I’m so happy you enjoyed the post. You, being in business too, know so well what’s needed to succeed. Adding blogs on top of your daily work load, only piles on more work. Catherine, I admire you for your perseverance.

I think, too often, we forget that a blog is considered a “hobby”, but as you know, it becomes more than that when you have so much you want to share. Loyal readers understand “life happens”, and our posting schedules may change. I’ve stopped feeling guilty if I don’t get a post out as often as I hope. Creativity can’t be forced.

Knowing that your blogs are read by competitors, past colleagues, etc, raises a new concern. I’m sure at times you feel you should filter some of what you write, but on the other hand, you are trying to pass information on to your readers in an effort to help them, so you get caught between a rock and a hard place.

Sharing mistakes or vulnerabilities does not show weakness. To me it shows you are human, and what you are calling “errors on your part”, are actually life lessons you have learned from. By sharing, you are becoming a cyberspace mentor to many.

I would have to believe, your competitors are envious of all of the talents you possess.

Keep up the great work!

There are definitely many similarities between blogging and business. For a start, it takes a long time in both to build up a decent reputation and client base.

I suppose that when I started blogging, I didn’t realise it would be so time consuming and that I’d wind up needing to post most days to my business blog and also to the Kwik Fix one. It’s been much harder and more time consuming than I imagined – especially in the early days when nobody was reading it.

My biggest obstacle is probably myself. Sometimes I write posts that do overstep the mark. And often I write posts that i leave in draft because I worry about the consequences of publishing.

I find it really difficult to decide what I should be posting about. Obviously, I write a lot about my mistakes because I want to help others, but on the other hand, I’m now aware that some of my competitors, past colleagues etc read my blog and I wonder if it really is smart to share so many of my weaknesses.

The other thing which is tough is trying to blog when you are ill. When I had that long bout of illness recently, I simply could not write – ideas just didn’t come to me at all.

I do think I will carry on blogging in the future. And eventually I would like to have more blogs that will help others. But I think that will have to wait until I have more time!

Thanks for the great post Barbara. It really made me think.