Is blogging taking over your life?
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I am writing to express my opinion, share my experiences and to maybe provide some insight. My blog is addressing women at 50 ( but men are welcome to read my posts) ,their issues and the questions that come up at this stage in life. I don’t aim to teach, but to learn together. View all posts by Sadje
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Thank you very much for your very good article about blogging. I am a new blogger .
Thank you so much.
Have a happy, happy Merry Christmas🎄 and a good Start into the next year 2019
Best regards🙋♂️
Norbert🙏
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Thanks a lot. I appreciate your encouragement and feedback. Happy holidays to you too.
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I thought I knew a lot about blogging five years ago. Now, I know absolutely nothing. The longer I blog, the less I know. Maybe all my brains are spilling into the computer?
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Your brain is conditioned to respond automatically. As an instinct.
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Good ideas, especially saving stuff to draft, which I do all the time ensuring I never run out of crap to poast! 😂😂😂
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Thanks. Yes saving ideas is always helpful.
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You nailed it. Great advice.
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Thank you so much. I appreciate your feedback.
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All valid points Sadje. The key I think is enjoying your blog, as if you don’t, it will come out in your writing.
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You’re so right. Thanks
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Great post! Sometimes I wonder if you post multiple times a day if some of your content doesn’t kind of get lost though? Even WordPress’s reader tends to condense all your posts and show less of them if you post multiple times a day. Ideally, I would like to post every day, but I shoot for at least every other day and then write extra whenever inspiration strikes. As far as growing, I think interacting with other bloggers is even more important perhaps than what you write. You can write the best stuff, but if no one knows you exist, you won’t get eyes on your posts.
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Thanks. I agree with that, 💯 %. Intermingling is very important.
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Excellent points, Sadje. Thank you for including the link to my blog among those that you find inspiring.
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Thanks. I appreciate your feedback. And you are inspiring me to write! 😃👍
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I’m glad to hear that! Sometimes, we need a little extra boost! I enjoy bloggers that offer prompts and thank you for listing some I wasn’t aware of. 🙂
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Thanks, I am glad that you found something new!
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Excellent post Sadje : – many thanks for the mention.
An interesting topic to write about.
I think there are a lot of points to writing and maintaining a blog and everyone has a different strategy process in operation. One of the hardest things for many to manage is balancing between reading others content, writing your own content and interacting with the content as an overall % That is by far the one aspect l always struggle with and fail at many a time especially managing to read others content.
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Yes, I think we all struggle with some aspect of blogging. Thanks for the encouragement and the reblog.
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Reblogged this on A Guy Called Bloke and K9 Doodlepip! and commented:
Is blogging taking over your life?
Sadje writes an interesting post concerning blogging … so is blogging overtaking your life?
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Thanks a lot.
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Wonderful subject matter Sadje. Although I can’t write and also read other blogs all at once I usually spent time just reading other blogs at least once a day. Thanks for the mention.
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Thanks 🙏. You’re welcome dear
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Great tips Sadje!
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Thanks 🙏
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Great advice! I find that as I have a niche, sometimes it’s harder to join in the fun . . . as doing so will spoil the aesthetic that I’m after on the blog overall. Participating in Blogmas has been challenging but has enabled me to join in and also keep to my niche. I would also advise that bloggers join in blog parties as these should help promote your blog and gain you a few readers and followers. 🙂
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Thank you so much. I agree. It also takes you out of your comfort zone to try new things.
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That is such good advice.
I wish I had known all this when I began.
Thank you for putting it dowm so concisely.
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You’re welcome. It is an advice to myself too.
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Sadje, I will say that between family, work, my blog and now podcast. There doesn’t seem to be enough time in the day!
I’ll figure it out one day, but for now….it’s a mad dash. At least that’s how it feels every now and again
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It seems like that, on most days. That’s why I wrote it down so I can remind myself too. Thanks for the feedback.
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wonderful post 😉
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Thanks 🙏
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Excellent advice! Thanks for making such valuable tips clear to follow!
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Thanks for your feedback. It’s my pleasure.
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Thanks a lot for such an amazing article… I am new here and it really helped.. I am actually following the blogs you have enlisted.. and will try to incorporate all the points you have mentioned… Happy holidays ☺️
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Thanks for your feedback. It’s my pleasure.
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Very handy tips, Sadje!
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Thank you so much.
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You’re welcome!
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Wonderful explanation and a great advise to fellow bloggers… Keep it up..
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Thanks a lot 🙏🏻
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Thank you very much for your very good article’s and comments.
I follow this with great interest and attention. Unfortunately, I can not fully understand everything directly and answer directly. But try to read them and give an acknowledgment of receipt.
It’s very complex for a new blogger,
and I’ll do that slowly and methodically.
I’m of the opinion that it’s always
a good thing.
It depends on what we do from the blogging itself.
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Exactly. Take it easy. It takes time to get into the rhythm. Are you from Germany?
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Thank you. Yes, I was born in Cologne/ Germany But I do not see typical German.😉
And you (?)
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Not at all, your blog name says that you are from Germany. 😉
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Great advice for bloggers, Sadje!
I don’t really class myself as a blogger per se, although I’ve really enjoyed participating in some of the parties, awards and challenges this month after closeting myself away for NaNoWriMo during November.
However, I’m going to have to pull my horns in come the New Year and concentrate more on my writing.
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Great advice. I think keeping everything in perspective is important and having a healthy balance between blogging and life. As well, one needs to examine “the why.” Why are you blogging in the first place? That particular reason can change and evolve over time.
For myself, with my current crew allocation, I work only four days a week. But, my hours are long. When I get home at night, although I would love to sit and write, read and comment on blog posts, that isn’t fair to Lynn. So, my time on the blog is early mornings on my days off.
It’s all balance. For me, I need to write from my heart and what I’m feeling for the most part. Daily prompts and such, don’t work for me because they take far too much thought to wrestle words out of me. They become more of a chore than something enjoyable. Although many bloggers love them.
One thing I’ve read from exceedingly successful bloggers is “content is king.”
Great post and some great tips.
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Thanks a lot. I appreciate your feedback. 😊
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Your welcome. Really a great post with excellent points and suggestions.
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Thanks 🙏🏻 again.
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Good points and advice. I blog just because…no real reason other than I like to write. Then there are times I just step back and take a breather. This isn’t something I have to do so when I get bogged down I take a break. Thanks for the mention and link.
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Thanks for sharing your feedback. You’re welcome. I do look forward to your prompts.
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When I started my blog I believed post weekly, which was my goal, would be a piece of cake. I haven’t missed a week yet after 17 months, but coming up with fresh stuff has certainly been challenging
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Thanks for sharing your feedback. For me the challenge is finding enough time.
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That too, but I find I can bang out something in short period of time once an idea takes root
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That’s true. I am learning that. And also how to read all the blogs I am following
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