When Brandon wrote that he blogs about blogging too much, I bookmarked the post with my Micro.blog service so I don’t forget to reply and went back to read through my RSS list. The next day, Kevin wrote his response, and I wanted to get back to it, but I was in the middle of writing a different post. When I finally got to it Friday, I felt I should contact him before publishing it.

The more I write, the more ideas I have, the more I want to write, the better it all feels. If I didn’t know better, I’d say it’s a form of addiction. Maybe it is, just not a bad one. Kind of like coffee in the morning. Oh, I should write about this too.

In a nutshell, this is pretty much my writing process these days. There’s always something to write, a quick note to share, or another post to reply to. But let’s get back to Brandon.

I’ve been following Brandon for a while, and I suspect his worries are affected by a bit of harsh self-judgment. He is (and I’m writing this with respect and care) a bit hard on himself at times. You can tell because he says so right at the start: “I didn’t realize how much of a problem it was.” So, for Brandon, this is a Problem. But is it? We all get self-conscious sometimes: I just deleted my first three paragraphs because of similar reasons, but I’m also trying to get the point across.

According to Kevin, blogging about blogging is not really an issue. But that’s Kevin. The guy writes with confidence and projects confidence. When someone criticized him lately for being narcissistic for creating a randomized watch selection mechanism in his blog for the world to see, he told them to get back under their bridge. Kevin will tell you what he thinks because that’s why you’re reading his blog. I agree.

And then there is Jack and his blogs (Jack, if you’re reading this, this might be a good name for another blog to write about the other ones you have 😉). The man goes back and forth between platforms every week. Jack’s not really hard on himself (though I get the feeling this is starting to drain him), nor is he confident about how much he writes about his blogs. It’s just something he does. Jack’s reaction would probably be a picture of himself shrugging - in black and white, of course.

I know these three bloggers as my buddies because, among other things, they blog about blogging.

Writing is deeply personal, so writing about writing (or blogging about blogging) is writing about who you are. It’s a topic any blogger would blog about at one point or another because that’s what bloggers do. They blog.

Since blogging is a hobby, I enjoy reading about other bloggers and how they write because I’m a blogger, as Kevin said. I understand Brandon might feel self-conscious, but that self-consciousness is why I like his blog: that’s him.

So, Brandon, please feel free to keep writing about blogging!

And here’s an idea, something I used to do on my wiki: a log, much like version release notes. That’s where I wrote the more technical details of what’s going on for those interested, and those who don’t care just stay out of it. These days I use this less and include things here, though I could create a category for it if I wrote about it enough… oh, here’s another idea to explore, let me add this to the list.