Written on August 13, 2010 at 8:58 am by Jennifer Brown

Friday Blog Challenge: Give Yourself a Break

Filed under Blog Challenge, Writer's Block {11 comments}

Today’s Blog Challenge is an easy one. Give yourself a break.

I’ve read so many blog posts this week about people just not having anything to write about. It’s that time of the summer when nothing happens. Even the news outlets are having trouble coming up with something interesting.

I know a lot of bloggers who really fret and worry about not having anything to write. They beat themselves up over it and that doesn’t usually get the creative juices flowing.

Let it go.

It’s okay if you blog hasn’t updated in a few days. No one will notice, everyone is trying to get ready for school or trying to cram in that vacation at the last minute. The blogosphere is a bit of ghost town these days so relax and enjoy the fact that no one is here reading.

Friday Blog Challenge: Give Yourself a Break

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http://midlifebloggers.com Jane Gassner

Gee, and I was just getting ambitious to do a flurry of blogging. July is my down month.
http://injaynesworld.blogspot.com injaynesworld

Hey, good to see Jane here. I told her she’d like it. As for the writer’s block, it’s like a freakin’ pandemic. Everyone’s struggling. I thought it was just me because my real job has been using up all its share of my brain cells and then encroaching on the rest.

The pressure to come up with posts is like feeling you have to “put out” or your readers will start dating someone else.
http://www.junkdrawerblog.com Kathy

OMG, Jayne. You hit the nail on the head on both fronts. My day job is killing me and I have very little juice left in the day to write anything at the rate I’d prefer. And I do worry that people will go elsewhere if I’m not around like I should be. This self-imposed beating is not good for me (or anyone else for that matter). Thanks for saying this Jen.
http://beetle-blod.com Babs (Beetle)

I know I don’t have many readers at the moment. I thought it was one of two things. Either I’d lost it as a blogger, or people were struggling, like me. Glad to find out that I’m not alone.
http://www.weworkforcheese.com mike

Good to hear that I’m not the only one. My job has been running me into the ground, and I’m a little burnt out on blogging. Especially all the back end tweaks I’ve been doing lately. Time to chill for a bit.
http://roses2rainbows.blogspot.com Linda

Jen, thanks for this post. After almost a year, I still consider myself new at this, and I’m still trying to find my style or voice. I’m struggling, too, on several levels.

Babs, I don’t think you’ve lost it. Maybe when we are all trying so hard to get something on our own blogs, we don’t spend as much time visiting. I have some regular readers. You know who you are, and I thank you. Much of my traffic these days comes from my participation in Magpie Tales, and that is good, but my other posts don’t draw as much attention. I am always open for advice.
http://www.duckandwheelwithstring.blogspot.com Lin

It seems like everyone is taking time off these days, so I’m not stressing about my posts too much. It’s funny how I end up coming up with something at the last minute though.
http://nonamedufus.blogspot.com/ nonamedufus

Ha…I just went three weeks without posting anything to my 3 blogs. It was a well earned blogcation and I loved it. But I missed writing, posting and commenting. Now I’m back…and in the groove. (Do they still say that?)
http://www.cabbagesnkings.net Jenn Thorson

“The beatings will continue unless morale improves!”

Seriously, though, this gloomy weather and too much day-job work IS taking its toll on my motivation. I have cut back on blogging a little bit. Now I just blog when I feel I have something worth blogging about– which is about once a week for both blogs.

I’m fine with that. It’s good to know other folks are feeling the bloggy pain, too.
Anonymous

Hi Jennifer, right now it’s fall, and I feel the same way you just mentioned.
It’s not that I don’t have anything to blog about, but as i ponder and reflect on my life, i feel like letting go of the blogging and just immersing myself into what I feel is a transformationinside me.

I think letting go of a routine and doing other things will only make one’s blog writings stronger in the end.

Anyone else agree?
Anonymous

Hi Jennifer, right now it’s fall, and I feel the same way you just mentioned.
It’s not that I don’t have anything to blog about, but as i ponder and reflect on my life, i feel like letting go of the blogging and just immersing myself into what I feel is a transformationinside me.

I think letting go of a routine and doing other things will only make one’s blog writings stronger in the end.

Anyone else agree?
Amanda