a 100 Days Daily Blogging Challenge. But, the thought of it is too much for me at this stage. When I’m fully recovered, I might consider it again. For now, I’ll keep up with my two main projects here: the 52 Weeks of Blogging Community project + my Web Wednesday features as best as I can. And, yes, I will still try to blog often. But, I think I’ll try not to push myself too hard on the daily blogging. I might still try to blog daily, but will not agonise if I don’t.

QUICK UPDATE: Had to update this, as writing of being sick, I just found out that my 2.5 year old nephew is about to go in to brain surgery in the next few hours. I’m really shocked and saddened by this. And, my heart goes out to my brother, his wife, their baby girl, and the rest of the family. If you can spare some time for prayers, will really appreciate it.

Anyway, Em Dy recently tagged me for the 123 Book Tag. Thought I’d better answer now before I forget…