You aren’t sure how it happened, but it did. You set out to be a better blogger today, you really did, but somehow you got tripped up again. I know, me too, keep reading fellow blogger, this blog detoxing thing I’ve been doing might be good for you too.
You meant to write a blog post for your own blog, but an hour has gone by with the cursor unmoved. Well, unmoved on your own posting page because it has certainly roamed across your screen clicking that blog there, the good-looking opt-in here and you just registered for that blogger’s webinar you’re going to have to find time for tomorrow. I’ve done it dozens of times.
You had good intentions, but now your own blog has nothing to show for today. Ouch.
Sure, maybe you got some ideas going, or you were inspired, or you saw how someone just executed a fantastic landing page, and now you know you want one too.
But what about your blog content? You know, the reason you came to the computer in the first place?
You innocently entered the blogosphere, hung out among your fellow blogging peeps, only to not have anything substantial to offer back.
You got sucked in and wish you could rewind the last hour and have an epic blog post to throw back at the blogging world that keeps buzzing on without you.
Can you relate? I have had this happen so many times!
Fortunately, I have also figured out how to fight back against this time-spent-in-blogland-but-no-blog-post-of-mine-written-yet-again that results in my own blog tasks not being done, and you can fight back too!
Let’s say, “See ya later blog distractions, we will come back to pay you a visit after our own blogging to-do list is done!”
Here’s how to conquer blog overwhelm with blog detoxing!
How To Be A Better Blogger By Quitting: Blog Detoxing All You Need To Know
Blogger buddy, there is a time and a place for spending hours on other bloggers’ blogs, other bloggers’ social media pages, and other bloggers’ offerings, but if your own content is lacking, if your confidence starts to wane, and your soul starts to ache a little every time you click, click, your way among the bloggers who seem to have it all together, but really also happen to have a bunch of other people helping them out (aka hired employees) on their more established blogs and BTW nobody really has it all together, you may need to call it quits.
I’ve called it quits and in the process found out how to start up my own blogging engine and I’m excited to share my hard-earned tips with you!
Hard-earned tips, because it’s hard ignoring all the great content and offerings put out by all the great bloggers in the world, but hey, a blogger’s gotta spend time on her own stuff too sometimes… um… a lot of times actually.
With white flag raised, fluttering in the air, surrender to the acknowledgment that sometimes spending tons of time on other bloggers’ content has become at best a type of candy that keeps you from making your own full course meal (aka creating stellar blog posts) and at worst, time spent on other bloggers’ content and not on your own content is like a parasite slowly consuming your creative ability and inner motivation and leaves you empty, weak, and vulnerable to the elements.
Yep, this is basically an effort to save your own blogging soul instead of gradually losing it to the blogging masses.
Oh, I know the craving, the innocuous intentions when the perusing begins, and the fatal end of “Wow, another day, another no post for me” that makes you want to cry on your pillow.
In short: Is a blog binge bad? Is looking at other bloggers’ happenings truly detrimental to your own?
Is it that awful to spend precious moments catching up on a favorite blogger’s new post, in a blogger’s Facebook group, signing up for another blogger’s course?
Heck no!
On its own it’s totally fine and potentially great to check out another blogger’s happenings! Just like reading a magazine isn’t bad, hanging out with friends can be super fun, and going to a conference can be awesome.
But it might be bad for you, as I have often found it has been for me, at this point in your blogging journey and it’s helpful to know if you need to cut back so your own blog can move forward.
The act of spending more time on other blogs besides your own is itself harmless.
The problem arises when the act is really a procrastination, a distraction, an addiction, a waste, or any kind of harm to your overall personal blogging goals.
Just like chocolate cake can be fine for some and for others spell the beginning of a spiral into binge eating that will pack on 10 pounds with an additional plunge into depression for at least a week (am I the only one this happens to?), the object itself is not the culprit.
The overindulgence is the issue and only you know if you have been consuming too much.
So, if you are a fantastic blogger who has posted at least once this week and are progressing in your blogging at a satisfactory level, all the while reading blogs as often as you desire, please continue on! Bloggers everywhere are happy if you are visiting theirs and producing yours in a mighty fine balance of take some and make some.
