Ready steady Go...... Nablopomo 2016

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Let me start off this ‘nablopomo’ with a Thank you note to Swar who started it all off with an FB post.

 

 Like so many bloggers out there even I was looking for an excuse to write… I would like to write everyday but then someone needs to push me or I need to have a typical goal to achieve and that is exactly what Swar did. 

 

 The things that a blog marathon does to a blogger is unbelievable, it starts giving you an eye for a post in everything. You start lurking in a corner during conversations with your colleagues or your family.. you start looking for a topic in even something as mundane as your daily cup of coffee, also someone like me who usually sleeps through my 2 hour morning journey to office remains wide awake looking at the scenes on the road while our office bus zooms past…. lest I miss some very important topic to be converted into a post from the morning scenes and hustle and bustle on the roads…

 

 So apart from the funny things this blog marathon does to you... eventually it gets on to you and grows on you, making you sort of addicted to it.  You start looking forward to the moment when you actually zero in on a topic then start writing and then when you finally hit the publish button .. it gives a high and a sense of achievement.

 

 Then comes the part when it gets over... suddenly you are filled with an emptiness and you start feeling lost !! :)  I can etch out these feeling here so clearly because I just concluded a blog marathon in August which I started on my own to challenge myself into writing and I was so happy when I actually completed 30 posts. 

 

 There were days when I missed writing a post  but then I compensated the next day by writing  2 posts !!

 

 Yeah! This is really a madness but a creative one and I am glad I joined it…


Comments

  1. DeepsNovember 1, 2016 at 2:32 AM

    What you said is so true, Rekhu! Once you set out on a blog marathon, anything and everything begins to seem like a probable fodder for a post :D

    You managed a successful blogathon in august? WOW!!

    Good luck and have fun this time around too!

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    1. soulsearchingdaysNovember 1, 2016 at 9:18 PM

      Ha ha.. really it is so true.. looking forward to reading your posts too Deeps..

      Good luck and loads of fun to you too..
      take care

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  2. SwaramNovember 1, 2016 at 1:08 PM

    So true about what the marathon does to us. :D Hope we all continue blogging post November too. Cheers to the good old and returning times. :D

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  3. soulsearchingdaysNovember 1, 2016 at 9:19 PM

    Hi Swar, All thanks to you that we are all so charged up.. I was just dilly dallying the thought of another blogathon but your post literally pushed me into it...
    looking forward to your posts to and lots of bloghopping...
    take care

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  4. PKNovember 1, 2016 at 11:35 PM

    Hi! It has been a while since I visited your blog, so was not aware of your Blog Marathon. I brought my blog back to life yesterday by writing a post after February! I think I will start a blog marathon once my posts get regularized! Congratulations on your marathon once again. Do drop by my page when you get a chance too. Thanks! https://princesspk35blog.wordpress.com/

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    1. soulsearchingdaysNovember 2, 2016 at 1:10 AM

      Sure Prathima, Congratulations for starting to write again... thank you for the comment and you must try one blogathon at least.. it is really good to get into it.. I shall definitely drop by...
      take care

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  5. BikramNovember 2, 2016 at 5:08 AM

    This nablopoma has indeed induced fresh enthusiasm for sure .. my best wishes for the challenge ..

    I do hope I am able to continue posting each day .. but lets see who knows

    :)

    Bikram's

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    1. soulsearchingdaysNovember 7, 2016 at 8:22 PM

      Hey Bikram, Thank you so much.. you are also there great.. ofcourse we can try and that is what a blogathon does to you it just gets hold of you isn't it ?
      all the best to you
      looking forward to all your posts, will come and read the earlier ones soon...
      take care

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  6. VincyNovember 29, 2016 at 11:50 PM

    writing a comment here sounds redundant. nevertheless, let me wish you all the best for more blogathons that are as successful as this one.

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