Lost Ground
My Write Prompts lens has been in the Top 100 Lenses since October 2008. I was astonished and excited about having my first lens place here. It’s been hovering in and out of the higher numbers for the last week and a few days ago completely left. And now it’s ranking at 264! I feel like it’s fallen from grace.
It’s funny how something as silly as rank can have such an effect on someone’s emotions. When I wasn’t near the top 100 I never gave much thought to it being there. I went about my business updating every week and enjoying it. Now, that I’m out, I feel personally wounded.
My logical mind tells me that with so many lenses being made every day that I’m lucky I was there for as long as I was but my wounded vanity has other thoughts which are obviously winning out at the moment.
Does anyone else go through such silly emotions with their lenses?
December 26th, 2008 at 11:52 am
Oh, yeah. I don’t really care about being in the top 100, or a number of other potential “honors” but dang when you find yourself there and then it slips away…it’s a loss! Life on Squidoo can be a real roller coaster
Chin up, you’ll get back there even if it with a different lens.
December 28th, 2008 at 9:15 am
I know exactly what you mean! It’s as though no one cares about your lens any more, but as Mulberry says, you’ll get there again and then the whole cycle begins again…