I’m not sure why, but I feel the need to reply to comments almost immediately.
I feel bad replying a few or several hours later. But life happens.
I also can’t stand when something goes wrong on the technical end and my comment doesn’t send.
I’m the same way with commenting on other bloggers’ posts. I know I’ve been a bad blogger lately in that regard. But I cringe at the thought of leaving a comment on a post that was published a day ago. It feels wrong to me.
As a blogger, I welcome comments. Even and especially on older posts, I love getting them. As a reader, I’m weird, so sometimes I won’t comment.
I understand bloggers are busy. Everyone has a life to live. So I don’t expect instant comments or replies. In fact, the longer I wait, the more I eagerly await a response.
I still feel somewhat sad when I can’t reply right away. It’s not that I don’t want to.
When I’m away from my blog because I don’t have a Wi-Fi connection, it seems all I can think about is blogging.
The other day someone made a point about how society nowadays expects a quick reply with emails. But remember those days when the world only had snail mail and communications took much longer? Besides, a lot of stuff isn’t all that urgent.
What mattered more was that we got a response eventually, not so much that we had to wait for one.
Maybe I should stop worrying so much over wait times and focus on the content of the message itself.
All this being said, I’ll still try to get back to all of you as soon as possible.
Remind me to remind myself that replying and responding isn’t a race.
Herminia Chow 