Not Being Overwhelmed By Blogging

I have been asked a lot lately about how to do what I do and stay sane. The truth is there is no easy way. As you all can see there are plenty of times when I have to walk away from the blog and come back after a few days. The biggest thing I have learned in the four years I have been blogging is to let go. If I allowed the blog it would consume every aspect of my life and there was a time when at 3 am I was still up working on the blog. Now I simply walk away and I hope the blog is better for it.

When I started blogging I didn’t know that I wanted it to be my new career. I wanted it to be something fun and it still is (although there were a few times….) but what I discovered was that I can have a great career and be the woman I want to be at the same time.  When I started out there was no one to help me. I had to learn everything on my own or so I thought. I didn’t know that many of the bloggers would gladly answer a question if I had taken the time to ask. On the down side of that we can’t answer every single question that comes our way. Many of us get hundreds of emails a day and are raising families while writing our blogs. We are lucky we can manage a minute to our selves but none f us would change it.

Many bloggers write posts about blogging and all the things they have learned. In fact I have written several as well and will on occasion write more. I do want to help those who want to start blogging even more. I am almost finished with my first ebook called Crash Course Blogging and although it is the bare basics it will get you started blogging. I wanted to keep it simple and get you started without being technical. I have a couple of others planned that go more into detail and have considered offering a course to help those who want it.

I also have a book planned about product reviewing. That was the one thing that I found a lot of people were not very open about sharing when I first started. I had to take the “by the seat of my pants” kind of approach. While the book won’t give you any big secret to getting a car to review(nope I haven’t gotten one either but I know people who have) it will help you get started product reviewing and finding companies to work with.