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Deb & Peanut
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Today I am foregoing my daily assignment and am asking all readers of this blog to ban together to help a fellow blogger.

Debbie Yost of “Three Weddings” just published a post regarding a sad subject.

As some of you know, Debbie’s daughter Peanut has Down syndrome. Although Debbie’s blog may be considered a “mommy” blog, she is on a mission to educate others regarding children with special needs.

In this recent post of hers, Debbie writes how the Down syndrome video “Dreams” has been violated and put on YouTube by some sicko.

I’m asking all readers to go to Debbie’s blog, and Stumble and/or Digg her post and get the information out to the public that tactics like this are wrong. Although YouTube has been contacted and asked to delete the clip, this type of behavior must be squashed.

Please take time to read Debbie’s post. Read to the end, where Debbie makes a plea to all readers. It’s heart wrenching, but something we all need to think about…and act on.

Individually we can all do a little, but as a group, we can do a lot.

Thank you for joining me in this effort.

I know you’ll all make me proud.

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Photo Credit Steve Navarro’s photos
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I came upon this week’s NBOTW (New Blog Of The Week) in Problogger’s comment section. His compelling comment inspired me to click on his name and check out his blog.

One of the first posts that caught my eye is titled: Why Doing Your Laundry is Good for Your Creativity. The premise of the article is that we “let go” when we are engaged in mundane tasks. He then continues to provide examples of how other household tasks may also spark an idea.

Increased self confidence also generates creativity. This blog also includes 3 Tips For Building Creative Self Confidence

His most recent post is titled: How To Awaken Your Muse” To prove this theory works, he used it to create a great teaching article.

With blogging, we can never read too many “how to be creative” blogs. Each blog author puts their own spin on the subject, and we get to utilize their ideas for creating brilliant posts of our own.

This week’s new blogger is named Mark Penta. Hiis blog is “Creative Journey Cafe” , with a tagline of “Inspiration for creative people”.

Join me in welcoming Mark to the BWAB community.

Hello Mark!

And, to my loyal readers…. make time to stop by Mark’s “cafe”, share in some conversation, sip a cup of cyberspace coffee, and take a look at his “new construction”.

Photo Credit djrue’s photos
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A few months after I started blogging, I wrote,

When I first started blogging, I felt overwhelmed by everything I was reading. My head spun for weeks, and the learning curve was more like a switchback road going through a mountain pass. With every site I visited, I got more information, however, the more I read, the more conflicting the information became……

Today’s Lesson

Whether you’re new to blogging, or have been publishing posts for months/years, sometimes you begin to question yourself.

Am I doing this right?

Should I be doing XYZ differently?

Should I change my theme?

Should I change my blogging platform? (Blooger to WordPress or TypePad)

Should I post more (or less) often?

Does my content have to be great, or is “good”, enough?

Should I Stumble or Digg more?

Should I comment on other blogs?

Do I need to learn SEO (search engine optimization)

Do I need to learn more about HTML or CSS?

Should my blog be easy to navigate?

The questions go on, and on, and on…

One thing that doesn’t help is reading a lot of other blogs. Read ten blogs, and you’ll get ten different answers. Who’s right?

I say, there is no one right answer.

Blogging is your perception of what’s right and what’s wrong.

You know, in your heart, what works for you.

If you don’t want to Stumble, Digg, comment, learn HTML, include SEO and/or change your blogging platform, don’t.

It’s your blog. It’s your home in cyberspace.

Do, what you want to do, when you want to do it.

Although all the things I’ve listed are important, they are not essential to a blog.

The most important thing about blogging is that you enjoy it.

Today’s Assignment

Do you worry about how your blog appears in cyberspace

Do you stress over your blog posts, theme, or other blogging activities? (Digging, Stumbling, etc..)

Are you still enjoying blogging or are you experiencing burnout?

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