On the stresses of blogging

The story first aired in the New York Times about the blogger who have died of heart attak has done the rounds of the blogosphere.

I am not going to harp on about it except to say,well how many people die of stress related symptoms in all walks of life and work.Two deaths that may be related to blogging is hardly a epidemic is it?

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But I thought a little about it.Am I becoming obsessed with updating by blog? Is it taking over my life?

I have to admit that I can often get withdrawal symptons when I am away from the blogosphere.It can be almost like you need your information kick.Somehow not being attached to the laptop can produce pangs of hunger.

But then isnt that rather symptomatic of the world that we live in? 24/7 contactability from work thru email,blackberries.

Now we have people using twitter to let people know what we are up to.

As an aside:We have a lecturer at college who has put up a sign advising students of the hours that he will be in his office and if you want to find out where the person is at other times then you are advised to consult twitter

So does blogging need some regulation.Kelley Vendeland writes

Healthwise, perhaps the answer is yes. But that would go against the essence of blogging, which owes its popularity and its relevance to its 24/7 engagement.

Personally I agree.it is a task like many others we perform in our lives and like anything we should look after our health.As with anything it's down to work life balance and that should be under our control