Ever since I started blogging just over a year ago I have turned into a blog-a-holic! Yup that's right I'm one of those bloggers who blogs daily, checks their blog stats regularly (sometimes daily or even 3 times a day) and also blogs in the early hours of the morning. It is more than just a hobby it has become an obsession! If you are a blogger you can probably relate to most of these at some time but I thought it would be fun to share my top ways to know that you are a blog-a-holic!
1. You refresh your blog homepage at least 10 times a day - I constantly go to my blog homepage when I'm bored...even though nothing has changed! I can't stop looking at it.
2. You're partner/children say to you that your laptop is glued to your legs 24/7 - Andy always says I'm glued to my laptop... I can't say I disagree.
3. You're eyes go blurry regularly! - I think I need glasses haha! I'm tempted to go and get my eyes checked even though I don't like glasses I could always get contacts.
4. You find your belly rumbling and think it's time to get some lunch... 2 hours later you're still sat in the same place starving!
5. The living room is a mess after you've let the little one run riot, you've been writing a blog post and haven't even noticed that they have pulled everything out of the draws and shelves.
6. You don't have a bed time - I find that I blog silly o'clock in the morning as I can't seem to turn the laptop off.
7. You have no social life... your internet social life is amazing yet your real social life is non existent. - I speak more to friends I've met through blogging than some of my best friends lately!
8. You don't read books or magazines anymore, you read blogs! - I've never been much of a reader but I now find myself reading blogs daily. I love it!
9. You take pictures everywhere you go... and tell yourself or who ever you are with "This will make a great blog post"
10. You carry a little notebook around to jot down blog ideas or even use the notes app in your phone. - I jot things down all the time when they come to mind so I don't forget.
11. You have a ridiculous amount of draft blog posts written but not yet published - I have 176!!!! I know... ridiculous. I tend to find myself just writing the title so I don't forget what I want to write about or have half written posts. Will I ever publish all of these? Probably not!
Do you have any to add to the list? Let me know what your ways of knowing you're a blog-a-holic are below!
WOW! You have been spying into my life. I confess to many of these. I just love to blog.
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ReplyDeletehahaha. so funny! i just realized yesterday i have 95 drafts! lol. i'll probably only get around to finishing 5-10 of them!
ReplyDeleteis there like a meeting or therapist I should go to, this sounds so much like me. There should be some medication prescribed for this , lol!
ReplyDelete-Rekita
so funny and... so real! i run my blog since more than one year but now that i can "meet" people, see my visitors growing slowly, have followers, well.... i can say i'm a blog-a-holic! and the best part is that i love it!!
ReplyDeleteI do a few of these, but I guess overall I'm not really a blog-a-holic. Maybe that means I have to try harder :p
ReplyDeleteI definitely am guilty of a few of these. Right now I need a coffee refill desperately, but I probably won't go get it until the baby gets up and then I'll never get to drink it haha
ReplyDeleteMy names Victoria and I'm a blog-a-holic haha x
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ReplyDeleteI have been wearing my glasses a lot more often these days, that's for sure lol
Lotte xo
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hahaha, so true - I have countless of drafts too, and often find myself having lunch at 3pm!
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Hey I think I am a blog-a-holic too. I refresh my blog a hundred time a day. hahaha! ^v^
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This is so me!! I have 84 drafts that will probably never see the light of day!
ReplyDeleteFunny and most of the things I do lol
ReplyDeletesooo true and eye opener when u write it down
ReplyDeleteI don't blog but all that sounds like me!
ReplyDeletehaha i actually do some of these!
ReplyDeleteI don't yet blog but am planning to... is this what my future holds?! x
ReplyDeletealso no time to toilet. even so, i bring in my ipad!
ReplyDeleteI'm like this about reading my favourite blogs. constantly looking for updates haha.
ReplyDeletehaha brilliant - i really want to start my own blog but dearnt for them reasons lol x
ReplyDeletei dont yet blog either but find it interesting and it does sound fun!
ReplyDeleteThis is hilarious. I do um...too many of these. Like writing down ideas for blog posts, and refreshing my home page (and my google reader, to see other people's new posts). haha, sounds a bit sad when I say it out loud though! I'm glad to know I'm not alone. :)
ReplyDeleteyay, I'm not a blog-a-holic!
ReplyDeletelove this :)
ReplyDeleteI'm not quite that bad, but yes, blogging is definitely an addiction!
ReplyDeleteI am definitely turning into a blog-a-holic i've only been blogging about 6 months and whenever i'm not blogging i'm talking about it!
