A Night of Whiskey and Fine Cigars Puts Blogging Back on Track

Posted by chris.whiteley

November 19, 2008

It was a chill and crisp November evening, I was busy relaxing while filling the air with the sweet sweet scent of Cuban cigar smoke. A glass of whiskey in one hand, and cigar in the other. Nothing was going to stop my moment of peace and serenity.

Not even crack heads living below me cooking up their crystal meth could ruin my perfect moment.

I was on a mission. I wanted to enjoy the finer things in life, and at the same time find some kind of blogging inspiration. Back when I had no job, and only this good ole Adsense blog to keep me going I would find inspiration from so many places. From Scarface to the Beastie Boyz, people like Keanu Reeves and Kirk Douglas. All these things have inspired me in the past.

Now that I have a real job, I find that I don’t think about blogging as much as I should. I used to think about it all the time. So I sit there enjoying my cigar, watching every single person that goes past me, trying to find some kind of blogging inspiration from them.

It wasn’t until I saw some crazy jogger running by that made me think:

“That poor bastard, he has to exercise while get to sit here and enjoy a scotch and stogie”

And then it hit me, my blogging inspiration: exercise.

I am just going to assume that you hate exercise as much as I do. It’s something we have to do, but is just so freakin annoying. It is a necessity. Much like our bodies, our blogs need exercise. We need to keep up posting, getting better, improving. We need to be hitting the the forums that focus on our niche topic and doing a few laps. We should head to Technorati and see what the champs in our niche are saying and then do a couple reps with them. Do a circuit and read through the blogs you have subscribed to and comment.

All these things are ways to build a stronger blog. They are all ways to exercise your blog. They are time consuming and annoying, just like exercising, but they are the only way we can stay fit. Now in keeping up this metaphor, my blog has been getting fat, I have stopped hitting the forums, reading other blogs. So now I am going to head out and do a few laps.

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