This article really hit home for me. Over the past month or so I have been blogging about my own side-projects and things I am reading about or playing with.

This article really hit home for me. Over the past month or so I have been blogging about my own side-projects and things I am reading about or playing with. But now that people are reading it (very few, but people nonetheless), I start feeling obligated to make progress or start a new and interesting project. It is becoming a double edged sword -- I started blogging because I wanted some public accountability and motivation to finish projects or learn new things, but now I find it becoming less and less appealing. I now care what my readers think and how I present myself, especially since some of my readers are coworkers, and that is making it more like work and causing me to start avoiding it. Anyone have thoughts on striking a good balance?