Friday, February 11, 2011

It's Hard To Say Goodbye

I have delayed writing this for a while now. I suppose, thinking about it, it’s been fairly obvious it’s coming, and I knew it would come to this point even when I started the blog almost 2 ½ years ago.

Yo he retrasado escribir esto. Pensando en ello, ha sido bastante obvio que llega, y yo sabía iba a llegar cuando empecé el blog hasta casi 2 ½ años.

But it still sucks to end it.

Pero todavía no me gusta ponerlo a fin.

For a lot of different reasons – most of them not personal in any way – it’s time to shut down Fueled By Fear officially. I’ll keep it up for a little while longer so I can reminisce before turning out the lights.

Por varios razones – a mayoría no personales – es la hora de terminar Motivado Por Miedo oficialmente. Lo continuaré un poco más para que yo pueda recordar antes de que yo apague las luces.

Not to worry, I’m not stopping jits, just the blog.

No se preocupen, no voy a parar jiu jitsu, solamente el blog.

This has been an absolutely crazy adventure for me. The best part of this entire experience has been the friends I’ve made – you know who you are. ☺ I’ll continue to lurk on your blogs, so don’t worry about that.

Ha sido una aventura incredible para mi. La mejor parte de esta experiencia ha sido los amigos que yo conocí – Uds saben quienes son. ☺ Continuaré a leer sus blogs, no se preocupen sobre esto.

I don’t like drawing things out, so I’ll just say this: thank you to everyone for the support, the comments, the criticism, the fun, and most of all, the friendship. I’ll see you on the mat.

No me gusta prolongar las cosas, entonces les digo esto: muchisimas gracias a todos por el apoyo, los comentarios, el criticismo, el divertido, y más que todo, la amistad. Nos vemos en la tatame.

Muito obrigado a todos.

Dev

12 comments:

  1. RIP, one of the top blogs around.

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  2. I am so sad to hear this! You have been a great friend to me, an encouragement and a source of much-needed advice. Whatever the reasons for having to shut down the blog, I will miss reading it. Thanks for sharing with us these past years!

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  3. Good luck brother and hope to see around the DMV in the future.

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  4. If you have to stop posting, fine... but leave the blog up. It's worth its weight in gold for the encouragement and advice.

    And if you have to "take it down," don't delete it or erase it... just make it private. The journey and growth you describe here is only slightly more precious than your descriptions, and it merits being saved (for you, or for Kalen someday..)

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  5. I will miss your blog, Dev!


    Thanks so much for everything. Your blog, your input and you know.... everything else. =)


    I wish you nothing but the best, always!

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  6. Aw, boo. The Internet will miss you. This was definitely one of the best blogs around, so thanks for the insightful reads.

    All the best and take care, Dev!

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  7. The last time you said you were going to stop posting, you immediately followed with some of your best writing. So I'm hoping this is like that time. ;)

    If not, then like Georgette said,please leave the blog up even if you stop updating. Loads of great advice on here, plenty of which I link to. You don't want to kill my links, do you? :P

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  8. Amen to everything everyone has said here.

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  9. Dev, it is sad to see you stop writing on this blog. what is gonna be the next blog about? but anyway, congratulations for yours hundreds excelents posts.

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  10. Good luck with whatever you decide Dev. As said by all the above, a great blog, and please do leave it up even if you cannot find time to contribute. Hopefully, one day (soon), you'll find the spark once again to write....Been a pleasure working with you.

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  11. awww, this sucks, I really enjoy you blog!

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