Whoa. It’s been over a week since I have posted. I feel very unmotivated to blog. I could tell you it’s due to my recent job loss. But the truth is I just haven’t been “feelin’ it” for awhile now.
Every time I think about blogging I let out an audible sigh and ignore the thought. It makes me tired to think of pulling up my dashboard, writing, editing and scheduling a post. I’m hoping it’s just a phase. But over the last few months I’ve lost my blogging mojo. I’ve also lost a bunch of readers and my blog stats have really suffered due to less content.
I don’t comment much anymore either. It just seems like so much work with not a lot of return. I used to comment like a mad woman and hope that a friend would be made in the process and they would visit me too. But now I just don’t have much energy to deal with that part of blogging.
I have “friended” a lot of bloggers on Facebook that I have read over the years. I still keep up with them there and on Instagram (my favorite social media outlet ever). I’m @adayinmollywood on IG if anyone wants to follow me over there.
I also have a facebook page for my blog and you can “like” my page for snippets of life and random thoughts here and there.
This is also prime blog conference season. What does that mean? It means every blogger that’s going to one of these is talking about it. The parties, the sessions, the awards, the speakers. Basically all about the fun I won’t be having because I’m not going to any conferences this summer. It’s totally depressing me. I know it didn’t go very well last year but I was really hopeful that I would get a second chance. That I would get to see my friends again and be redeemed.
Instead, I feel like I’ve fallen wayyyyy off the radar (as if I was ever on it). At this time last year I was so excited to go to BlogHer. I had just won a Voice of the Year award and I finally felt validated for all my hard work as a blogger and writer.
Now I just feel stupid for ever having felt like that.
Like I said, I hope this is just a phase. I have been blogging for five and a half years and it would be a shame to throw in the towel now. I know I could do link ups and post random photos. But I have trouble getting motivated to participate.
I don’t want to quit but the blogger’s block just seems to get worse and worse as time goes on. Will my inspiration and happiness that came from blogging ever come back?
Better yet, will you stick around to see if I can work my way through these feelings? I have before. Maybe I can again.
Hang in there, momma! Let your writing flow…you’ve had alot happen in a few months time. Get into a routine then see if the blogging comes back!
I’m sticking around! Nothing is wrong with a break. Enjoy your new adventure of school and enjoy the summer with your boys!
Twitter: heirtoblair
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It will pass, friend.
& if it doesn’t, we will still love you & hope to see you around.
Your words are precious to so many people & I hope you know that.
No matter how often you post, I will remain a follower! I went to a seminar through work yesterday called Coping With Stress, and we discussed how we get into ruts with things we have normally enjoyed doing because of stress. It’s okay to let those things go for a while, and if that’s the blogging thing for you temporarily, so be it. As for the blogger’s block, perhaps you just need to take a break and listen – that also came out of the seminar when we talked about meditation and prayer. Prayer is where we do the talking (or writing, perhaps), but meditation is where we just contemplate and try to listen, perhaps for a message or a sign of what’s next for us. With all that you’ve been dealing with the past few weeks, you are under a TON of stress, so you need to go easy on yourself, and not beat yourself up. And while I have several blogs I enjoy reading regularly, there are some I did stop following because their daily posts just stopped sounding genuine and sincere to me, like they were just trying to put filler out there so that they had readers and stats and advertisers. I have minimal followers, mostly family who live out of state, which is fine by me, and a few “friends” who have joined up, but my blog is 95% about my little guy. Not what everyone wants to read, which is fine by me. It took me over a year to leave my first comment on someone else’s blog, and I only started commenting because I kind of felt like a stalker in someone’s life! I still sort of feel like an outsider since I have no interest in conferences, or giveaways, or advertising, but I do enjoy reading and following some of the folks I’ve found on line. And I’m glad you are one of the ones that I found and stuck with!
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Twitter: KimberlyAMuro
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It will pass. I’ve noticed the up and down pattern of blogging too. And yes, we will still be here while you work your way through it.
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Molly, I’ve recently discovered your blog and benefit so much from your words. I’ll keep checking in – your story is too important not to. Best wishes as you move through this mire.
Twitter: gooddishesuser
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When you’re ready to come back, I’m here.
I’ll be here for sure! that is the wonderful thing about Google Reader—don’t have to constantly check blogs anymore.
Hang in there, take your time and no pressure at all.
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I think we all experience this .. . it ebbs and flows. I’ve been having a major dry spell. And I think the only way to get through it is to let it run it’s course. You can’t make blogging ‘not fun.’ We’re supposed to enjoy this! So do what you need to do — oh, and LOVE your time in school and with your boys.
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Hang in there, we all go through our funks. The good thing is that it is YOUR blog and you can do anything or want to or don’t want to with it!
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Hang in there Molly! There are ups and downs, and I hope you find an up again soon. I’ve never had stats that had much room to fall, but I am sure that can be disheartening. Just know that there are lots of us out here rooting for you, and we’ll be here no matter how much (or little) you feel like posting.
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I’m sticking around! Since the birth of Kylie (um, 18 months ago) I’ve blogged so much less- going from posting once a week to once (maybe twice) a month. I lost a lot of my blogging mojo, but really, my blog isn’t a top priority, and that’s ok! I may not attract thousands of visitors a month like used to, and again, I’m ok with that. I refuse to let my blog die. There will be highs and there will be lows- just like anything else in life, but keep at it. Maybe give yourself a “blog vacation” for a couple weeks- no reading, no commenting- just truly a vacation from it all, and see if you get your mojo back.
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Twitter: worthdasqueeze
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I’ve been in a pretty decent blogging funk this whole year. I seem to get little bursts of inspiration that last about a week and then pretty soon it’s been 3 weeks since I last wrote. While I like to think I write just for me, it’s how it started afterall, I do miss the feedback and comments I used to get. It’s always more fun to write when you know people are actually reading! My original blog circle of friends seems to have faded away, most of them have stopped blogging themselves, so it’s really no surprise the readers have dwindled. Don’t ever doubt your writing though. You’ve done some amazing things and overcome some huge obstacles. Even if you’ve managed to touch one persons life, that’s one person who’s changed because of you!
I recently went on a new blog search….trying to find some new bloggers to connect with….some people to help motivate and inspire me. Try it the next time you have some down time. {as if that ever happens!} If anything, it’s fun to discover new stories!
My block has lasted about, oh, four years. (-: Life kind of got in the way as I volunteered more, my kids got bigger and and life got busier. I used to feel like a smultz, but now I am happy just being the funniest Facebooker people know. BTW, I even wittled my blog reading list down to three because I just couldn’t keep up. The Internet can be soul-sucking so maybe a break is not such a bad thing. Maybe pour it all in your new career and journal for now and keep it real.
XO
Cyn
Twitter: momgosomething
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I hear you.
Know what i did?
I packed up my shit and the child and took off.
Road trip.
It was what my soul needed. And you know what? The readers, the ones that stuck with me through thick and thin, were still there when I came back. Those are the readers you want tucked into your pocket and to call friends.
Give yourself some slack friend. Enjoy the outdoors. Your words will come and we will be here. xo
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