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pieces-of-me
BucketHead
PeaNut 276,171
September 2006
Posts: 796
Layouts: 2
Loc: The Granite State
 |  Posted: 1/1/2013 12:41:11 PM
Do any of you feel like you are missing so much in this hobby/industry. There is so much inspiration and things out there on the internet that makes me think I will never be able to see/do all there is out there. Does this make any sense?  
The more I surf Pinterest, Studio Calico and 2 Peas, the more I feel this way. I often wonder Wow! what amazing blogs/sites am I missing that I have no idea even exist. I think Pinterest is to blame! LOL!  I have a gazillion blogs saved to my favorites bar with amazing ideas, but there isn't enough time in the day/week to visit them all. Am I the only one that is feeling this way?   |
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ladybug4233
StuckOnPeas
PeaNut 248,678
February 2006
Posts: 2,337
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Loc: Colorado
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Tashak
PeaFixture
PeaNut 223,381
September 2005
Posts: 3,403
Layouts: 79
Loc: somewhere over the rainbow
| Posted: 1/1/2013 12:53:26 PM
You are not the only one! I've mostly given up on blogs sadly. When it came down how I could spend my time I decided the voice of many, say 2Peas and SC, would be better than the voice of one.
Not to say there aren't a few that I check every so often, more like once every couple of months, but they aren't my priority. Manufacturer blogs are a different story. I like that they have the voice of many aspect just like a message board, it's interesting to see all the different DT members take on the same products. |
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dalayney
Shut the PEA UP! Yer gettin me all twitterpaited!
PeaNut 123,471
January 2004
Posts: 16,356
Layouts: 165
Loc: Husker by Heart in WI
 | Posted: 1/1/2013 12:55:28 PM
And I see it as a huge plus.  Not that I'm missing anything, but more that I have so many choices, and so much eye candy.
I have 40 bazillion ideas in my own brain I am trying to actually "do", let alone look at anyone else's stuff. I swear I'm gonna stroke out at the rate I'm going w/my "creative zone" here. I'm getting alot accomplished. But find myself exhausted at night.
(but I do it for a living too)
I would much rather be this way, then at a stall. |
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Scrapbooking_Grandma
PeaNut
PeaNut 410,684
February 2009
Posts: 54
Layouts: 0
 | Posted: 1/1/2013 2:36:34 PM
I watch the blogs in google reader. I find it easier to keep up with the many blogs I follow. Of course that only work for blogger blogs.
The other blogs I sign up for email notifications of posts to keep up with those.
It is hard to find the time to keep up with everything though.
To me reading a blog is like having a free magazine to look at when I have the time. |
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EllenPea
Pea with a Pen
PeaNut 70,644
February 2003
Posts: 19,335
Layouts: 783
Loc: Southern California
 | Posted: 1/1/2013 2:37:32 PM
Oh yes, I see some great inspirations, great challenges, great weekly sketches being posted, etc. And there is no way I can keep coming back and seeing it all. Even on my blog, I am following 27 scrappy blogs, but I very rarely see what's posted on them because I don't check the new postings that often. And I keep seeing other blogs for the first time.
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FurryPea
Sit. Stay. Pea!
PeaNut 115,196
November 2003
Posts: 7,357
Layouts: 101
Loc: It's dark in here......I can't see a thing!
| Posted: 1/1/2013 3:11:50 PM
Absolutely!!!
But that also gets me thinking that the more I spend looking at my computer or my phone, the more I am missing out on other stuff in real life.
I have started weeding out bookmarked sites and only keeping what I really, really don't want to miss out on. Some will be regular visits, and some only occasional. That is just how it's going to have to be.
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Dancingfish
Ancient Ancestor of Pea
PeaNut 51,456
October 2002
Posts: 14,093
Layouts: 83
Loc: VA
| Posted: 1/1/2013 3:19:23 PM
YES YES YES! Its crazy how much inspiration there is. I miss the days when we would get a magazine in the mail and then pop over to 2peas to discuss it. CK was our biggest inspiration.
I use google reader and had so many great blogs, then I added pininterest and found more inspiration. Now as some blogs become "commerical" I have been dropping them. I have no need for an infomercial-- there is plenty of great inspiration from "regular" folks here at 2 peas or on personal blogs.
I think inspiration overload stressed me out giving me that "I am behind" feeling all the time because there was sooo much I wanted to try. |
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~crisann~
AncestralPea
PeaNut 302,923
March 2007
Posts: 4,145
Layouts: 47
Loc: Pittsburgh, PA.
| Posted: 1/1/2013 4:04:58 PM
oh yea - everyday weekday between 8 and 4. lol...  |
organize your stuff challenge (master thread).
dysfunctionally-functional
and yes, he did use the ladder...
"some day, in retrospect, the years of struggle will strike you as the most beautiful." -sigmund freud
there are some things that you should just not have to hear for the first time on facebook.
"our lives at times seem a study in contrast... love & hate, birth & death, right & wrong... everything seen in absolutes of black & white. too often we are not aware that it is the shades of grey that add depth & meaning to the starkness of those extremes" -ansel adams
crisann
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scrappycass
You Wanna Peas of Me?
PeaNut 413,587
February 2009
Posts: 5,625
Layouts: 41
Loc: Western New York
| Posted: 1/1/2013 4:11:25 PM
I agree! It's hard to keep up with the few I DO follow! |
Chocolate......who needs a reason?!
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midwestgirl60
BucketHead
PeaNut 428,850
July 2009
Posts: 602
Layouts: 160
Loc: Michigan
 | Posted: 1/1/2013 4:25:29 PM
Checking out Two Peas regularly will be on my list for 2013. Besides the manufacturer blogs, my other favorite "group sites" are Write.Click.Scrapbook, Get It Scrapped and Masterful Scrapbook Design. Lots of awesome inspiration from a nice variety of scrappers, all in a few places.
But sadly, it also makes me question how much time and effort I should pour into my personal blog. I guess as much as I enjoy doing! |
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JLBOhio
BucketHead
PeaNut 66,991
February 2003
Posts: 780
Layouts: 18
Loc: Ohio
| Posted: 1/1/2013 4:46:03 PM
Yes, I do feel that same way! If I took the time to look at it all though, I'd never get anything done! |
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Bingcherry
StuckOnPeas
PeaNut 198,489
March 2005
Posts: 2,992
Layouts: 5
Loc: Sunny Orlando, FL
 | Posted: 1/1/2013 5:00:58 PM
I think I'm going to pare down the amount of time I spend reading blogs and even my time on 2peas. I could spend hours trolling the Internet reading but I really need to concentrate on doing. Working on my Lo's, spending more time with my family, going to the gym etc.
I've already started weeding out some of the sites I visit daily. |
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LolaLayout
PeaAddict
PeaNut 544,018
February 2012
Posts: 1,295
Layouts: 0
 | Posted: 1/1/2013 5:03:28 PM
I feel this way.
I feel like there isn't enough money or time to buy /play with/ use all the things that I would enjoy using.
I need thousands of more dollars, tens more years, and limitless amounts of space to work on and store my scrappy things if I were to try to and do all the things I would want to. |
*Stop the glorification of busy* | |
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