Simple Mind: Time To Quit Blogging?

On her blog today, Cis/From A Simple Mind wonders if it’s time to give up blogging after almost 10 years: “The numbers are down… but then they usually are in the summer time. Winter is when most don’t have anything else to do … so they tend to check in from time to time. I am not a big time blogger. I am a drop on the floor from the pail of water … spilt when others advertise or suggest my blog for reading.  So I average about 22 (page-views) a day. about 150 a week…(when I have a local event on I can get up to 70). Mine is not like friends who I know. who blog and get numbers like 150 per day.  Some are still going strong, while others blog once a week, unless they have fuel for the fire and do a series on what is upsetting the apple cart of life.  I am talking about the non-paying blogs. More here.

Question: Cis/Simple Mind has been part of HucksOnline since the beginning, way back on Feb. 16, 2004. She encouraged me a lot that first year, as I considered whether all the extra work was worth it. She told me to stick it out for a year before deciding what to do. I wonder whether I’d still be blogging if she hadn’t provided the encouragement. Blogging is hard work — and I get strokes simply because this blog has grown into something far bigger than I expected. Many have tried blogging and quit. Cis deserves a pat on the back as she pushes toward her 10th blogiversary next year. Thoughts?