Confession: lately, I’m finding blogging a lot harder than it used to be.
More often than not, I’ll be staring at my computer late at night, trying to summon up the idea for a post. I’ll start writing something and abandon it because it feels wrong.
I’ve had slumps before, times when I’ve been seriously lacking in inspiration or motivation. They’ve always passed by fairly quickly. But this one seems to be harder to shake.
It’s something I’ve tried to write about a few times recently, but the words haven’t come out right. It feels too much like complaining and that’s not what I’m trying to do. I want to re-evaluate and work through this phase, find my blogging mojo somewhere on the other side.
Perhaps it’s down to being burned out and not taking a proper break. I’ve considered it a few times, but I don’t want to step away from the blog. Despite my lack of enthusiasm lately, I do love it and I worry that it would only be harder to come back after some time away.
Or maybe it’s down to change in circumstances. I changed jobs earlier this year, which led to a shift in my blogging routine. Since then, I’ve never quite managed to re-establish a system that works for me.
And with busy days in the office and the warm weather, I’ve been feeling the urge to get out into the world a bit more than usual, rather than spend all evening clicking away on the laptop. Things are all getting a bit last minute round here.
Funnily enough, I wrote a similar post around this time last year, when I was also struggling to keep blogging. Reading it back, a lot of my feelings are the same, even down to my desire to stick around this little online space. And, of course, my appreciation for those of you who take the time to visit and read my ramblings.
Anyway, I just wanted to ponder some of this out loud, and share a little with you about how I’m feeling. I might make some changes, or I might not. But I’ll still be here, writing as much as I can and trying to spark that feeling of inspiration back into life.
Kerri says
I’ve been feeling a little like this during the week. I’ve spent loads of time working on my blog this week and I think I have just worn my brain out. It’s quite difficult to find a balance between working, doing things and then fitting a blog in there somewhere, but if you feel like a break then you should take it, recharge you blogging batteries and then go again. That’s what I feel like doing at the moment.
If my balance gets messed up then I find my motivation and such is affected. I like the routine and I’m very set with doing things in that routine 🙂
~ K
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Amy Lord says
Definitely Kerri, it’s so easy to get worn out from spending so much time on the computer and always thinking up new ideas for blog posts or ways to network and promote them. Sometimes I like to try and get ahead with my posts so I can have a week or so where I don’t need to write anything new, I’ll just do a few tweets. That does help a little too. Hope you get chance to recharge too 🙂
Johannah says
I know this feeling!!! I have such a hard time coming up with new original content it isn’t funny! I’m working on it tho. Any tips to get through it would be great!
Amy Lord says
It’s tough, right? One piece of advice I was given was to come up with a series, or even several, so you know that one day a week you write something relevant to that. So you could do an interview series, or a series about your favourite novels from a particular genre, or your favourite female writers etc etc. Plus it helps to get to know other bloggers and keep up with relevant news, as sometimes you see a post that you feel strongly about and want to respond to. But good luck with the content, Johannah, and thanks for reading!