Seriously. I don’t see anything wrong with you being the consumer of this blog. We’re here because you’re being kind enough to share the journey. I refer people here all the time because you are, in my opinion, providing one of the best perspectives on the process of improving health care. And in return, we’ll give you our opinions and perspectives where we can. You teach me, I’ll teach you. Seems fair to me.

I honestly haven’t seen any of your posts being negative (which probably just means I’m more cynical than you). Frustrated, sure. But that’s to be expected. I’ve noticed that the human impulse to only share good news is highly prevalent in blogs and message groups. But the beauty of a journal is how it captures the whole spectrum.

That and i don’t think I’d believe you if all you talked about were the successes.

Andrea

I hear what you’re saying. I’ve had readers and lean friends point out times when I’ve “gone negative.” It goes in cycles and waves, I think. I’m not blogging about my daily personal work the way you are, so I can imagine the need to “vent” or the days when things are tough.

As Jim Womack said recently, “If Lean doesn’t seem hard, you aren’t really doing it.” We all have rough days and if it shows in the blog, we can all accept that.

I also recognize your comment that you blog for yourself as the customer. I’ve said the same thing and I don’t mean it to disregard my readers. I started blogging with zero readers because it was helpful for me. The fact that people come and read is amazing and humbling (and often helpful since people communicate back with me). But, ultimately, I blog about what *I* find interesting and the topics I’m reading or thinking about. I’ve learned so much in the process of blogging (the reading and writing it’s forced me to do), I’d continue blogging even if all of my readers disappeared.

Hang in there, keep up the great work.

Mark