I’ve been reading blogs now for a while, and I love to do so.<\/p>\n
But sometimes following blogs takes entirely too much time.<\/strong><\/p>\n I can spend hours each day reading blogs–and all too often I do.<\/p>\n Which means that other things–homemaking, books, but mostly people–get cheated.<\/p>\n I’ve known for a while that it was a problem, but I couldn’t figure out how to deal with it.<\/p>\n I don’t want to give up blog reading. I don’t want to give up the friendships I’ve built through blogging. I don’t want to stop.<\/p>\n And I’m not.<\/strong><\/p>\n But I am cutting back. I’m going through my Google reader, the reader that easily grows to 500 posts for every day I’m away…<\/p>\n I’m going through and unfollowing.<\/p>\n Each unfollow nearly breaks my heart.<\/strong><\/p>\n I think of how much I appreciate those people who read my blog–you guys. I think of how much I enjoy reading blogs in general. I think of the people I’ve come to love through their blogs, even if they don’t know my name, even if I frankly find most of their content boring. <\/p>\n I don’t want to unfollow them.<\/strong><\/p>\n I consider their disappointment when their blog statistics drop rather than expand.<\/p>\n I hate to do it.<\/strong><\/p>\n But I have to. <\/strong><\/p>\n I have to draw the line somewhere. I have to decide that life is more than the internet. I have to fully engage with those people and those things that God has put into my (nonvirtual) life here.<\/p>\n And so I click that terrible button: “Unsubscribe”<\/p>\n Just like I don’t want to unsubscribe to all those blogs, I also don’t want to tell you what I’m telling you now:<\/p>\n Please unfollow this blog.<\/strong><\/p>\n If the virtual life of the blogosphere is starting to take more time or attention than real life. If my blog is stealing time that should be spent with your family, with your friends. If reading this blog brings you down rather than lifting your eyes to Christ.<\/p>\n Please unfollow this blog.<\/strong><\/p>\n No blog is so important that it’s worth missing Christ. No blog is so important that it’s worth missing family. No blog is so important that it’s worth missing friends. No blog is so important that it’s worth missing what God has for you to do today.<\/p>\n If this blog stands in the way of what God is calling you to… I’ve been reading blogs now for a while, and I love to do so. But sometimes following blogs takes entirely too much time. I can spend hours each day reading blogs–and all too often I do. Which means that other things–homemaking, books, but mostly people–get cheated. I’ve known for a while that it was a … Read more Unfollow this blog<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0},"categories":[23],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/bekahcubed.menterz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6355"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/bekahcubed.menterz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/bekahcubed.menterz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bekahcubed.menterz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bekahcubed.menterz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6355"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/bekahcubed.menterz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6355\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/bekahcubed.menterz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6355"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bekahcubed.menterz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6355"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bekahcubed.menterz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6355"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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