Ok so here goes I’ve finally found the motivation to move forward and write my blog again, a few weeks ago was my last post and I was trying to do a post a day although I think I was going to have to revise that to a post or two a week as everyday was a bit much for me, however on my last post I recieved my first troll comments which I promptly deleted and didn’t respond to no fuel no fire I say. However since then at the back of my mind those comments have sat and fermented and really gave me a knock so I lost all motivation for my blog and my hobby, I know this is true of a lot of people however having asperges really does amplify theese feelings I may not be able to show them but that doesn’t mean I don’t feel them, I always consider myself thick skinned and while I’m not going o lose sleep over someone dropping a needless hateful comment it will make me lose steam and question what I’m doing especially as the comments were directed straight at my ability in my hobby, now being told your no good is one thing but being told your no good when all your trying to do is help others with tutorials or commissions is another but I was in the process of a commission and have since finished it and the feedback I recieved was amazing and really lifted men back up, also feedback from genuine people with criticism or praise has helped me a lot, and yes I enjoy criticism when it’s genuine as it helps me to improve it’s all about taking it on board and using it to your advantage.
So after all the llama drama I’ve decided to pick back up where I left off and tackle asperges and my hobby head on!
This week I intend to out out two posts one is a tutorial on painting a post apocalyptic bus! And the other about my confidence with asperges or lack of it haha.
So good o be back and hope to see you all in the comment section
Conan
Asperger's and Tabletop gaming 
Glad to see you back, and I completely understand. I find it extremely challenging just to come up with two posts a week myself. Some times it is easy and I can schedule weeks ahead of time, but generally I spend way too much time after making a post trying to think of something for the next one.
As for the trolls – this is the internet, and it tends to bring out the worst in people. it is easy to say to ignore them, but it is very hard to actually do that. I find that I dwell way too much on criticism, and barely acknowledge praise, so things like that have much more impact than they deserve (which is pretty much not at all).
Keep it up.
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Thankyou and yes it was too ambitious lol I really want quality over quantity. And yes the internet can be a horrible place but I’m back to make this corner
of it that little bit brighter just as you and a few others do with blogging 🙂
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Good to see you haven’t thrown in the towel. Setting yourself unrealistic goals is a sure way to get less done. As a problematic hobby blogger myself I can relate to losing my way as a result. Set goals that reward rather than punish you. Setting a less ambitious goal may help. If you stick to an article every two weeks as you suggested you may find it more rewarding because you actually reach your goals without struggling. If you can exceed your goals so much the better. I’m shooting for two articles a month myself. Quantity and quality aren’t mutually exclusive but if you are firing out an article every day the value of the content you are sharing isn’t likely to be as engaging as a more carefully considered one. Best of luck and keep sharing.
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Thankyou 🙂 I just read your comment on fb aswell, after the initial shock of everything had died down I was able to realise hang on I don’t do this for those muppets lol I do it for me and those who enjoy the hobby as much as I do, through blogging I have spoke to some amazing people and been offered help and advice and even to play a game or two 🙂
And yes while I initially thought I’d do a run down of all the games each day then paint tutorials then gameplay blogs with an aspie experience stuffed in every now and then once I started I realised I couldn’t keep up between commissions and family life
My own painting and unexpected things that pop up I wasn’t keeping up lol but it’s all a learning curve and I’m glad to revive myself sorry for rambling lol
Glad you enjoy reading and your blog helped me a lot when I first started with walking dead those electric pylons were awesome 🙂
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Glad you enjoyed the utility pole tutorial and no worries about rambling; I’m guilty of that myself. Any advice I’d given was meant to improve output/motivation but the actual goal is improve my total hobby experience. If it doesn’t add to the experience it really isn’t worth doing. In the last few years looking at the views hasn’t done much. It’s the positive, personal comments that make it worthwhile to me. A kind comment or someone sharing that they found something useful in my ramblings is the big reward. Thanks for that.
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