But.
If you have read a bunch of blogs this week and have not made one post yet or maybe last week you were also postless, or if you have intended to do a blog post today but instead spent a bunch of time in Facebook groups and will regret your choice later, or if you find yourself curled up on the couch after looking at other bloggers’ social media pages and you’re sad because you feel like you just don’t measure up – well blog friend, a blogging detox is just what you need.
You’ll feel better soon.
How do you know if you should be reading less and creating more?
Is a blogging detox just what your blogging soul ordered?
How does one go about this detox on the other-bloggers’-blogs thing?
Here’s how.
First up is my blog detox test of sorts that helps me do a check-in to see if I need to call it quits in terms of reading blogs, hanging out in Facebook groups, and attending blogging webinars.
Then after I decide I do need some blog detoxing in my life, I go through the blog detoxing phases I created for myself and I think you’ll find them helpful too!
To start, it helps if the symptoms of blog sickness are identified before they can be mended.
Blog Detoxing: Your Blog is Suffering
You know how having an ear infection can be a killer, but others wouldn’t know you have one unless you tell them?
Ear infections can hurt right down to the jaw, and some might think you’re crazy and should go to the dentist, but you know what’s up, you have an ear on fire. You likely need antibiotics and a few days in bed. Netflix can help.
Suffering can be clearest to the one suffering. If you are hurting, you know.
You know, and probably only you if you are reading too many blogs for your own good.
You know if your own blog is hurting in content, painfully pitiful in design, suffering daily for lack of attention in promotion, you know if your blog needs some TLC (tender loving care).
Be honest with yourself, are you reading other blogs when you should be writing a blog post of your own? This is not for me to say, this is for you to answer with an internal yes or no.
If you feel good and your blog is looking good, keep going, if however, you’re feeling a little off, check-in to see if you need to knock off your time spent on other bloggers’ blogs, in their social media meet-ups and in their webinars. This is all totally discernible by you.
If, by your determination, your blog habits need a reset to the tune of less time on other bloggers’ blog stuff and more time on your own, here’s a quick fix and keep reading for more info on this blog detox stuff!
EMERGENCY FIX For a Suffering blog: DECIDE TO NOT look at another blogger’s stuff UNTIL ALL YOUR OWN BLOG WORK is DONE.
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THIS COULD MEAN DOING YOUR DAILY BLOGGING TO-DOS BEFORE YOU look at another blogger’s content.
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IT COULD MEAN NOT READING ANOTHER BLOG FOR MONTHS AS YOU WRITE A BUNCH OF PILLAR CONTENT FOR YOUR own NEW BLOG.
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Blog Detoxing: Your Soul is Suffering
Wow, this sounds major.
The word “soul” seems kind of too big for a blogging anything, but it’s not really. This is important.
In brief – does reading other blogs, hanging out in blog groups, and attending blog webinars uplift your soul or leave you downcast?
If you read blogs and feel better, if you read one and get a great idea for your own blog that you then enact, or you get a great life tip that makes you a better person today, or you come across a fantastic recipe that makes your weekend eating to die for, then you’re probably okay.
If however, your blog reading is leading you to feel less as a blogger, if you read a blog and think your blog will never measure up, if you find yourself telling your husband that you aren’t feeling that confident about blogging after having attended some blog gatherings today, then um, yeah, quit reading those blogs, hanging out in those groups and don’t sign-up for those webinars.
Your soul feeling worse, sad, defeated, worthless, worried that you’ll never be good enough, that everyone is better, that some bloggers are fabulous, and you have no idea how to be, or that you really want to be a great blogger but every time you read other blogs you feel really awful, are all indications of you probably needing a Blog Detox.
In my blogging life, there seems to be a trend of the happier I am with my own blogging self, the better time I have reading other blogs.
Of course, not everyone and every situation is the same, but generally, the more serene you are about your own blog status, the less likely you are to be feeling upset about others’ amazing blogs and your own seemingly lackluster one. Just my experience and observation.
