It depends on how you measure it, but I think I failed my 2011 New Year’s Resolution. It was, if you recall, to Love Thy Blog. I promised to blog regularly, weekly even, but if you check the record you’ll see I only managed a meager 17 posts last year.
Still, it’s all about perspective. My site traffic increased nearly 10 fold. Not too shabby for monthly content of varying degrees of interest and importance. Not surprisingly, most of my traffic came from the U.S., but it’s interesting too see how many outsiders – mainly the Canadians and the Brits – took a gander at my humble assortment of syllables.
Feel free to check out WordPress’s wrap-up of my 2011 stats, if you care or dare.
Of course, the blame only rests on my shoulders. My first mistake was having a resolution at all. Nobody ever sticks to them. I was doomed to fail. Still, a huge contributing factor is that I constantly write journalism-focused posts for the Center for Sustainable Journalism. After 40 hours each week pouring over the latest theories about the future of the media I find myself a little burnt out…
This year I’ve warded off any inkling of a resolution. One thing is for sure, though. This blog is going to take on a bit of a new direction. What that is exactly I’m still not sure, but I won’t be spouting off about the media near as much. There’s already a ton of assholes way more prolific than myself taking up the task.
Besides, in this day and age we’re all part of the media.
