My feed-reader runneth over

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)

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