Hello friends, fellow mom/dad bloggers and new readers! It’s a new year and thus a new challenge for me! I have decided to participate in a ‘blog every day for a month’ challenge. The blog challenge can be found here at the The Ultimate Blog Challenge. I don’t know about you, but blogging can be quite a challenge trying to think of new ways to keep myself motivated!
I was browsing the internet (Bing because I get points to search to get free gift cards, but that’s a post for another time!) and I thought perhaps if there was some type of the blogging challenge/support group that I could participate in, it might just give the motivation that I need to get writing more often on my blog. Normally when I think of writing a blog post, I begin to write and then think it’s not good enough or long enough or the pictures aren’t that great, so I leave the draft sitting there… Days, weeks, months go by and I wish I was writing more so I go back and look at my drafts and I am right back where I started. I know that I am my own worse critic.
Often times, I will start laundry or picking up the house instead of sitting down to write. In fact, I just told my husband how much cleaner the house is getting because I find myself picking up more when I should be sitting down to write a post. As you can imagine, he is all for it — the blogging and the cleaner house!
I am hoping by participating in the Ultimate Blog Challenge that it will give me the incentive to write every day, increase readership, send more traffic to my website, as well enjoying the camaraderie with other bloggers.
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I appreciate the time you take to read my post and invite you to comment, ask questions, and/or share information. If you too would like to join the challenge, you can do so by following heading over to the Ultimate Blog Challenge website and sign up very easy and free to do!
Smart post!! I didn’t think of posting about the blogging challenge. It’s a great way to get more bloggers with the same interests to join us!! Thanks so much for sharing and stopping by my blog. I really appreciate your support!!
Thank you Chantale for also stopping by and taking the time to comment! I truly appreciate it. I look forward to reading more on your blog, especially over the next month!
Good post! Often people think words just flow by for bloggers/ writers. Not true always. Have a great year ahead.:) Happy blogging!
Thank you Ramya for reading and commenting. I really appreciate it!
It’s definitely true. The “artist syndrome” as I like to call it! You start and get stuck, figure you’ll come back to it. Then so much time goes by, you start kicking rocks because it’s not what you wanted or thought it would be. I think many people go through this, but I’m happy to see your back on track! ?
Hi Kyashilah! I like to see that I’m not the only one. The “artist syndrome” is definitely a great name for it! Thank you for your comment. 🙂
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Thanks for the Ultimate Blog Challenge shout out! Glad to have such a talented blogger taking part!
Thank you Danni – I am super excited to be doing the Ultimate Blog Challenge. Thanks for the support!
Great post, glad to see I am not the only one who does that, still have a post sitting in draft I was typing up for New Years Eve! Good luck keeping motivated! Look forward to more new great posts.