My intention for this blog is very different than my intentions for Desperately Seeking Sanity. There I can showcase my personality, humor, wit, and core being.

Notice, I didn’t say intelligence.

It’s not that I can’t say something insanely insightful or smart on that platform, but the reality is, I don’t.  With a blog named “Desperately Seeking Sanity” you don’t expect it.  You expect humor.  You expect wit.  You expect a glimpse into my personal search for sanity.

Whether I live up to that expectation?  I don’t know.  But Desperately Seeking Sanity is the place where I go to just write whatever it is that happens to be on my mind at the time — whether it be serious or funny.  In essence, it’s the dump for the thoughts that consume my brain on a personal level.

What you don’t often see over there or on Twitter is the piece of my brain that is always thinking about the business/work aspect of my life.  You don’t see the ideas that I come up with, the thoughts I have on relationship building, or the depths that my brain will go to come up with the next big thing.

You see, I know that I am a very intelligent woman.  I know that I am smarter than the average bear.  And while I love the outlet that I have to showcase my personality, I wanted a place where I could showcase my brain as well.  Because I fully believe that I have thoughts and ideas that could help others when it comes to sales, marketing, social networking, job hunting and more.

You might call this conceit, but I call it the confidence that I’ve been missing for a long time.

But when you revamp a blog, put it out there, and tell people that it’s your avenue for sharing your smarts?  It tends to apply a little pressure because then you feel like you’re looking for something smart to say… many times coming up empty handed.

Such was the case yesterday.

When I revamped this blog, I knew that I couldn’t do so without committing to myself that I would post regularly.  I didn’t define regularly, but in my mind, I was targeting two to three times a week.

And since then, I’ve been looking for smart things to say.  I have so many drafts started that I couldn’t quite bring together like I was hoping.  Hopefully, I’ll be able to go back to them at some point in time and craft them a little more coherently.

But as I stared at the computer screen yesterday, a blank window in front of me begging for brilliant words to flow from my brain to my fingers, I realized I had nothing.

Not knowing what else to do, I tweeted.

i had planned on writing something that made me look insanely smart today… but i’m thinking today isn’t the day. maybe tomorrow.

It wasn’t long before I had a response from @writegud

that’s smarter than you think

I noodled on that all night and when I woke up this morning, his comment was still churning in my mind.

How much truth is really in that?  Do we apply too much pressure on ourselves when it comes to our commitment to blogging, tweeting, posting, etc?

Do we login to these sites and dump whatever comes to mind without truly thinking about what we are writing and whether or not it’s our best work?  Are we focusing on QUANTITY and not QUALITY?

And in this age, which is more important?

Can I tell you what I’ve come up with?

Can I also tell you that you’re going to groan when you hear my answer?

It’s BALANCE.

Yes, there is a balance between quantity and quality.  There is a line that you can work, one that still gives you a presence yet brings forth your best.

So, do I still feel there’s a magic number for how many posts per week I need to be averaging?  Do I still feel that the more followers I have, the better? Do I still feel like I’ve got to be everywhere, every day?

Yes and no.

And that’s where I need to find my balance.

So, I’m asking you… what’s the balance that you’ve found (or are looking for) when it comes to showcasing yourself, your business, etc?  Do you feel that you have to post something every day or are you of the opinion that you’ll only post when you have something worth sharing?