If you find yourself satisfied with your blogging and you feel good inside during and after spending time with other bloggers’ content and offerings, good news, you are in blogger wellness. Cheers! Check in with the last check up area below.
If however, you know exactly what it’s like to read blogs, hang out in blog groups, and attend blog functions only to feel worse after, you are probably in need of a Blog Detox.
EMERGENCY FIX for a suffering blogger: DECIDE TO NOT READ ANOTHER BLOG UNTIL YOU KNOW READING ONE WILL LEAVE YOU FEELING BETTER AND NOT WORSE.
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THIS COULD MEAN NOT READING ANOTHER BLOG UNTIL YOU FEEL YOU HAVE ESTABLISHED YOURSELF AS A BLOGGER OR HAVE DONE YOUR BEST AND NOW NEED SOME MORE INSPIRATION.
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This COULD MEAN NOT READING ANOTHER BLOG FOR MONTHS AS YOU WORK ON REALIZING YOUR OWN SELF WORTH BEING DETERMINED NOT BY YOUR BLOG NOR OTHER’S WORTH DETERMINED BY WHAT YOU SEE ON THEIR BLOG.
Blog Detoxing: Your Life is Suffering
Last stop on the: Do I Need a Blog Detox Tour
Do you see problems in your life arising from your time spent on other people’s blogs, in various social media situations, and/or as a result of attending some kind of blogging event?
This could look like you reading a blog while your husband is talking to you and acting as though you hear him, but really you don’t.
Ouch, poor hubby. But hey, if the blog post is that captivating, please email me the link so I can check it out (not while my husband is talking to me LOL).
This could look like you going to a Facebook blog promotion group to get the word out about your latest blog post only to feel awful the rest of the day because someone said something not-so-nice about your blog post or other bloggers aren’t sharing your stuff and you share theirs or bloggers seem to be complaining a lot and you’re kinda sensitive to all that complaint stuff.
Basically, if you find yourself having a bad day a lot of days these days and feel those bad day feelings are directly being linked to your time spent in other bloggers’ content and offerings, then call it quits for the time being.
Just say “no” to spending time on blogs, in blog groups, and in blog events until your own blogging-well-being is feeling well again.
Do you love reading blogs but your time is slipping away every day, and you kinda need to get some more stuff done? This could be on your own blog or in your own home, or just getting a little more dressed up each day.
If your time… not necessarily the material you’re reading or the people you are hanging with… but your precious time spent reading other blogs, time spent in blogging groups and time spent in webinars and various blogging events is draining you… you might need a Blog Detox to help you manage your time better.
Are you wishing your life was moving in a new direction, but you feel kinda stagnant?
If you are in need of a change in your life like pursuing a new career direction or concentrating on your health, or you just need to make some friends, perhaps blog reading can take a backseat while you pursue things that will be more meaningful.
This by no means is the end of you and blogs, but it could be a temporary breakup while you reassess or it could be whittling down to only a few blogging interactions a week while you work out that other life stuff.
If you are reading blogs because you don’t know what else to do, are honestly distracting yourself from issues in your life you need to address to improve your life, or you feel like you have a blog addiction and you need to ease up, a Blog Detox can help.
If however, your blog, your soul, and your life are benefiting from blog reads, blog groups, and blog events, woohoo, all is well and I’ll see you in the comment section of some blogs soon I hope (I’m not currently in a blog detox so I have some time allotted to comment on other blogs right now as of this writing but I do a blog detox every few months wherein I stay away from all other blogs except my own)!
If you are so ready for this Blog Detox thing to swoop in and rescue your blog, soul and/or life, let’s get going. Read on.
EMERGENCY FIX: DECIDE TO NOT READ ANOTHER BLOG UNTIL YOU HAVE YOUR LIFE ON TRACK.
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THIS COULD MEAN ONLY READING OTHER BLOGS when your main life priorities have been taken care of for the day.
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IT COULD MEAN NOT READING ANOTHER BLOG FOR MONTHS AS YOU WORK ON YOUR TIME MANAGEMENT, LISTENING SKILLS, OR ANYTHING THAT YOU NEED TO WORK THAT IS MORE IMPORTANT TO YOU THAN READING BLOGS RIGHT NOW.
