100 Day Club members/Maintenance Thread
What is that Buddy List? I've seen it but don't really know anything about it
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Pav, if you're like me and are posting on some threads regularly, it feels like you're deserting the thread or the people on it when you stop. At some point I realized that there is a natural evolution to all of this that just happens if you let go of feeling a sense of 'responsibility'. I used to welcome newbies as much as I could and contribute to the monthly achievement thread . At that time, I was helping others (I hope!) and it helped me to post there. At some point I was posting in those threads as a "job" and my heart wasn't in it, making the posts less useful to others or myself. Now I contribute to some of those threads only when what someone has written makes me want to respond.
Another thing you have going is that you try to respond to everyone who has posted. That makes people feel great - we all want to be seen and heard. But that can make writing a post more complicated than it needs to be and everyone has to understand how a forum such as this works. Odds are that over time, you'll call out all the frequent posters by name because one of their posts will raise an issue you want to address. So, kind of like with babies, if you just let it happen, "weaning" is a natural process (However, I wouldn't suggest weaning entirely in this case :H!).
What is that Buddy List? I've seen it but don't really know anything about it
.Pav, if you're like me and are posting on some threads regularly, it feels like you're deserting the thread or the people on it when you stop. At some point I realized that there is a natural evolution to all of this that just happens if you let go of feeling a sense of 'responsibility'. I used to welcome newbies as much as I could and contribute to the monthly achievement thread . At that time, I was helping others (I hope!) and it helped me to post there. At some point I was posting in those threads as a "job" and my heart wasn't in it, making the posts less useful to others or myself. Now I contribute to some of those threads only when what someone has written makes me want to respond.
Another thing you have going is that you try to respond to everyone who has posted. That makes people feel great - we all want to be seen and heard. But that can make writing a post more complicated than it needs to be and everyone has to understand how a forum such as this works. Odds are that over time, you'll call out all the frequent posters by name because one of their posts will raise an issue you want to address. So, kind of like with babies, if you just let it happen, "weaning" is a natural process (However, I wouldn't suggest weaning entirely in this case :H!).
I don't want to give up my Steady status! Phew!
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