I’m Doing the Best I Can

I recently wrote a post titled “10 Bloggers I Want to See Guest Post“, obviously this list included some of the bloggers I highly respect and look up to in the world of blogging. I honestly never expected to have any luck or actually see any of the bloggers I mentioned submit a guest post here, I mean honestly this blog is a little off the typical niche specific blogging path and I’m not known for doing things that always make other bloggers happy. Anyway, I could probably go on all day here… the bottom line is this. Ask and you shale receive, in less than six hours from the time I wrote the post John Sullivan @jsinkeywest on twitter from Pot Politics submitted a guest post via email.

Big thanks to John for taking the time to submit a guest post here, I have been following him on twitter (found twitter because of him) and became Do Follow because of him. (Shut up self) Anyway, big thanks John and best of luck with Blogger Luv.

This is a guest post by John Sullivan, one of the most creative and talented bloggers around. Check out his blog Pot Politics, and tell’em EJ sent ya.

I originally wanted to title this post, ” How Blogging has changed my life ”

I wanted to share a little about my back round and why I’m so grateful to  blogging and especially my blogging friends.

When I first started a blog on blogspot a little over two years ago I was a broken man. I mastered the success and failure routine all my life. I was lucky many times to not die in many of the situations I put myself in. Today I believe I need to take responsibility for my past. Blaming family members and circumstances gets you no where but deeper into the abyss. For many years I was fueled by alcohol,drugs,resentments and hatred. I had to blame everything and everyone else because surely if only the world would line up and do what I wanted then everything would be F.I.N.E. <-nonsense.

In blogging recently there was some backlash and bitterness about some well known bloggers opening a forum and charging a pretty penny to get this inside info and contact. I realized OLD behavior slipped out and I focused on the RIP off and negativity when in all reality it had nothing to do with me. The only reason I mention that is because I had a long term struggle with always wondering what the next person is doing.
People who are in recovery use a slogan called, ” Take your own inventory ” basically this means to take a LOOK at yourself and stop worrying about what the next man is doing or not doing. I wasted time in blogging with this anti- productive mindset. I would watch as I stumbled and tweeted you with my scorecard and if you didn’t reciprocate or say Thanks BAMM you were ….on the “list”. Keeping a mental file on so many people and what they are doing and not doing is a lot of work and a complete waste of mental energy.

The main point is that we have to be HONEST with ourselves. We can’t work on and solve a problem we can’t see. I have been able to spend time with myself and finally realize that I have issues and that I need to work on them. The purpose of this topic is to acknowledge that although I’m far from the person I hope to be one day <strong>I’m doing the best I can</strong>.

What has been working for me is to avoid negativity as best as I can. I also hope this post leads me into a more positive focus on my own blog. We are only here for a short time. I’m not going to solve the world’s problems especially not with constant bitter rants, no one really wants to hear that 24/7 I know I don’t . Hopefully I will continue down the right path. Thanks to blogging I no longer drink alcohol. I just wasn’t willing to keep paying the hard price of being a drunk and all the nightmares that come with that. Blogging and the support I get from some real friends keeps me afloat.
<strong> I am doing the best I can </strong>

Has blogging had a positive and/ or negative impact on your life ? Do you keep your personal business off your blog ?

One of the many downfalls of this behavior is you scared people away. I wanted to write a post on why I was unsuccessful in business and John is, implying that no one wants to do business or be associated with a bitter NUT, and the reality of that  situation is far from the truth.Today I realize I care about people and I need to adjust my attitude and behavior and let people care about me.

I wanted to Thank Extreme John a real role model to me who always aspires me to do better and move forward.

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