I must admit that sometimes, when I sit down to read other people’s blogs, I find that they’re all just so well written, witty and wise, that I usually end up wondering why it is that I even bother?”
On those days, when it seems that everything I‘d ever want to say has already been said by those with minds far more adept at blogging than mine, I do honestly feel like packing all my words away and heading for the proverbial hills.
This is an unusual response for my as normally I would congratulate the blogger on writing such a brilliant blog and then carry on as usual with my own.
Yet for some reason, every now and then, I’ll react like a sore loser or a sulky child.
I’ll even find myself going out of my way to avoid Word Press for a few days after the reading of the brilliant post.
Weeks even!!!!!!
Then eventually I’ll pick myself up.
Give myself a good talking too and try to figure out just what it is about discovering the brilliance of others that sometimes makes me feel so small.
When really it shouldn’t be having that effect on me at all.
It’s not like I’ve ever expected or even wanted to be the best blogger in the world.
In fact, if anything, I’m honestly delighted that there are so many truly fantastic bloggers out there.
So, even to me, my own negative reactions towards discovering the brilliance of others, has truly baffled me.
The only answer I’ve been able to come up with is this……..
And this may sound completely silly……
But……
Well…….
I’m beginning to wonder whether or not…..
I might be experiencing……..
Dare I even say it ……?
Blogger Envy?
There I said it.
It’s not something I’m proud of but the concept of Blogger Envy or Blogger Jealousy does indeed seem to fit my unwarranted spate of irrational responses.
I’ve also noticed from time to time, that I’m not the only one who seems to be experiencing this negative reaction towards the fantastic blog posts of others.
Every now and then, when I’m reading through the comments on one of these truly amazing blogs, I’ll come across someone whose responses to a brilliant post are less than unreasonably unkind.
It’s then that I wonder whether or not these unwarranted and unkind responses are the effects of a knee jerk reaction to Blogger Jealousy?
This leaves me wondering whether or not Blogger Jealousy or Blog Envy is a real phenomenon?
What do you think?
Have you ever read a blog that’s so amazing it’s made you feel like packing it all in when normally you’d simply congratulate the author and carry on as usual?
If so, how do you explain it?
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I occasionally envy a bit, my more likely action is enjoyment! My sense of humor is between moderately strange to Ultra Bizarre! Michael
Yes M my main reaction is usually enjoyment and a genuine sense of appreciation for the talents of others. Just occasionally the envy bit creeps in and it really phases me because it’s not how I usually respond to things…
when its really touching or fantastic,i cannot stop myself from praising the work..
With me it is not so much my blogging it effects so much as my writing – I read something by someone I admire and respect about how they have been rejected by a publisher or they have received a review ripping their work to pieces and think that if that is happening to them then why am I bothering I don’t stand a chance but I just take a deep breath and keep writing
I Totally have blogger envy.
It is real if you perceive it as real. Within each of us, who are not perfect, the ugly head of envy and jealousy will rear it’s ugly head. Perhaps a study could be proposed on this topic. It would make for interesting reading.
I enjoy your blog.
Perhaps if it is not as brilliant as we perceive others to be, it may be because we are more based in reality. I don’t know; just a thought.
Thank you P. You may well be right
I love this. I struggle with this occasionally too. I’m trying to get my new blog off the ground, because I’d really like to start making some sort of a profession out of it like others that I know. So, I find myself getting jealous of other’s success with it, while it’s seeming rather difficult for me. I know exactly what you mean! But, I remind myself that we all have different voices, and eventually we’ll have people come along who connect well with ours and probably feel the same about us.
Thank you so much for your response…. Glad to know I’m not the only one who occasionally does battle with the green eyed blogging monster
I think we all read something and say Dag I wish I wrote that. Or that you wished you wrote that well. What I do is try harder with my next piece. I give praise where praise is due. I hope my words are kind and fitting. But there is one thing we must remember. We all have different voices. Your voice my touch and reach someone where as my voice couldn’t reach.
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Definitively a real thing…. I experience it frequently
Yep I experience it too. Other people write the exact things I am trying to say in such a good way I suddenly can’t see any way to write it other than what they have written, so normally end up re-blogging rather than writing my own thoughts!
Yes I’ll often reblog posts as well….
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