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5 stages of a blogger’s life

Hope you enjoy this. Concept by Paul Bradshaw, drawings by the wonderful Alex Hughes:

1st stage of blogging: play

1st stage of blogging: play

2nd stage of blogging: feedback

2nd stage of blogging: feedback

3rd stage of blogging: community

3rd stage of blogging: community

4th stage of blogging: fame

4th stage of blogging: fame

5th stage of blogging: exhaustion/death

5th stage of blogging: exhaustion/death

Here are some Twitter avatar-size versions too:

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96 Responses to “5 stages of a blogger’s life”

  1. Louise Bolotin says:

    Briliant! Thanks for brightening up my Friday morning.

  2. Sarah Byles says:

    That's awesome

  3. Tracy Playle says:

    Wonderful. Very funny.

  4. Mariela De Marchi says:

    Great! I'm still laughing, thanks, friday looks much brighter :-)

  5. Elliot.cat says:

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  9. Gabriella says:

    oh! i'm the 5th :(

  10. rockzapper says:

    awesome!!

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  16. Amit Verma says:

    That's really funny as well as good art…:)

  17. RedDog_UK says:

    Hmm… some good points there

  18. A. says:

    It looks you are in the second one, at least this post is.

  19. Free Adsense Website says:

    sooooo funny! did you create the artwork?

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  23. Daniel says:

    Neat idea AHughes!

  24. Uncle B says:

    Tender spot hurting a lot? Other side too? bruises on your face and body throbbing? Is that blood running out your nose, skirt above your head in the wind, panties torn and soiled, titties swelling and turning blue by the minute, lost on the roadside, hoping not to die? Did you recognize the tail lights of the limo that threw you off? Was it the same limo that picked you up at election time, promising a good decent clean ride? Will you ever learn? Last time these guys did this to you, your babies were killed in Iraq and your retirement fund spent to do it, your taxes went up, you did not get destroyed by the weapons of mass destruction, they were never found. Poor little America. Our heart-felt prayers from Canada go out to you!

  25. Paul Bradshaw says:

    No, Alex Hughes did – see link at the start.

  26. Rajeev Edmonds says:

    Excellent illustrations. In fact they can be broken further, and can be developed into 8-10 stages in a bloggers life.

  27. Alinush says:

    So funny.

  28. Chadrack says:

    Hey, you just put some life into me! I hope not to end like that. My dream is to make it big with me blog. I will ever remember this post!

  29. Denisa says:

    Stages 3 and 4 are still nice. Hope I don't get to stage 5 too soon. :D

  30. Dwayne from Probably says:

    I'm currently between 2 and 3. My blog is only like a week and two days old or so (at this time of posting), and I've hit around 3,500 unique visitors already. I just can't wait to get to Stage 5, it looks fun, getting to hover above your keyboard like that.

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  32. Attilio Viscido says:

    huahuahuahu to cool !!

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  35. Ashok says:

    wow, nice images, superb

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  38. niasdasd says:

    hurr hurr

  39. asdasf says:

    hurrr hurr hurrr

  40. sampat says:

    i am beginner. i am also feeling something like this

  41. Tara says:

    What about if you get to 4 and become so rich and famous that you can pay some minion to write your blog for you while you sail off into the sunset? Cause that's possible right? I'm kinda banking on that being possible . . .

  42. RT says:

    I think I have been stuck on Stage 1 forever.. struggling about what to write about :o (

  43. baldie says:

    wow, if fame is that hard and leads to step 5, I am better of between step 1 and 2 where I am at the moment! :) Funny stuff though!

  44. tharavadi says:

    ha ha good one ;)

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  47. Silversnail72 says:

    I stand guilty !!!

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  54. Zara Green says:

    LOL! Just started blogging…is this what I have to look forward to? Guess it won’t be funny to me for long :-)

  55. Interesting.. I can’t recall ever experiencing any of these problems. :) Not to shabby. You have to extend this, there are more stages that need to be depicted. WE WANT MORE! :)

    -Mig

  56. DJCNOR says:

    I just had my first experience of stage 2 and I loved it! I got really lucky and apparently was among the first who saw the shoe-throwing incident. One quick post, and the last two days have seen a huge amount of hits and comments (for me). I answered all comments that invited discussion.

    Now the hits have fallen back down to my original low level. This experience will keep me going for another two months.

    I’ve got a question, though. As in “real life”, not just any community will do. With the huge amount of bloggers out there, how do you locate the community you will fit in?

  57. sampat says:

    i am in fourth stage.thanks to tell what happen next……may be something else..i am happy

  58. munyukmentel says:

    Ga..ga..ga… it’s so hilarious and definitely true… I think I am quite safe since I am in stage two now but still hoping to get to stage 4.. :lol:

  59. abhijat says:

    Excellent! Very true… I’m just moving on to stage two

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  62. Great points, I think I am floating between level 3 and 4… lost in the transition!

    Thanks!

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  64. Welders says:

    Great! I’m still laughing, thanks, friday looks much brighter :)

  65. Alice says:

    Thanks a lot! I am just planning to add a blog in addition to our buy to let mortgage forum.

  66. sharmanagle says:

    i am blogging for past two years. i am in 2nd stage….

  67. John says:

    Hi,
    Great post! I am moving into the 2nd stage

  68. genuine uggs says:

    haha thats funny.
    Also the Pulling your hair out stage.
    But that stage kinda lasts right through all the other stages aswell.
    Well done.

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  70. Smackitta says:

    that’s very true ! thank you :)

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  72. Robert says:

    I found my former self in this toon. Currently I rest at stage five, but my suspicion is this evolution will degrade to step one once again – I jut cannot get rid of blogging fever :(

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  74. That might be the 5 stages of the 1 in a million blogger.. The other 999,999 blogs out there fade away..

    Maybe it should be

    Start a blog thinking you’ll be the next Perez Hilton
    Post stuff which can be found on 999,999 other blogs
    Get spammed
    Realize no one reads your blog
    Blog dies and continues to clutter the web

    Or perhaps I’m just cynical : )

  75. Jo says:

    ahhh I am not looking forward to stage 5!

  76. Great! I’m still laughing, thanks, friday looks much brighter

  77. Kamal Patel says:

    hey….its hilarious…i loved it….

    waiting for more like this…good work Alex and nice concept by PAUL

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  79. HAHAHAHA, very funny! That’s TRUE :P LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL

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  82. ashfaqueshah says:

    very niceeeeeeeeeeee post

  83. Thats live man. Evolution from stone cave to network grave

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  85. panorama 360 says:

    Very funny! but where am i now ?…

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  87. Arrow says:

    This is actually really funny but most people don’t reach 4 right? O.o

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