On blogging

I always think that no one reads my blog, and that the random pageview spikes in my blog stats are from one bored and curious person, and then I'll find that people actually sort of bother to read what I write. Sometimes someone will ask me when I'll update next, and occasionally people will mention to me in conversation that they look at my blog sometimes.

Such occurrences (such as today, when two friends, whom I didn't think knew this existed, admitted to reading my blog, and if you're looking at this now, hello! and thanks for reading!) send me into "what-the-heck-people-read-this" modes where I feel guilty for updating sporadically. I also get a little self-conscious about what I write; I kind of operate on the assumption that no one reads this but, for all I know, all my friends, my parents, and professors could be reading.

In any case, I need to blog more; I actually get ideas for blog posts quite often and find myself narrating a post in my head, though the few times I actually decided to put my thoughts to screen, they come out a lot less witty and insightful than they are in my head.

Sigh! Sometimes I think I'm just not cut out for blogging.