Obviously the rapture wasn't that big of a thing. I'm still here. Everything's fine. If this is hell I can live with it. It would mean that I've already lived in hell 19 years.
I spent this last day on earth reading tweets about the rapture and having a big smile on my face. Nothing amuses me more than things like the end of the world and such wonderful stuff.
So now I'm still here reading tweets about the rapture, 'cause you know...it goes from time zone to time zone...there are still some hours left until the whole world is raptured. niiice.
Okay. I should probably stop making fun of the rapture.
What I actually wanted to talk about is that I felt like I follow too many blogs again. I went through all the blogs I follow a few months ago and after that I followed like 110 blogs. Today I went to blogger and checked how many blogs I follow and 176 is definitely way too much.
I said to myself "Antonia. You are going to unfollow every blog you are not interested anymore, never read or can't relate with."
So that's what I did. I turned on some music from the 70s and started deleting.
I unfollowed and unfollowed and unfollowed.
I came across blogs I've never seen before (it felt like that).
I came across blogs where I thought "Why do I follow this?!?!?!?"
I came across blogs that don't exist anymore.
I came across blogs that went from public to private.
And I deleted and deleted.
I was down to 100 blogs.
And I kept deleting.
Only 70 left.
And I was still unfollowing.
Only 50.
And I didn't feel like I was done.
Only 40.
I started crying.
I didn't regret it.
I cried because I couldn't believe that I am able to do this.
It's such a relief.
And I kept unfollowing.
And then I stopped at 29. (Actually 27, two of them are my own blogs...yes, I do follow myself...)
27 blogs.
Twenty-seven!
I still can't believe it.
It feels so good.
I'm sorry if I stopped following you. I did it, because I need to change my life. I'm trying over and over again and it never works. For now it's better for me to follow only people I "know" (you know, the internet way of knowing) for a while. Where I don't want to miss a single post.
It could happen that I start following some of you again after a few months. This radical thing is just temporary.
If you follow me and I followed you and now I unfollowed you and now you feel like you don't want to follow me anymore, because I don't follow you anymore...do it. If the reason why you follow me is because I follow you back then I can only shake my head, turn around and burst into tears and laughter. Because follow for follow is as amusing as the rapture.
Bye for now. :)
Ps: I feel like this post was rude. Sorry for that. I had to write this.
this post isn't rude! I agree, following for following is just silly. You wanna read blogs that inspire you, you can relate with, encourage you etc. :) When I lose a follower I try to tell myself, well there's probably another person who is interested in my blog and will read it to take their place :]
ReplyDeleteanway, good job! :)
much love♥♥
oh and another thing, blogging isn't all about followers. I think a blog is a place where you can share your heart and inspire others [and yourself sometimes!] and meet other people who share similar interests :)
ReplyDeletemuch love♥♥
p.s. I like your header =)
Wow! No, don't feel like it's rude. I've unfollowed blogs before, too.
ReplyDeleteI feel exactly the same way. The sheer amount of blogs I follow gets overwhelming sometimes. I deleted a bunch of blogs a couple months ago, but I think it's time to do it again. 27 sounds like such a nice, manageable number!
ReplyDeleteI don't feel like it's rude at all. I read close to 100 blogs, but there's so many where I feel like their blogs are just clogging up my online time. I go through and 'purge' every month or so, because sometimes, you know, you just follow someone to win a giveaway {yes. i do that. don't tell anyone!}. But I read loads of blogs but only a handful update daily, and the rest maybe once or twice a week. So it is a manageable number.
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It's ok if you unfollowed mine. I just noticed. The last time I blogged was December last year anyway. (I felt bad for my few followers, but I really needed to detox my life, and I guess that was my way of doing it.) Haha. In other words, I don't blog anymore. And my blog name is probably just clutter on people's Dashboards. :p
ReplyDeleteI'll still follow you! :)
Samarah: Yup, that's how I think about blogging too. Followers are nice, but not the most important thing :)
ReplyDeleteShaynie: Unfollowing blogs is sometimes a really good decision.
Stephanie: 27 is great. I woke up today and only 2 new posts in my reader. There are usually about 40. :)
Libby: Yes, I think 100 blogs are manageable. When I started to unfollow blogs yesterday I wanted to go down to 100. And then I didn't stop ;)
RiaRamona: I spent a lot of time thinking about what to do with your blog. You're one of my favorite followers :) But then I thought, that you haven't posted in ages and you wrote in your last post that you're not going to update it anymore...so I unfollowed. Let me know when you start blogging again, okay? :)
I'm one of your favorite followers?! Cool! Thanks. Must be my long comments. It's hard to be succinct. Haha.
ReplyDeleteRiaRamona: Yes, I looove long comments ;) I love to read my reader's opinions and thoughts.
ReplyDeleteI follow soo many blogs! To be honest, I don't think I could be bothered un-following them. That would just take too long. Besides, I like knowing that there's almost always a post I want to read. Besides those of my favourite blogs. I haven't read your blog in awhile, but hey! Here I am. Haha have you seen Tangled? It's the best movie. "I know not why I am here, blah blah blah, but.. hey. How's it going? How's your day been?" Made me laugh -- and we constantly repeat that line throughout the day. Just to amuse ourselves.
ReplyDelete...and I'm not sure why I'm rambling on about nothing. I just like writing, and the comment box was here. :P
Wow, good for you! Haha, this wasn't rude at all, and I agree that following for following is just as bogus as having a panic attack over a day that supposedly would be the day of the rapture. I think some of my followers follow me because I follow them, and I thought about just posting and saying 'if you only follow me because I follow you, please stop' xD LOL. Anyway, I'm SO SORRY that I haven't been reading your posts and commenting. The 'clutter' blogs I follow, like blogs by people I don't 'know', clog up my Reader and it's hard to tell what I do and do not want to read (despite having a folder called 'Best of the Best', which you ARE in). Been stressing over college, just got back from vacation, EOGs, finals, all that crap. I really hope that you're doing well :). Hope to hear from you soon (and try and catch up on your posts!) :).
ReplyDeleteYou have given me the inspiration to actually do the same. I know I am on a hiatus right now, but if I ever truly am going to get back into blogging normally I am going to have to unfollow a lot of blogs that don't interest me. :)
ReplyDeleteEmii: Haha. You can ramble as much as you want. It made me laugh :D
ReplyDeleteElizabeth: I behind on reading your blog too. There was so much clutter in my reader that I didn't want to read anything anymore. Even my favorite blogs. It's so nice to have just a few blogs to read and you can relax and read through them. And not rushing through everything because there are 40 more posts to "read".
I'm on your Best of the Best list? Oh my gosh. I don't know what to say. Thanks! :)
Hope: That's nice to hear. Enjoy your hiatus! That's important, but maybe sorting through the blogs you follow helps you to get into blogging again. I feel like there's less pressure if you only follow a few blogs...
hahaha! Totally love the title. :D I was working on cutting back on the blogs I follow and right now I'm down to thirty which isn't too bad. But anyways, I totally understand why you did it. Bet it felt good to get rid of the clutter. :]
ReplyDeleteKinsey: 30 is fantastic! You like the title? Good. It took me ages to think of one...I love titles. :)
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