only recently. I don’t know why that is… I drop in often enough and it never occurs to me to sign on.

I think it was the realisation that your musings weave with mine and I like that ebb and flow of that shared thoughtfulness.

And yes, the idea of changing one’s essence to please another, to cajole that kind of change for another’s comfort is anathema to me. (Let ‘em love me for my stilted wordy synaesthetic blather and love of chocolate or move on!)

:-)

And FWIW, I am one of your subscribers. :-)

this is why I subscribed to you! Very well said. I find this whole subscriber dynamic interesting… and why the number decreasing or increasing to effect us. You are right that it is all to do with ego… and one of the things I love about this place is the opportunity to be completely myself, or at least have little flickering moments of being able to practice true authenticity.. unlike in the real world where for various reasons it is necessary to hide your authentic self (at work, for fear of judgment, or simple self restraint in the wrong environment…) Thank you for reminding me that it’s all about the ego.. :)

One may lose a subscriber because one is too prolific. Some people post so many entries and comments that it becomes impossible to keep up with them, and/or one’s subscription page becomes unmanageable when one checks in to see who has been up to what. Unsubscribing from a highly prolific writer does not necessarily reflect that person’s level of “interesting” or “boring.” In fact, those who post excessively a lot are often the most interesting people. But it can be simply a matter of logistics for those of us with limited time online.

even if I often don’t have too much to add to the conversation. :)

My subscribers… there have only been one or two times I have been sad to lose a subscriber, and that was because I specifically knew who it was that had left—deletions always suck, and I see it in the people I’ve subscribed to as well. But I have, every great now and again, lost subscribers due to disagreements, and that makes me sad, the same as any fight between friends would.

Generally, though, the nameless masses that follow me, I love them dearly, but assume that everyone has their own reasons for doing as they do, and that to decide that “oh, clearly I’m not liked anymore” because my subscriber count has dropped… it doesn’t give any credit to other people’s free-will and their ability to have motivations that might affect me without, necessarily, even being about me.

your style of writing is intersting and maybe unusual. Of course, everyone who takes his thoughts from the inside is having his own. What does this mean – SG?
(The first thing in my mind is the Secretary General).

about how other view subscribers, i’ve about 38 at the moment, and i know a lot of other people have more and from time to time i wonder why i don’t have more.

I think it’s down to a few reasons, one is that I don’t usually hang around here to have fun and laugh and joke, therefore i post less and less people are aware of me.

The other reason i can think of is that i don’t write for my readers, i write totally selfishly as a tool to fascilitate me achieving my goals.

when i honestly and openly talk about where i am, what i want to do and what i want to achieve as well as what i’ll gain from achieving it, i gain huge motivation and then when others also share with my i gain inspiration!

I am currently subcribed to over 180 43ters, if i have something in common with you, goals, ways of acieving goals or you’ve posted something to inspire me, chances are i’ll follow you. I don’t follow everyone’s posts religiously but i do check from time to time.
Some of the people I’m subscribed to are my regulars, the long timers who’ve been with me on my journey of completing goals over the last few years, but more and more new people are coming online and benefiting from the wonderful community we have here which is AWESOME!!

I love you all :)

thanks for inspiring me to write my comment :)

i am one of your subscribers :)

Good realization, its really that way with most of life.