Saving your sanity

I’ll admit it; it’s something that happens to all of us at some point or the other. Maintaining a blog takes a  lot of effort some days and it just doesn’t seem worth it at times. There is the small issue of visibility (or the lack of visibility conversely) of your blog as well as questions about your focus, research and what to write. And it all has to be very engaging while reaching out to readers. How on Earth are you supposed to keep at it? Not everyone has the patience of a Buddhist monk or a Himalayan Sadhu. Over time, I have come up with answers of my own to this problem.

Enjoy yourself

The moment you start treating writing and blogging as a chore, it becomes a chore. Keeping yourself motivated is a lot simpler when you’re thinking about ways to make things fun. In a way, writing a blog post has a lot to do with your state of mind, maybe everything to do with it. If you’re put off by the topic, chances are that will come through in your post. Enjoy yourself and you’ll be surprised how many more topics you can come up and how much more responsive your readers can be.

Baby steps

Never try to bite off more than you can chew at any one time. There is a lot you can do to help your blog reach a sustainable level of success, but don’t get ahead of yourself. The road to being known, if that, is a slow one and you won’t get thousands of readers overnight. Pace yourself instead and focus on doing the basics right, and over time you can add to this by doing things you feel could help spur you onwards. Find out what you have and haven’t done on a weekly basis and focus on improving those results or building on weak areas. Be kind to yourself, or you’ll burn out overnight and give up.

Always plan ahead

Always figure out ways for you to build up your blog’s content and how to reach out to your readers in the best way possible. Keep your expectations and your plans realistic and always assess your goals before you fully commit to them. A well thought out plan should be flexible and clear when it comes to achieving your goals.

Relax

Everyone needs to figure out a way to relax and get some downtime. Maybe you just want to put your feet up or you’ve had a particularly bad day, whatever the case is everyone cannot churn out posts at the same regularity or speed. Make things manageable always and work in time for friends, family or yourself.