ReplyDeletethis made me giggle! im not a blogger but im am constantly on my laptop/phone/kindle fire and I found some of your points are definitely me!
ReplyDeleteAnother great comp ....
ReplyDeleteI used to blog a lot and agree with every single point you made. It can get very addictive! :)
ReplyDeleteHele
I love blogs, so fun and full of information and interesting ideas too x
ReplyDeleteHa ha when I first started I was addicted, you eventually spend less time on it - although there's always something new to learn which hooks you back in again!
ReplyDeleteI found myself nodding to all of these!! Except number 11 - I haven't got to that many drafts.....yet!!
ReplyDeleteI can relate so a few of these! x
ReplyDeleteI'm not a blogaholic YET!
ReplyDeleteFunny post =)
ReplyDeleteLol, such a funny post
ReplyDeleteI'm about to start a blog... I suspect I too will become a blogaholic :P
ReplyDeleteThis post might as well be talking about me, my husband and little boys are always talking about Mummys laptop time. I am always coming out with random bits of information and advice that I have acquired from the many blogs I read online. My magazine suscription now often goes unread, and the new magazine drops through the letter box and I haven't yet read the previous copy.
ReplyDeleteI also have soooooo many draft blog posts that I start but never finish, as I need to add photos or research a little more.
lol this is sooo true! I end up going to bed far too late, hubby tells me I am addicted too! Love it. Good points!
ReplyDeleteI'm terrible for just 'nipping' on my phone and being there for hours! I do feel guilty but I can't help it!
ReplyDeleteIm not a "blogger" but enjoy reading the blogs lol :)
ReplyDeletelol similar to a facebook aholic!
ReplyDeleteI look at mine once a day, I just don't get time :(
ReplyDeleteI don't blog ... yet ... but I am seriously considering starting so I can see I am heading for a slippery slope!
ReplyDeleteHazel Rea - @beachrambler
Wow, you certainly are hooked! lol - great blog though :)
ReplyDeleteSo true!
ReplyDeleteha ha this is so funny
ReplyDeleteinteresting insight into the world of blogging :)
ReplyDeletehaha, sound familiar)
ReplyDeletefunny and insightful blog :-)
ReplyDeleteha ha ha, I never knew....I do now! THis is me all over.
ReplyDeletehahah love this
ReplyDeleteI love this...I wish I wrote on my blog more because I love writing it and posting pictures but it often gets pushed to the back of all the other things that get done.
ReplyDeleteI'm not quite there yet... I will try harder :) x
ReplyDeleteWhat a brill prize
ReplyDeleteI wish I had time for my blog. Unfortunately it has been much neglected this year!
ReplyDeleteI'm quite new to blogging but yes, I find myself spending more and more time reading and commenting :)
ReplyDeleteEvery day when I go through my emails, I flag the ones from bloggers and go through them all later in the day. The ones I really want to read I leave there and now I have hundreds to go through. One day I will eventually get round to reading them. But by the end of the day I feel shattered
ReplyDeleteI must admit a fair few apply to me but I am a closet blog- aholic try saying that once you have had a few :)
ReplyDeleteHaha definitely a blogaholic! Don't blog myself but love reading them!
ReplyDeletewow fab blog that sounds just like me lol x
ReplyDeleteHaha bet alot of people are nodding as they read this!
ReplyDelete@ashlallan
lol so true
ReplyDeleteI can relate to so many of these, especially the silly o'clock reference
ReplyDeleteReally good!
ReplyDeletefab! very true!
ReplyDeleteI confess, I am a blogaholic :)
ReplyDeleteAwesome post! I admire bloggers like yourself who are able to blog consistently and so well, it takes a lot of time and effort and of course, staying fresh! Kudos!
ReplyDeleteI'd love to be a blogaholic! Keep meaning to start a blog, but never get round to it!
ReplyDeleteOops I missed this post ! Yes I confess to most of that as well! Im mega disorganised so although I try and remember the camera I generally forget lol !
ReplyDeleteLove this post! I am totally a blog-aholic
ReplyDeleteThis is great!!! So true haha can relate to most xxx
ReplyDelete176 wow!! I think I have some of those symptomes haha. I definitely need glasses lol. great post x
ReplyDeleteYep, totally agree with these 'symptoms', haha!x
ReplyDeleteThe draft blog posts point is sooooo me! Ha! Hats off to bloggers like yourself that do it full time and run a tight ship at home. I don't know how you do it x
ReplyDeleteI must say, I do agree with a few of these points! Probably the 1st and 8th are most true! xx
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