On Spiritual Holiday
For whatever reason I’m just not in a writing mood these days. Very intense. Working on projects. Lots of deals. Helping portfolio companies. Busy with my family. L-A-S-E-R-F-O-C-U-S-E-D. For the first time in nearly two years my well is dry, my inspiration lost. Having not experienced this since becoming a blogger, it is kind of freaking me out. Am I letting down my readers? Do I really have nothing more to say? Am I brain dead? None of these are pleasant prospects. It used to be that every day I had 2-3 ideas I wanted to write about and just couldn’t wait to sit down at the computer and type away. But that feeling is lost right now. And I am feeling somewhat guilty. And pretty sad about it.
That said, I am doing what I need to be doing, which is letting it flow - or not. I’m sure I’ll get over my hump, but for now I am taking care of business. My business. And right now my business does not seem to include writing. I am sure my feelings are not unusual and that many of my blogging friends and colleagues have experienced something similar, but right now it seems like I am the only regular blogger in the world who isn’t blogging regularly. And it feels like crap. Fred Wilson? Paul Kedrosky? Barry Ritholtz? Felix Salmon? Those guys are super-human. I am a mere mortal.
But not to worry, I’ll be back. Oh, you betcha. I’ll be back.
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COMMENT:
AUTHOR: dan
EMAIL: danputt1@gmail.com
DATE: 05/19/2008 10:26:29 PM
I really struggle to consistently post, and I know I have more time than most of these guys. I really don’t know how some of them do it. I don’t even really know how you do it. Your posts are always comprehensive, thorough, interesting, and informative. I look forward to your return to blogging.
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COMMENT:
AUTHOR: Naufil Aziz
EMAIL: naufman@gmail.com
URL:
DATE: 05/19/2008 11:35:14 PM
Although I’ve never really commented on your blog before I have been a regular reader for over a year now. I’m breaking the trend because I felt compelled to tell you that there’s no need for you to worry about the frequency of your writings here. Even though I’m only a college udergrad right now and have no investments whatsoever to speak off, I’ve always felt that reading all the amazing stuff you put up here is preparing me in some way for the future. So please, don’t start writing for the sake of writing…..that’s one of the worst things that I have to deal with whenever I read stuff on the web. Content created for the sake of creating content usually amounts to nothing more than worthless garbage from my experience. So keep up the good work, and write because you want to write….not because you need to write.
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COMMENT:
AUTHOR: Melancholy Korean
EMAIL: melancholykorean@gmail.com
URL: http://www.melancholykorean.com/
DATE: 05/21/2008 09:47:53 AM
Just started reading your blog, so I’m sorry to hear this. But I know the feeling. One can’t force the Muse to do anything. She has her own schedule.
Have a great break. Good luck!
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COMMENT:
AUTHOR: Christopher Jamison
EMAIL: chris@sbjcompanies.com
URL:
DATE: 05/22/2008 04:07:02 PM
Roger, I’ve recently tried to send you an e-mail to roger@informationarbitrage.com, which resulted in a failure notice. My sending address was not accepted by your spam filter. Could you add my e-mail, or perhaps give me another way to reach you?
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COMMENT:
AUTHOR: Declan Fallon
EMAIL: declan@zignals.com
URL: http://www.zignalsblog.blogspot.com
DATE: 05/23/2008 04:39:52 AM
Enjoy the break - always good to take a step back and decide where you want to go next.
Best wishes,
DJF
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COMMENT:
AUTHOR: Mike Z
EMAIL: mikez007777@aol.com
URL:
DATE: 06/04/2008 09:53:58 PM
Maybe if u had paying sponsors you would feel more motivated. LOL.
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