A few months ago, I jumped headfirst into the ‘business of blogging’. I read everything I could find that was devoted to expanding my blog & bringing in all.the.pageviews.
What a joke that was!
What followed was several months of self doubt & the feelings of never being good enough.
When I read too much into a topic, I turn into a perfectionist. After reading what I “should” be doing in terms of blogging, I found myself hitting a brick wall.
I couldn’t write anything because I just knew it wouldn’t be good enough. If it didn’t have 500+ words & a pretty Pinterest image, I felt it was unworthy for my blog.
But here’s the truth: it is worth it.
Once I ignored all the traditional “rules” of blogging, I found my blogging groove.
Take my pumpkin patch posts for example. I mean, I wanted to write about this huge pumpkin patch growing in the yard but I didn’t want to devote 500+ words to it. I just wanted to post some pictures & say ‘Hey, check out this silly thing that took over the yard!’. All the traditional blogging advice I read would probably cause me to scrap the entire idea, but I posted it anyway…
Because that’s what my blog is about: my life & the things that interest me in my little world. Sometimes I can get long winded on topics & sometimes I just want to post a ton of pictures & two sentences.
When I gave up the fear of blogging perfection, I found my groove!
I’m happy to say that as of this writing, I’ve written & scheduled a total of 8 blog posts ahead of time! Of course, this post is at the very end & I may not be able to keep this up, but it’s a start!
This isn’t meant to call out anyone or say that blogging tips don’t work. There are a ton of helpful tips out there, but the bottom line is that I had to find out where I fit into the blogging world & make my own rules.
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