Conquering those days where you don’t “feel” like writing by facing these 5 realizations

Writing – it’s such a complex thing. Whether we realize it or not, there are always hardships when it comes to writing an excellent piece of material. Sometimes, that perseverance and love we have for writing starts to fade away. It may hit some quicker than others, but I guarantee that if you blog you will face many days where you just don’t want to write.

You and I both know that it’s not a good feeling to let your blog go without any content for a number of days. Even 1 day without content, you will start to see your blog diminishing. You will notice a lot of differences because that one day you let your blog go without new content is the day where you (even without knowing it) plan to let your blog go without new content for other days.

This isn’t another “fighting writer’s block” post because we have already read those kinds of articles on every other blog in this niche (that includes my “ultimate fighting writer’s block tip“). But writer’s block can be a reason why you don’t feel like writing on your blog (which I will explain later on in this post).

I have just recently got over not feeling like writing. I don’t know what it was, but I was just not in a mood to write. I love to write, especially when other people read what I have to say. I couldn’t figure out why I didn’t want to write at the time when I love writing so much. After thinking about it, I can now understand what I needed to glue into my head. I want to reflect on those thoughts in this post, so hopefully you can come out of or prevent going through what I did.

Realization 1:

Remember your original goal when you started up the blog. Do you think you will achieve it by not writing?

You hopefully set a goal for yourself when you started your blog. It could be something like getting an “x” number of visitors per month, making $xxx a month, averaging an “x” number of comments per post, etc. etc. Setting a goal and meeting it is an amazing feeling. There’s this overwhelming sense of accomplishment you get when you finally reach your goal.

What you need to really understand is that you will not accomplish every goal. But don’t let that thought bring you down because you can look at it in a different way. Don’t say “I failed” when you don’t make as much as you wanted in a week. Just tell yourself “This idea didn’t fail. I just succeeded in finding out what doesn’t work”. Sounds a hell of a lot better now, doesn’t it?

But in all seriousness, just because you can’t achieve one thing doesn’t mean there aren’t other things you can work towards. Just remember what motivated you to start your blog for example. Starting your blog is probably one of the most difficult things to do (if you really try). It must have taken a lot of motivation for you to do it, didn’t it? Just think about the same stuff you did in the beginning and I’m sure you will realize how not writing today will harm your chances of achieving your goals.

Your blog is heading into a bad direction You’re not achieving your goals. Accept it.

I think this is harsh, but all too true. Accept that you don’t feel like writing. Accept that you won’t be very successful as a blogger because of this. Sometimes, if you can come to an understanding of things then you can turn your problem around.

Taking steps backwards can make you see the true potential of your blog as you are losing everything you have gained and earned. It sucks to lose things you have worked hard for. All because you didn’t feel like writing.

What am I talking about by “taking steps backwards?”

• Loss of readership. No one likes a blog that doesn’t consistently add new content to it. You will lose their RSS subscription, their comments, everything they can give you as a reader will go.
• Say “bye-bye” to your authority. It’s all about authority on the blogospehere. Go to the most trusted blog with the best content on it and listen to what they say. By not posting content, there is nothing to listen to.

While you should really do your best to not let your blog go in the wrong direction, you can’t always avoid it. But I guarantee you that when you stop writing, you will see your blog change drastically.

Realization 2:

Find what it is that brought you into this slum, and work your way out of it.

There are plenty of reasons behind why you may not feel like writing. Emotions for example are strong, and some emotions like grief, sadness, over excitement, etc. are the emotions that tend to take over and cause of sorts of chaos.

Find out what is plaguing you emotionally and work at fixing it. There’s no guarantees that you can fix anything since emotions are so powerful. But you have to do your best to come out of whatever you’re feeling that is causing you to not write.

Of course, it’s not always emotions that are holding you back from writing. I know for a fact it’s not. Another extremely common issue with a lot of people is they don’t want to write, or just don’t know what to write about. Which brings me to my next point…

Realization 3:

It turns out you have writer’s block

A terrible diagnosis for a writer. Having writer’s block is a writer’s worst fear (at least, it’s mine). Lucky for you, Janith and I have dealt with Writer’s block so much that we have written plenty of articles here to help you fight it and not let it ruin you.

• 10 ways to find post inspiration without even leaving your blog
• How to Brainstorm for Coherent Ideas?
• Clear Mind Produces Clear Content
• How to get ‘Blooming Content’ on those ‘Gloomy Days’?
• Creating more appealing posts in 4 simple steps
• How to Perfect Your Content by ‘Redrafts & Edits’
• The ULTIMATE “fighting writer’s block” tip

As serious as writer’s block is, the one thing you need to keep separate in your head is the idea that “I really can’t write about anything because I don’t know what I’m  talking about” and “I can’t write anything today (writer’s block)”. There’s a different between the two. Ignorance vs. Lack of Motivation. Realize that you do have writer’s block if you think you do, read up on our suggestions (and others) and see where you go from there.

Realization 4:

You’re a blogger. You love to write. Cut the crap and blog!

You blog because you want to write; to help people (hopefully). For whatever reason it is that is preventing you to not be able to write on your blog, find it and solve it. As I have said before, it may not be easy to do. But trust me, there are not many kinds of satisfactions in the blogosphere like publishing a brand new blog post on your blog. Plus, the comments that come with it. Don’t you miss that?

Realization 5:

You have an audience to entertain!

You have a community of readers to entertain. No matter how big or how small it is – they need your advice and insights. Remember, these are the people who made your blog be what it is today. All of your traffic/revenue/discussion is because of them. They don’t slack on YOUR blog, so why should you slack on YOUR blog?

Questions For You

So what do you think about not feeling like writing on your blog? Do you think some of the stuf I said in this article were a bit on the extreme side, or do you agree with me that you should take every post seriously on your blog? And how bad do you think it really could be if you didn’t publish a post accordingly to your post routine?

Thanks for reading, I hope you found this informative and useful.