Comments on: Clear Your Mental RAM

By: Adam Singer

Adam Singer — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 23:48:52 +0000

@Broke Bettie – I don’t mind at all, glad you enjoyed this.

By: Broke Bettie

Broke Bettie — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 22:21:32 +0000

Hi there, I just stumbled upon your blog and I couldn’t agree with you more when it comes to going “unplugged” periodically. I did so today for the first time in a long time and feel 100X better.

Love the article so much I linked it – hope you don’t mind.

Cheers!

By: Adam Singer

Adam Singer — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 00:06:13 +0000

@Steven – yeah I know the feeling, but you’re right – your loyal readers will stick with you.

@Bill – glad ya like the tune. Seems like BlogRivet is going strong on new posts and interest, looks like you’re doing great.

By: Bill K.

Bill K. — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 23:39:04 +0000

Cool tune.

I try to clear my RAM as often as possible. Playing with the dogs, going to the gym, taking a power nap, getting together with friends … those can work. That’s just day to day though. Some of the bigger things take more effort. I try to do what you do in terms of drawing inspiration from sources other than the one required for the task at hand.

By: Steven Bradley

Steven Bradley — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 17:59:11 +0000

Great advice Adam. It’s something I know to do, but still often forget to step away from things for a time.

I have felt the blogging burnout here and there. Sometimes weeks go by and I can’t think of a single thing I want to say. I can usually fake my way through a few posts or call up ideas I’ve let sitting, but ultimately what works best is to step away from the blog for a week.

The first time I didn’t post when I felt I was supposed to was very hard. There’s a feeling that if you skip even a single post all your readers will abandon you. They won’t.

What I learned was after a few days or a week away from posting I came back renewed and often with better posts and more ideas.

Amazing what a little break can do.