Welcome to the wonderful world of blogs - Part V/b

Following are some of the negatives I can think of, about blogging.

1. Takes away plenty of time, at least during the initial stages. With reduced free time for yourself and your family, you may start to feel uneasy after sometime. But, as time progresses, you will catch up (I hope so, because even for me, it is too early to experience it now!)

2. Can make you feel depressed, if you are unable to live upto your expections like the above ones. Especially true, if you are not a strong willed person.

3. Causes strain on one's life, if you commit yourself a bit too much into this. So, take it easy and if needed, rework your priorities with the others, you may have in your life.

4. Criticisms, especially bad ones are difficult to live with. Tempers may flare-up, if you tend to take them personal.

5. Possessiveness can cause a real havoc. Understand that it is impossible (or extremely hard) to maintain copy-rights over the internet on anything at all, sometimes not even for commercial goods. So, don't worry if somebody flicks your ideas or words and says it is their own! It is all part of the game. Remember, the very reason for starting this thing up, is to enjoy sharing information with people...So, be proud that somebody is benefitting from your ideas or words.

6. Finally, blogging is not the end of life. Don't get overly obsessed about it. It will drive you crazy! Attend to your priorities first. Attend to your family, your work, your hobbies and more importantly yourself.

There are definitely lot more in both sides (the positives and negatives), but I want to stop here, for otherwise, people may think this guy has gone nuts! I have thought of all these negatives many times over, when I started off with this blog. I felt, the positives far more outweigh the negatives and so I decided to go ahead, anyway...

This is the final part on this subject 'Welcome to the wonderful world of blogs'.