Your 200th blog post got 96 likes and 77 comments in 48 hours flat! You have 2126 followers and a smug smile.
Now Rewind. 4th blog post, 2 followers, 1 like, no comment.
Those precious, heartfelt penned emotions. Raw. Voluble. Ignored.
Lost in the virtual flood of bloggers. 
So? Don’t mourn its death. Rejuvenate it! Why & How…Read on.
Why?
1. It is your baby. You own all copyright.
2. You had poured out your heart into it, right? Give it another chance.
3. Your followers get a peek into your ‘Eek’ or ‘Wow’ past … I mean , post.
4. Self evaluate. ‘I suffered from word-diarrhoea’; ‘Good idea, bad execution.’; ‘I was misquoted.’
5. Good, handy substitute posts for those niggling ‘writer’s block’ days.
How?
1. Scroll through ‘Archives’.
2. Click on one that tugs at your heart. Yes, ‘that’ one. Such a masterpiece! What a revolutionary thought! I am Shakespeare!
Yet, it faded into oblivion without a whimper. So pull it out of its dungeon.
3. Loved the sentiments, but embarrassed by the amateur writing? Just ‘Edit’ it using ‘Editor.’ You do know that you are allowed to edit, re-edit and re-re-edit your post as many times as you like?
Get those shears. Hack away, prune away.
4. Word count – How many of you read the entire John Galt speech in ‘Atlas Shrugged’? I did NOT.
Yes, everybody’s favorite sound is their own voice. Everybody’s favorite word is ‘I’.
But 900 words? Seriously, cut it down to size. I confess I get blurry eyed after reading 400 words
Psst: Somebody even managed to publish ‘zero’ word count. The book- What Men know about Women. I am sure you can do better with lesser.
5. Spice it up with an image. A visual always catches eyeballs. 
6. Insert a Link from November 2002 post to August 2014 post. Relax, you are not cheating. You own the copyright, remember? 
7. You are NOT Howard Roark, the unalterable perfection. You are allowed to change, mould and revise opinions. Maturity does bring fresh perspective.
So write a whole new piece about an old topic. Gauge your evolution. Have you become less cynical/ humbler/ wilder/ angrier/ apathetic about the topic? If so, Why?
I have reached 365 words, so I’ll pause here.
Share your thoughts. Which is your best written-least viewed post? Did you let it die a martyr? Or did you kickstart it back to life? And HOW?
I enjoyed the humor and advice- I definitely intend to revive some of my more ancient posts. Thanks for the inspiration.
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Hi, thank you. You didn’t tell me which of your old blog posts were your eternal favorite. I would love to read them.
I wish there was a way to pin favorite posts to the top of a page, even though they had lesser views.
Do you know of a technique to do that?
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Very well said. Sometimes, when I read my previous posts (written 3 years ago), I wonder if I wrote that post. I read it as if someone else had written that. I laugh at the humor. I also critic about any deficiency. In my opinion, one of my best but least read is:
http://sg-shootthebreeze.blogspot.in/2012/07/etiquette-for-xxx-olympiad.html
The comments were very enjoyable to read.
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I enjoyed your link. I think blogging makes us good observers. We constantly look around for zany moments and quirky people as fuel for the next post.
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I think you will like these 2 posts of mine.
http://sg-shootthebreeze.blogspot.in/2009/09/random-thoughts-about-marriage-part-1.html
http://sg-shootthebreeze.blogspot.in/2009/09/random-thoughts-about-marriage-part-2.html
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Doubled over with laughter and shock. Such weird specimens live amongst us ‘normal’ people.
Or perhaps ‘normal’ too is a standard arrived at based on local conditions, customs and rituals.
Definition of normal itself is abnormal.
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How true!! I too have few unpublished post (read: confessions) sleeping in my laptop.. This prods me to give them life!! Soon will let you know my favorite amongst them!! 🙂
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Hi Manasaa
Hope I gave the right push in the right direction. Get to work, girl!
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Lovely tips to resurrect the old. Many thanks.
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You are most welcome. You didn’t tell me which one of ur old favorite post is beckoning to give it a new birth and new identity?
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