LEARNING TO LOVE BLOGGING BUT NOT SACRIFICE YOUR LIFE
Running a blog can be time consuming. So how can you run a blog but still maintain your personal life? Find out what I have learned about running a successful blog while still living normally.
Running a blog in your spare time
Starting a blog and maintaining a blog is not easy by any means. It requires so much work and effort everyday that it can often become overwhelming. So what do you do to handle all the stress and anxiety related to blogging. How do you begin to develop a real schedule to handle everything that you are faced with all the time.How can you manage all the content creation and research that goes into running a successful blog? How can you continue to manage all the website access and passwords, update old blog postings and field emails coming in everyday?
My best advice on managing your time and resources to run a successful blog.....
By the way if anyone knows me personally they would know that this part does not usually come easy to me. The content flows far easier and happens faster, than the time management and the organization aspects do.1. Priorities matter- we must learn to discover what our priorities are and what we are aiming to achieve with our blog. We must take the time to set our goals, decide what is most important and develop a plan.2. Set a schedule- Every new blogger needs a schedule to help them keep both their life and blogging balanced. The reasons you need a schedule is fairly obvious to any new blogger starting out. It is so easy to lose track of time on all the aspects of managing the blog, the post creation, social media management and the organization of it all. You need time for work, sleep, self care and don’t forget a social life.3. Do not sacrifice your life - Blogging can be an incredible experience. It is so great to write and share your thoughts and feelings with others everyday. Blogging can however take up a lot of time and can really begin to consume your life. Do not let blogging become an all consuming focus of your life and less of the joy that it is meant to be.
So how do you make all this happen?
1. Recognize that you are just one person2. Determine how many posts you can maintain per week3. Pick your preferred social media outlet and focus on that one4. Make folders and binders to hold your photos and content you are creating5. Allow yourself to be creative and have some fun with your writingSome more helpful tips on blogging can be found in a few other posts I shared previously.How to start your own website, Best free tools and resources for bloggers, Maintaining a successful blog, Best advice on starting a successful blog. Blogging is an important part of my life and yet it is not all I do. I work a full time job, I am a wife and mother, I have many friends and family. I love to blog but I refuse to allow blogging to take over my entire life to the point that I lose joy in other areas of my life or make my family suffer. That is why as a blogger these things are so important to me. I want to continue to produce content worth reading and share with you helpful tips and advice from my own experiences. To continue to blog and share advice with you I must continue to maintain a schedule that is beneficial in both my personal life and in maintaining SavingJoyfully.com.Hopefully if you are a blogger you found this post helpful. If you are not a blogger and you have some interest in starting a blog I would encourage you to give it a try. Blogging can be a real joy when you write and share what you love with others. It is truly a blessing to be able to share my life and what I love with all of you.
