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Desiderata of blogging

21st August 2010 by Jax Blunt 31 Comments

with apologies to Max Ehrmann.

Go placidly amid the blogs and the tweets, and remember what peace there may be in going offline.

As far as possible, without surrender, be on good terms with all persons. Write your posts honestly and clearly, and read others, even the dull and the ignorant, they too need to blog. But don’t feed the trolls.

If you compare your stats with others, you may become big headed or depressed, for there will always be those with more page views and visitors or less than you. Enjoy your archives and your drafts, and love your blog, backing it up regularly, even if you are the only reader. It’s your blog after all.

Exercise caution in paid and review postings for these are transient and commercial. But let this not blind you to what virtue there is; many bloggers strive for high ideals, and everywhere words can change the world.

Be yourself. Especially do not linkbait. Neither be cynical about friendship and love, for even on the internet with all the spammers and trolls, it is as perennial as the grass.

Listen to those who have been kicking around for years, and give up the ways of the newbie. Be strong when there are comment spats and blogwars and stop looking at ranking lists. Many fears are born of too much comparison online.

Beyond a wholesome discipline to post, be gentle with yourself and your blog. You are a child of the internet, no less than google and facebook; your site has a right to be here.

And whether or not it is clear to you, no doubt the internet is linking as it should.

Therefore be at peace with teh internets, whatever you perceive that to be. And whatever your efforts and inspirations, in the noisy confusion of twitter, keep peace in your soul.

With all its spam, drudgery, and broken links, it is still a beautiful worldwideweb.

Be cheerful. Strive to be happy.

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  1. Sally says

    21st August 2010 at 10:55 am

    Lovely, lovely post. Thanks.

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  2. Tech says

    21st August 2010 at 10:56 am

    That’s fab Jax!

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  3. Emma says

    21st August 2010 at 11:10 am

    So very true & so very beautiful! ๐Ÿ™‚

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  4. Carol says

    21st August 2010 at 12:05 pm

    Love this post Jax, Was a fan of the original version too.

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  5. Merry says

    21st August 2010 at 12:11 pm

    That is the best and cleverest thing I think I ever read on that. Clever you ๐Ÿ™‚ ๐Ÿ™‚
    .-= Merry´s last blog ..Ever on and on =-.

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  6. Danae says

    21st August 2010 at 12:35 pm

    I love this. So clever (and true)
    .-= Danae´s last blog ..What have I forgotten today =-.

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  7. Michelle Twin Mum says

    21st August 2010 at 1:38 pm

    Yes, yes, yes – all very true. Great post, thanks a lot. Mich x

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  8. Very Bored Housewife says

    21st August 2010 at 4:07 pm

    Brilliant post, so very, very true.

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  9. amy says

    21st August 2010 at 5:04 pm

    all so true great post xx

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  10. Barenakedmummy says

    21st August 2010 at 7:30 pm

    So true, lovely post.
    BNMx

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  11. Nickie@Typecast says

    21st August 2010 at 9:00 pm

    Love it – very appropriate ๐Ÿ™‚

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  12. mamacrow says

    21st August 2010 at 10:13 pm

    OMG AMAZING! I LOVE IT!
    .-= mamacrow´s last blog ..Dot and carry on =-.

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  13. Kia says

    21st August 2010 at 10:37 pm

    Beautifully written and so very true!

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  14. Maire says

    21st August 2010 at 11:07 pm

    Love it, very creative, poetic and very true, at least the bits I understand are.
    Can you look at other people’s stats? What is a linkbait?
    .-= Maire´s last blog ..Cornwall County Council- Tackling Ultra Vires Practices =-.

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    • Jax says

      21st August 2010 at 11:50 pm

      @Maire You can’t see into other ppl’s stats packages, but some ppl display parts of their stats on their sites – how many followers, feed subscribers, fans, page views ๐Ÿ™‚ And linkbait is a post designed purely to get ppl linking back to it.
      Glad you enjoyed it ๐Ÿ™‚

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  15. Jax says

    21st August 2010 at 11:51 pm

    So glad that so many of you are enjoying it, really pleased I did post it now!

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  16. TheMadHouse says

    22nd August 2010 at 7:32 am

    Really great post

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  17. Ellen Arnison says

    22nd August 2010 at 3:48 pm

    That is brilliant. Thanks for doing that – I may have to put it on the wall next to the real Desiderata.
    .-= Ellen Arnison´s last blog ..Glamping – an intents experience =-.

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  18. Merry says

    22nd August 2010 at 4:55 pm

    Look at you with your trackbacks ๐Ÿ˜‰ (Add a paragraph for those! :p )
    .-= Merry´s last blog ..Food and thoughts =-.

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  19. Merry says

    22nd August 2010 at 5:03 pm

    PS – you should make this the index page of codeplacidly – it would just fit beautifully ๐Ÿ™‚
    .-= Merry´s last blog ..Food and thoughts =-.

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  20. ella says

    22nd August 2010 at 8:33 pm

    Such a great post, really clever. And also great advice!

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  21. Michelle says

    23rd August 2010 at 10:52 am

    Really, really like this. :-).

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  22. Luschka says

    23rd August 2010 at 6:17 pm

    Fab post! ๐Ÿ™‚ So true and so appropriate for the times! *grimace*
    Very cleverly done ๐Ÿ™‚
    .-= Luschka´s last blog ..Tommee Tippee Closer to Nature Breast Pump รขโ‚ฌโ€œ A Review =-.

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  23. angelsandurchinsblog says

    23rd August 2010 at 7:02 pm

    How very clever. I now feel almost peaceful into the bargain. Thank you!

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  24. grit says

    26th August 2010 at 1:30 am

    funny and wise! (and now i know what link bait is, i shall have a go at that.)
    .-= grit´s last blog ..Saved by the doll =-.

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  25. Kerrie McGiveron says

    23rd May 2014 at 11:59 pm

    Wow. This is great. Honestly. (In my mind, obviously honestly because I don’t really do anything other than honesty and I wouldn’t bother to write it otherwise.) These are great words. Very inspired.

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  26. Becky says

    20th December 2015 at 7:09 am

    really welll done I love this!

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  27. Pinkoddy says

    10th January 2017 at 11:40 am

    Oh I love this post how have I not stumbled across it before.

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    • Jax Blunt says

      11th January 2017 at 12:00 am

      Glad you like it – an old one but a good one.

      Reply

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