Now, if you have self-diagnosed your blogging self as needing a blog detox, let’s do it!
Blog Detox Phase One: Bye & Later
Alrighty, phase one to blogging wellness, here we go.
This can be hard.
Have you ever given up sugar, or caffeine, or bread…gosh the warm gooey squishy kind that begs for butter and makes you think life should be lived on a fluffy soft clouded bun…I digress…yeah giving up something that can just feel so good can feel so wrong.
The thing is, after a few days of said avoidance, your mind can suddenly think more clearly, ideas and creativity can be on the rise, and your productivity seems to be soaring because you just aren’t spending all that time eating, reading, or consuming anymore.
Seriously, phase one of this Blog Detox means all blogs are out except your own.
Yep, you and your blog alone, no distractions, no outside influences, no time on the internet spent pretty much anywhere except your own blog.
Yikes, yep I said it. I’ve done it. It helps.
No reading blogger emails, unless they are to you about your blog, no checking out weekly newsletters or promotions in your inbox, no going to your bookmarked favorites, not even checking the deal types of blogs that might save you money this week.
Nope, nada, zilch, you and blogs are done until further notice.
Oh, and if you are worried about missing out on that special something that just reached an all-time low in price while you’re on a blogging fast/blog detox, well you probably don’t need the special something, but also this blog detox might make you realize you have some ideas of your own about finding the best deals and who knows, your blog just might revolutionize the whole deal blogging community.
Yep, giving up anything you find pleasure in can be super HARD, but you don’t know what awesomeness awaits you on the other side until you try.
So, while you may miss reading what your favorite blogger has to say, you will likely find yourself listening to your own muse more, maybe you will be shocked at how you now have content ideas coming at you every second, or maybe you realize you don’t really like reading blogs as much as you thought you did.
Who knows what will happen?! But you are blog detoxing to find out for yourself.
So, again, no blog reading, in blog form or related form as in blog subscriptions or even blog Facebook forums.
You are on your own as a blogger, just you and your blog, you and your own blog stuff. Just you, your blog, and that’s all that is in your blogging world.
For how long?
At least a week, in my experience, tends to do my own blogging good.
A day is helpful, more than a month might be more than necessary and for some excessive, but a week is right in the middle of allowing you to go through the shock of not reading other blogs and getting to the other side.
For the first few days, you might be totally surprised at how often you mindlessly go to blogs out of habit or boredom.
This is good; you are seeing how unintentional you are about your blog time management. Now you know that time spent on other bloggers’ content can be more of a knee-jerk reaction than a completely aware choice.
Yep, a blog detox can be great for discovering how often you mindlessly just do stuff versus do stuff intentionally to drive your blog forward.
You might feel lonely as a blogger, not having any other blogger time.
This could also be good; maybe it shows you that blogging is a life-affirming community for you or that there are some blogs you enjoy a ton because they make your life better and maybe even give you friendships. It’s good to see if blogs mean more to you than you ever realized.
Yep, a blog detox can be great for seeing how your blogging relationships are going.
This blog detox break might be an absence-makes-the-heart-more-appreciative type of thing.
You might realize you feel so much more innovative with your own blogging pursuits and that with your eyes solely on your stuff that blog project of your own you’ve been wanting to create is now actually coming alive.
That course you’ve been putting off is taking shape, that product you wanted to offer seems possible, and you suddenly have all sorts of plans for your social media account that you haven’t seen anyone else try, but you think just might be perfect for you.
Yep, a blog detox can be magical in seeing how many great ideas you have because you’re not being distracted by how many great ideas others have!
For me, the first phase of a blog detox is a mix of all of the above plus more.
When I don’t look at other blogs, I realize how some blogs don’t just interest me anymore.
I also see that some blogs act as a constant encouragement in my life and I miss having that feel good motivation infused into my blogging life. Both of these are wins for me: I see that some blogs aren’t worth my time anymore and some are totally worth my time.
I love finding that out!
I usually get emboldened to unsubscribe from the blogs that bog me down, and I might end up writing a note of thanks to the bloggers I get real-life assistance from.
