Top Blogs (Im waiting for this to become a reality show) - When I Grow Up

Top Blogs (Im waiting for this to become a reality show) - When I Grow Up The long short of my mini-life-crisis last week was that I was bogged down, overwhelmed, and couldnt see where to go. Ill write a longer post about this over the weekend, but wanted to share with you a big culprit of my frazzled brain and lack of time: Blogs. I know, I know, youre thinking: Blogs? Thats it? Thats what made you crazy? Seems a bit.anti-climatic. I know you used the word anti-climatic instead of saying a much meaner word, and I appreciate that. But yes, I admit it : I was blog-crazy. I thought they were the answer in showing me how to build my business, and find potential clients, and see what interests me on a personal level. I found dozens of blogs that did one of those three things, and some that held me captive on multiple levels. I thought I was handling all the posts well when I broke the blogs down into categories (thanks delicious!) and read each category on a weekly basis. Well, that backfired when there were more than 3 blogs in 1 category and I committed myself to reading 3-4 categories a day! Turns out I didnt learn or even enjoy anything! I just rushed through each post because I had to get to the next one. No good. So, I have now created the only 2 categories that matter: BlogDaily and BlogWeekly. I only allowed myself 5 blogs in the Daily column and 10 in the Weekly column. The rest of the blogs can either go eff themselves or can be brought up when Ive devoted time to learning whatever that particular blog is about (ie Twitter tips, growing a blog readership, balancing a budget, etc). Ive decided to share the links I included in these 2 categories as it may help you pare down your reading material. If not, this is totally an egocentric post but too bad. BlogWeekly (in no particular order): Lateral Action: Creativity + Production = Success PostSecret: An ongoing community mail art project in which people mail their secrets anonymously on one side of a homemade postcard A Leap Across a Chasm: The creativity articles blog of Creativity Coach Dan Goodwin New Resolution: 2 and a 1/2 months to new-years-resolution resolutions. I featured them in the first installment of Motivation Monday Overwhelming Success for Solopreneurs: Tools, tips resources for the Booming Solopreneur. While Im not a Baby Boomer, Joanne Hunold was my first coach I aspire to be more like her every day. Her posts can usually be applied to everyone decor8: Fresh finds for hip spaces The Wish Jar: Explorations of the familiar by Keri Smith. Ive featured her in When I Grow Up: The Blog here. From the desk of Luke Ward: Not only if he smart and funny and writes for a living, but hes married to me. If he posted more often this would get moved into the Daily column (hint, hint babe). Seths Blog: The blog of Seth Godin, Marketing Super-Genius. BlogDaily (in no particular order): Starshyne Productions: A creative satellite of Jamie Ridler Studios Backstage: Unscripted: 5 actors blog about the trials tribulation of making it in the business of show. The Bloggess: Like Mother Teresa, only better. And hilariouser. Kelly Rae: Taking Flight into Art, Love Life. I talk about Kelly all the time you can find all my posts with her in em here. Small Notebook: Notes and encouragement for a simple and peaceful home. Ive included Small Notebook in these posts. Life Remix: A band of bloggers who enrich peoples lives through blogging. OK, so BlogDaily has gone 1 over my cap of 5 blogs, but I figure it wont kill me. If it does, Ill remove one I swear. Are blogs taking over your life? How do you put a cap on them? Is there an activity that you should pare down? Let me know by posting a comment!