Revelations about my blogging (or lack of)

You may not be able to tell, but I miss writing my blog. Several times a week I have ideas for posts, but they just don’t get written. About a week a go I had two revelations about why I seem to have this block and I wanted to share them.

Caught up in ‘blogging’

I started writing this blog to keep a record of things I don’t write in my journal, such as organisation techniques and working towards goals, while at the same time practising my writing skills. I also hoped that people would share ideas and comments, and I’ve been delighted that people have been so helpful as I’ve learnt a lot from comments, for instance when I was wondering what to buy for our new baby.

However 2 things happened that have slowed me down:

I started reading blogs about blogging and got caught up in all the things I ‘should’ be doing
I wanted a new theme as my current one is the one I used when I started my blog 3 years ago. I’m not a coder but have worked on personalising a theme, however because of 1 I’ve been trying to introduce additional features such as slick advertising to ‘make money’. This explains why I’ve been working on this theme for over a year!

Revelation: I didn’t start this blog to make money and I’ve been pulled in a direction that is a BIG distraction. Of course I don’t mind making money if it happens, but it is not my focus.

Actions: Focus on content and finish a simple version of my theme.

Stuck on the process

Although I love processes, I have not developed any for writing posts. For instance I have a follow up post to Ask advice: How to keep a project daily log that I’ve been writing since October that is still in draft. I think the main reason is I’ve taken photographs to use as examples and it has taken months to download, edit and upload them to the site.