They say there’s nothing like a first impression, so after writing a post about things to consider before updating your wordpress version, I decided to do the exact opposite of what I usually do : to upgrade my Wordpress version a very short time after the new version release.

As most Wordpress users know, version 2.5 a much anticipated release. Even Wordpress.org has undergone a design change, which strongly emphasizes that version 2.5 is supposed to be milestone.

Exactly because of this reason I am not going to go in depth wordpress 2.5 review which lists all changes and examines advantages and disadvantages, but instead, I will list my overall first impressions of the new system while writing this post . . .

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Every serious blogger knows about the pressure of writing good posts, keeping traffic levels up and performing all things necessary to put their blog on the map. While the amount of pressure bloggers can put themselves in depends partly on what their goals are, the web is littered with posts, explaining to bloggers active on all levels how much work it can be to create and grow an active community around a new blog.

If you do a Google search on this topic, you’ll quickly learn that there are many reasons that can drive bloggers in the direction of quitting. And many do quit. Some of the reasons are : not enough time to write and monitor what happens in the blogosphere, feeling that you’re not receiving enough return on the investment of time and though, or just the pure frustration of blogging in the dark for months on end.

It was actually just a few days ago that I was talking to Daniel Scocco from Dailyblogtips through MSN about how much I felt like closing the blog and forgetting about it. Since he never really expressed himself on DBT about this particular topic, he posted ‘Hold Tight, It Will Only Get Easier‘ a few days later, which advices new bloggers to hang in there a little longer before deciding to stop. Worth a read for many new bloggers.

But what if you have totally different reasons for quitting your blog ? Like myself for instance. Though newmediatype is a new blog, up until now it has had positive reactions and a reasonable amount of recognition from other bloggers. Honestly, in my case they are / were personal issues of an emotional nature, which cause(d) me to feel that I might not be able to devote myself to the blog as I would like to.

Which brings me to the point of this post . . .

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