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My feed-reader runneth over

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AACK!

How is it that in just a few days one can amass 354 unread new feeds in Bloglines?  I guess it could happen in any feed-reader, really.  I haven't been keeping up with all my favorite blog because I have been busy - flowers and bedroom stuff come to mind.  So I sit down today to catch up a bit and there were seriously 354 NEW posts since I had been there last (which I think was Tuesday).

I think I have a few too many blogs to keep track of.

How do you do it?  How do you decide who to follow and who to let fall off your blogroll?  Every blog I am subscribed to has had at least one cool thing that I enjoyed or valued.  There is a lot of good stuff out there, but I have a life in the real world, not just in the blogosphere.  There isn't time to keep up with it all.  Add to that e-mails and Facebook... SO much stay connected with!  How do you decide?  I would seriously like to know.

I'm very tired today.  It's been a busy few weeks and it's a cloudy day.  Even though I could just sit here and read all afternoon, I don't have the mental space for all the stuff in my feed-reader.  I'm just not going to get to all 300+ new posts - there's no way.  So I'm having to pick which ones to just overlook.  It's not an easy choice. 

SO, if I usually come to your place/blog/website and you don't see me responding to the last few of your posts, you'll know why. 

I have to draw a line somewhere.  I can be very indecisive, so this can be very hard, but I am choosing to release the posts and let go of my guilt for not reading all of them.  PHEW!  That's not easy.  It might even sound silly, but I know there are some of you out there who know exactly what I mean.  Tell me about it - I'd love to know how you prioritize your blog reading / web time.

"Who's chatting with me?" (To borrow a line from my friend Karen)

Please comment on my regular blog, It's OK to be WEIRD!. I don't often think to check comments here on BlogHer, but I LOVE to chat wit my readers. THANKS!

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Denise 9 pts moderator

I am an addict and it's sort of my job to read blogs. :-)

~Denise
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Fast Times @ Homeschool High ( http://fasttimes.clubmom.com ) & Flamingo House Happenings ( http://www.flamingohouse.net )

sweetmummy 5 pts

You're joking about 4200 new items, right?

WOW! I am overwhelmed with the 100 or so I get a day.

Who decides what's normal, anyway? It's OK to be WEIRD! ( http://sweetmummy.lifewithchrist.org/ )

Denise 9 pts moderator

That happens to me in about two hours.

I took the day off on Thursday - read my feeds at 6:30am and then didn't read them again til 10am, on Friday.... 4200 new items to read...

Heh.

~Denise
BlogHer Community Manager

Fast Times @ Homeschool High ( http://fasttimes.clubmom.com ) & Flamingo House Happenings ( http://www.flamingohouse.net )