Comments on: Saying No and Setting Boundaries http://morethanmommy.com/2009/09/saying-no-and-setting-boundaries/ Thu, 01 Dec 2011 14:35:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: PunditMom/Joanne Bamberger http://morethanmommy.com/2009/09/saying-no-and-setting-boundaries/comment-page-1/#comment-39498 PunditMom/Joanne Bamberger Tue, 06 Oct 2009 22:32:49 +0000 http://morethanmommy.com/2009/09/saying-no-and-setting-boundaries/#comment-39498 I'm so sorry you couldn't make it! It would have bee fun to hang out again. I’m so sorry you couldn’t make it! It would have bee fun to hang out again.

]]> By: Christy http://morethanmommy.com/2009/09/saying-no-and-setting-boundaries/comment-page-1/#comment-39482 Christy Mon, 05 Oct 2009 18:18:48 +0000 http://morethanmommy.com/2009/09/saying-no-and-setting-boundaries/#comment-39482 Angela, I thought your response was fantastic. I agree that there is a line somewhere between building a business/hobby and selling yourself out. And I also know at least one blogger who has stopped adding any interesting content to her site because she's busy jumping on one PR campaign after another. Then again, some people are in it for "fame" and it doesn't seem to matter to them what form that fame comes in. To each their own, but I don't want to be one of those people. Angela, I thought your response was fantastic. I agree that there is a line somewhere between building a business/hobby and selling yourself out. And I also know at least one blogger who has stopped adding any interesting content to her site because she’s busy jumping on one PR campaign after another. Then again, some people are in it for “fame” and it doesn’t seem to matter to them what form that fame comes in. To each their own, but I don’t want to be one of those people.

]]> By: Angela at mommy bytes http://morethanmommy.com/2009/09/saying-no-and-setting-boundaries/comment-page-1/#comment-39481 Angela at mommy bytes Mon, 05 Oct 2009 17:56:24 +0000 http://morethanmommy.com/2009/09/saying-no-and-setting-boundaries/#comment-39481 Great to hear that you are making peace. Speaking of whore, I may have accidentally set off a firestorm a while back around the time of the hubbub, I put out this tweet: http://twitter.com/moonfever0/status/3239992404 "I have only one comment on the mommyblogging ethics debate: Don't be a PR whore." Julie Pippert of Using My Words apparently took offense to this statement and wrote a lengthy post on it here: http://theartfulflower.blogspot.com/2009/08/why-playing-whore-card-in-reference-to.html I only skimmed the contents and the comments and elaborated on my tweet in a comment towards the end. Oh the discontent! Christine Koh put it in much more tactful words in her interview with NPR. Great to hear that you are making peace. Speaking of whore, I may have accidentally set off a firestorm a while back around the time of the hubbub, I put out this tweet:

http://twitter.com/moonfever0/status/3239992404
“I have only one comment on the mommyblogging ethics debate: Don’t be a PR whore.”

Julie Pippert of Using My Words apparently took offense to this statement and wrote a lengthy post on it here:
http://theartfulflower.blogspot.com/2009/08/why-playing-whore-card-in-reference-to.html

I only skimmed the contents and the comments and elaborated on my tweet in a comment towards the end. Oh the discontent! Christine Koh put it in much more tactful words in her interview with NPR.

]]> By: Yakini http://morethanmommy.com/2009/09/saying-no-and-setting-boundaries/comment-page-1/#comment-39231 Yakini Wed, 30 Sep 2009 19:30:13 +0000 http://morethanmommy.com/2009/09/saying-no-and-setting-boundaries/#comment-39231 Oh my goodness, this post seemed to speak directly to me. I too can relate to feeling conflicted about which opportunities to take, which to pass on, and the feelings of guilt/anxiety around some of these choices. Egad!!! Whoever thought something that was once such a fun, light-hearted, and solely personal past-time (blogging) could become so stressful and almost larger than life!?? So funny how life is that way sometimes... I chuckled when you talked about how seductive it is to be courted by the PR companies and all the opportunities that present themselves. So true! You are sooo right in having to pick and choose what is best for you AND your family. Sometimes it's hard to pass up an opportunitiy that seems so \perfect,\ but we have to keep in mind that other opportunities WILL arise. This is a great post - thanks for this! Looking forward to meeting you at Blogalicious in a week! Oh my goodness, this post seemed to speak directly to me. I too can relate to feeling conflicted about which opportunities to take, which to pass on, and the feelings of guilt/anxiety around some of these choices. Egad!!! Whoever thought something that was once such a fun, light-hearted, and solely personal past-time (blogging) could become so stressful and almost larger than life!?? So funny how life is that way sometimes…

I chuckled when you talked about how seductive it is to be courted by the PR companies and all the opportunities that present themselves. So true! You are sooo right in having to pick and choose what is best for you AND your family. Sometimes it’s hard to pass up an opportunitiy that seems so \perfect,\ but we have to keep in mind that other opportunities WILL arise.

This is a great post – thanks for this! Looking forward to meeting you at Blogalicious in a week!

]]> By: Holly Bowne http://morethanmommy.com/2009/09/saying-no-and-setting-boundaries/comment-page-1/#comment-39090 Holly Bowne Mon, 28 Sep 2009 18:33:57 +0000 http://morethanmommy.com/2009/09/saying-no-and-setting-boundaries/#comment-39090 Good for you! It's so tough trying to fit everything you want to do and everything you need to do into each day, isn't it? I too struggle to find balance, and make the right decisions based on my long-term goals. Thanks for a great post that reminds us all that there is a season for everything! And great idea to give yourself a writer's retreat instead! Good for you! It’s so tough trying to fit everything you want to do and everything you need to do into each day, isn’t it? I too struggle to find balance, and make the right decisions based on my long-term goals. Thanks for a great post that reminds us all that there is a season for everything! And great idea to give yourself a writer’s retreat instead!

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