I always end up being surprised at what blog post ideas come to me, how much writing I can force myself to do when I know I don’t have other blogs to turn to as a break, and I get energized from the time spent just on my stuff.
Focusing on my own blog during a blog detox isn’t what I always want to do because other blogs generally help me make mine better and I get the community of other bloggers, but for a week away during a blog detox, I find that the benefits far outweigh the drawbacks.
Hint: For some this blog detox will mean not going on Pinterest unless it is for your own blog stuff. I know, this sounds scary, so decide for yourself what is best, doable, and helpful for you to honestly do during your Blog Detox.
So that’s it for Blog Detox Phase One! For a week, or more if you feel like it, commit to staying away from all blog stuff that is not your own.
See what happens, you just might be pleasantly surprised!
Questions to ask yourself during Blog Detox Phase One:
- What drives me to read blogs?
- What happens when I don’t read blogs?
- What do I miss from reading blogs?
- What don’t I miss from reading blogs?
- If I never read another blog again, how would that maybe influence my blog?
- Could I change something about my time spent in other bloggers’ content and offerings that would make me a better blogger?
- Does it feel uncomfortable not being able to see other bloggers’ content, offerings, and events? Why?
- If people stopped reading my blog how would I feel? Would this very thought make me try harder as a blogger?
- How can I make myself a better blogger, no matter what other bloggers are doing or saying?
- What do I know I could do better on my blog?
Blog Detox BONUS: While you are away from other bloggers’ stuff, what other areas of distraction in your life seem to become obvious?
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Do you watch more TV than you like?
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Are you checking the news more than what feels good in your soul?
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Is there another detox that you might want to add to your life to make your life the best life it can be?
Blog Detox Phase Two: In & Out
Well done, making it to Blog Detox Phase Two! You have now gone for at least a week without reading other blogs or associated blogger content.
Now, we are going into blogging sorting. So just as when you ditch sugar, or carbs, or go for a weekend without spending money, you are now left with a lot of information in the form of your experience of abstinence.
This is the decluttering, reorganizing, and getting rid of things for good part.
Just like after a carb detox you decide to no longer buy cereal for breakfast because it weighs you down, or you won’t eat ice cream every night anymore because it pounds on the weight and after your sugar detox you realize you don’t need the sweet stuff, you now are ready to see if you need to get rid of some blog activities for good.
So for all blogging content and offerings offered by other bloggers, consider what you want to keep in your blogging life. For every blog you love, every blog group you get tons of value from, and every blog event that helps you to grow, stay with it and feel good about it.
Usually, these will be the blogs, blog groups, and blog events that you missed during Blog Detox Phase One.
For all the blogs and blog happenings you didn’t miss during your Blog Detoxing Phase One, decide to cut them out of your blogging life. Your time is precious, only keep the best.
Perhaps this means you will unsubscribe to some blogging email subscriptions.
If you realized that during Blog Detox Phase One you didn’t even think once about a certain blog, or that you liked not reading about that one blog, or that you just don’t really get any added benefit from that other blog, then be brave, go into your email, and unsubscribe. You can even go as far as deleting all emails ever from that blog. Cleaning out your inbox can feel so great sometimes.
If you feel bad about getting rid of some blogs, or all blogs, or even one blog from your email, try to ask yourself some questions about this and see if deleting just one blog subscription a day, or even just one a week, for a few weeks, feels like something you could do and feel good about. This is about you feeling honest with yourself and what makes you feel happy.
If you are worried that unsubscribing will mean you will miss out on something good even though you have never really been that into that particular blog or blogger, then just be courageous, face the fear, and delete/unsubscribe and know that other good things will now occupy your inbox instead.
Good stuff is always going on in the blogosphere, there is no lack for wonderfulness so don’t be afraid that if you decide to no longer get emails from a certain blogger who hasn’t been sending you stuff you value, that you will be missing out. You’ll be totally fine. Clear the junk and make room for awesome.
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Keep blog subscriptions you love only.
Next, consider when you want to take in other bloggers’ content and offerings.
