Blogging: the pressure is real!

Elsie LMC

Hi everyone! ❤️ Today I’m in the mood for a mini but major rant all about the pressure we bloggers heap onto ourselves. I myself put a lot of pressure on myself and if it weren’t for blogging I wouldn’t see that as clearly as I do right now. For some it can be because of keeping a schedule or for most self comparison. For a while now I’ve found it difficult when sharing what I did on any particular day and feeling like I’m ruining a moment by taking note of what is going on/snapping pictures.

Now believe it or not I don’t share a lot of what is going on in my life through this platform but certain things I do choose to share that I highlight as blogworthy take a part away from the moment in question each time if that makes sense? If somethings going to be shared on my blog I get really het up about needing to write about it and gathering the information in that moment and not later on. I can’t fully explain it or seem to make this feeling go away but you know me, I’m bloody well trying because it’s leaving me with more of a memory than the moment it was actually made.

In trying to make this change I have decided that I will be sharing posts about certain days in the far future and not merely a few days after. I’m going to space it all out in both real life and in my mind too. This will give me time to not place that pressure on myself to provide something I’m not at one with.

Even just writing about this pressure has lifted a weight I wasnt fully aware I’d been harbouring. There always seems to be something to worry about and I hate it when I can find something that pressures me in such a fun environment. In real life I have a lot going on too at the moment (at least I have a chance of handling this one though!).

All the pressure we are buried under blogwise doesn’t make us want to give it up and throw the towel in at all because the good side of blogging outweighs it by far, it just gets hard to keep pushing on sometimes and I wanted to let it out. Here’s to hoping I can be my own savior from this one! 😂🙌

Thank you for reading! What in this blogging world do you find places pressure on you? Don’t worry about letting it out, it can only help! Let me know, take care and have a lovely day! ❤️

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  2. I totally get this. I didn’t used to, but after almost 2 years- I’m starting to understand it more. I still try not to force myself into blogging situations that stress me out, but sometimes I don’t have all the photos I need for a post I had planned out for a certain day…which makes me feel like I have a deadline for myself 🤷🏻‍♀️ I’ve been learning to go with the flow more often and just rearrange my posts to fit my prep schedule better, but I know the process is different for everyone! I hope you’re doing okay (:

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    1. Thank you so much Shannon! I’m glad I’m not the only one who feels that kind of pressure! I’m feeling a lot better about it since writing it down and it feels like that is going to signal some change in how I go about blogging 😄❤️xx

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  4. What a wonderful, honest, thoughtful post. I’ve felt the self-imposed pressure many a time myself! Over time I’ve learned that if it feels good and right, then do it. If it doesn’t happen or feels like work for some unidentifiable reason, then let it go. Of course, I have lost followers at times given some inconsistency. I miss the comradery when that happens, yet I know in my heart that blogging should first serve me. Here’s to you finding what works best for you and brings you joy, not panic and pressure, Elsie!

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  5. Hey Elsie. Im glad writing this down helped you.

    I’m a tiny, tiny fish in this world of blogging although I’m finding that have a gentle routine helps where I blog twice a week. The other day, I realised mid-evening that I hadn’t blogs despite it being a day when I would normally and it was a case of sudden panic!! There was a bit of pressure quickly writing something and publishing it. What I now do is to draft a blog a few days in advance and then I have time to go over it.

    Sometimes, I can find it too easy to just stay home in my comfort but blogging does encourage me to go out and explore so that I can share my experiences with other people. So, I see that as healthy pressure….if that makes sense.

    Hope you have a good day, XXX

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    1. Thank you Sarah! I understand that sudden panic you get when you almost miss a post, that’s brilliant you’ve used it positively to start keeping drafts. It is definitely a good thing to have a healthy pressure in your life, I have that at the moment and I didn’t see it that way until I was told that the things I’m worrying about doing will be beneficial in the long run. Same to you lovely! ❤️Xx

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