Letting Go Of Blog Statistics

"He uses statistics as a drunken man uses lamp posts–for support rather than for illumination."

~Andrew Lang

Today is Simplicity Monday at StoryChuck where I share my quest to find simplicity in this chaotic world.

This blog post is about tracking visitors and clicks on your blog and why I've decided to no longer worry about it.

I used to have three different statistics and analytics systems on my blog: Google Analytics, Clicky, and Mint. Here's how a typical day went:

6:30am - While having my...