Now that you are only going to read blogs, participate in blog groups, and attend blog webinars that you totally love, think about how often you should read blogs, hang out in blog groups, and attend blog events.
Decide if reading blogs is something you should do before, during, or after you have your own blogging done.
Some people read other blogs for inspiration for their own or as motivation to get going with their daily blogging tasks. Some read blogs while blogging to keep going on their own or for a nice break. Other bloggers only read other blogs after all their own blogging is done for the day or week.
Determine when is best for you to participate in other bloggers’ content and offerings. Be specific.
- Decide on specific days and times that you will allow yourself to read blogs, hang out in blog groups, and attend blog events.
- Determine how much time you will spend on a blog, in a blog group, in a blog event. Be intentional about your time. Decide where you will be when you read that blog post by that other blogger, schedule how long you want to hang out in that Facebook group, and plan out how often you want to work on that blogging course material.
How long should Blog Detox Phase Two take? Again, a week doing this is good.
During a week you will likely get a ton of blogs sending you emails and you can really consider which ones you want to keep and which ones should go. Also, you might need some time to just generally clear out your inbox, your schedule of reading emails, and your bookmarks for blogs to check.
Also, for about a week you can leave Facebook groups that no longer serve your needs, stop social media activities you really don’t want to make time for, and also decide when and how often you will do the blogging stuff you love like on what day(s) and for how long you will read your favorite blogs.
Questions to ask yourself during Blog Detox Phase Two:
- What blogs make me smile?
- What happens when I read the blog that just popped up in my inbox?
- What blogs do I think about when I am not reading them?
- What blog would I recommend to all my friends?
- If I could only read five blogs, which would I choose?
- If I only read blogs that make me a better blogger, which ones would I pick?
- Are there some blogs that make me enjoy life more?
- Would I like my day more if I deleted some blogs from my email?
- Where should I be when I read other people’s blogs?
- How often during the day, week, and month should I read other blogs and participate in various blogging activities?
- At what time of day should I read other blogs so that my blog and my family gets my best?
Blog Detox BONUS: While you are tossing out blog subscriptions from your inbox and only keeping what you love, what else can you do to make your inbox more welcoming to you?
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Do you really need all the emails you got this week?
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Are you happy with how often you check your inbox and what you see when you get there?
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Are there some systems you can put into place that will make your inbox time happier?
Blog Detox Phase Three: Thanks & Blessings
Now, we are in the final Blog Detoxing Phase.
With this Blog Detox plan by now you should:
- Know what if feels like to cut off all blog activities other than your own blogging tasks (Blog Detox Phase One)
- Know what blogs, blog groups, and blog events you no longer need in your life and cut them out for good (Blog Detox Phase Two)
- Keep blog activities that bless your life and your blogging (Blog Detox Phase Two)
- Decide when and for how long you will take in other blogger’s content and offerings such as how often you will read blogs, how many times a week you will check in with Facebook groups, and how many blog webinars you will attend per month (Blog Detox Phase Two)
This last Blog Detox Phase is about gratitude and abundance.
Now you have a clearer idea of how to thrive while engaging with other bloggers’ content and offerings according to your preferences.
You also have taken out the blah blog reading from your life. Now you are left with blog activities that foster wellness in your blog, soul, and life. What to do now with all this information and time?
We have evaluated (Blog Detoxing Phase One), decluttered (Blog Detoxing Phase Two), and now we will affirm.
Blogging Thanks
Your time spent with other bloggers’ content and offerings will now be of the utmost value and will leave you feeling happy and thankful, so let’s express that thanks.
For every blog subscription left in your inbox, send a thank you note to that blogger. Yep, if that blogger is worth keeping in your inbox then that stuff they send is probably worth a thank you note. This will be good for your blogger’s soul and their soul too.
If you have only one blog you now read this won’t take long, if you have 100 blogs you still subscribe to this could be a project for the year. The amount of time this takes is dependent on your situation. The task remains the same though.
If you decide to continue reading a blog, then you must have a reason that relates to value added to your life, so let that blogger know about this value you experience. This can be an email that is one sentence or an essay, up to you, just take the time to express gratitude to the blogger who makes the blog you love.
