Hey everyone!!
We are going to be having a marriage and blogging panel at the conference featuring four couples (Tsh & Kyle, Nester and Chad Smith, Crystal and Jesse Paine, & Jessica and Jordan Heights) on Saturday. They will be discussing questions that YOU ask, with regards to marriage and blogging and how it all fits in the balance of life.
This is an opportunity for you to ask any questions YOU have regarding this topic. But we need your questions now.
So, if you have a question you would like answered during this panel, please leave it in the comments. Thank you!!!
Mary Beth says
October 19, 2012 at 8:27 pmMy husband doesn’t really do social media at all. So he sees my time on FB and Twitter as “playing”. How do you explain the difference in cultivating a community and playing, but at the same time maintain an appropriate balance and attention for your husband/family?
Crystal says
October 22, 2012 at 4:59 pmMary Beth, my husband had that same view of everything related to my blog, so I, too, would like to see this addressed. For myself, I have started sharing poignant reactions with him, so that he can see my blog is a ministry to me and that some people (gasp) really are benefiting from it. Another thing for me has been to have better boundaries (while some amount of social media is necessary…I can sometimes get caught up in it, and it does become “play” or time wasting)…
With that said, we don’t have it all figured out and this is definitely something that I would like to see discussed as well is getting my husband (not a writer, not a reader, and doesn’t really do anything online) to have a better understanding (and even excitement) about my blog.
Wendy says
October 19, 2012 at 9:56 pmI homeschool, and I don’t have time during the day to blog. I do have to spend a few minutes here and there throughout the day taking care of social media, but actually sitting down to write has to wait until the evenings after the kids are in bed. (Unless I do it instead of cooking dinner. I did that once or twice. It didn’t go over well…) I’m wondering if there are other things I might not be thinking about that might help me not have to spend so much time in the evenings blogging instead of spending it with my hubby.
Trina Holden says
October 20, 2012 at 10:59 amWhat’s the most effective way to share with my husband how exciting and inspiring my online connections are without boring him to death? Guys? Do you want a bulleted list of high points of the day and then for us to just drop the subject? 😉
How do you hold each other accountable for the time you spend on social media? (that photo of that couple is all too familiar in our house!)
Guys, what in your mind would justify the time we women spend on blogging? Money? Community? Support?
Erin@TheHumbledHomemaker says
October 22, 2012 at 4:51 pmHow can you get your husband to get as excited about your blog as you are–or to even get on board and be a part of it?
Crystal says
October 22, 2012 at 5:00 pmAgreed! I would love to see this in the discussion as well 🙂
Redhead Reverie says
October 24, 2012 at 6:01 pmI have some of these same questions too…is there a place online where the experts answered some of these. I’d like to share the answers with my hubby … thanks.