Blogging Blessings
The second task in Blog Detox Phase Three is to see if there are more bloggers you want to add to your list of bloggers you read and interact with.
Yep, we have gotten rid of blogging activities that weigh you down, but maybe there are some blogging activities you need to add to your blogging life to lift you up.
There are tons of blogs, blog groups, and blog events going on in the world so if you have some blogging needs; there is bound to be a way to fill that need.
For instance, if you realize you were reading a ton about getting out of debt, but you aren’t even in debt anymore, but you now are about to buy your first house, maybe you need to start reading blogs on first time home buying.
The goal is, now that you only read blogs you love, see if there are some blogs out there you could love but haven’t discovered yet.
Looking through your Pinterest feed is a good place for this. If you have a ton of pins from a certain blogger, maybe that is a blog you would love, go check them out and see if you are a new fan and a new regular reader.
Lately, I have been using Tailwind Tribes for this and it’s been going great! At first I thought Tailwind would just be a boost in my traffic but I’ve also been using it to find high quality content and amazing bloggers lately and I’m kinda a huge fan.
This adding to your bloggers-I-love-list is something that could go on your entire life as you change interests and grow as a blogger and person.
The intention is to be always using blogs and blogging activities according to your present needs in life.
If you do want to read blogs, find them to be a wonderful addition to your life and the blogging community important for you to interact in, make sure you are selectively reading and interacting and that you are adding new blogs to match your life now and the future you are after.
Just like finding new friends as an adult can be hard, it can feel scary yet exciting to add a new blog to your daily life, but before you know it, you might realize it was the best blogging decision ever.
As you grow and change as a blogger, your likes and dislikes as a blog reader and blog community participant will change so be sure to update your preferences as time goes by.
Questions to ask yourself during Blog Detox Phase Three:
- What blogs am I most grateful for?
- How can I let my favorite bloggers know how much I adore them?
- How would I feel if I got an email of appreciation from a reader?
- What type of information would I be honored and humbled to read from a reader about my blog and how it impacted their life?
- Is my blog reading routine missing out on a topic I love?
- Should I find some blogs that reflect my new recent hobby?
- Are there bloggers my friends love, but I haven’t check out yet?
- How can I make sure the blogs I read cover all the areas of my life I care about?
- Do I read some blogs that challenge me to have a better future?
- Do I read some blogs that help me make better decisions about the life issues I’m facing right now?
- What blogs could I suggest to a friend that might help improve their life?
Blog Detox BONUS: How else can you express thanks as a blogger for all the blog blessings you receive?
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Suggest the perfect blog to a friend in your life. Think hard about what your friend would love and look a ton to find a blog match made in heaven so your friend will be totally blessed.
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If you’ve been really moved by a blogger’s content, consider sharing it with your own readers in a blog post, featuring it in your blog newsletter email, or giving a shout out in social media.
And, blogging buddy, there you have it. The one, two, three punch of getting on your blogging feet again with blog detoxing!
Blogging is awesome and reading blogs, hanging out with other bloggers, and learning from other bloggers is totally a part of the blogging thing.
Just like eating dessert is awesome or even eating lunch. But you can’t eat dessert, or even lunch all day. Sometimes you need breakfast, or sometimes you need to be fasting, sometimes there’s a lot more to life than just consuming.
In fact, taking breaks from consumption, engaging in a fast now and then, and straight up doing a detox to get rid of the old and make way for the new, can be so rewarding.
Balance is always good and finding your own blogging balance is best.
I sincerely hope you do what’s best for you, and I also hope others do what’s best for them, and in the end I think it will all work out splendidly with tons of great bloggers getting tons of great blog posts done, taking a break with a blog detox now and then, and then finding time at the right time to all enjoy each other’s work! 🙂
Fellow blogger, I hope you have found some helpful blogging ideas in this blog detox plan to help you meet your blogging goals and grow as a blogger. You can be the remarkable blogger you were born to be by deciding to do a blog detox from time to time and by always making sure all the blog stuff in your life is contributing to your blogging well-being.
I look forward to reading your blog and interacting with you in the blog world!
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