Most aspiring authors, including bloggers who want to blog books, inevitably experience disappointment. You probably agree that most writers experience disappointment at some point—especially if they take risky steps to realize their publishing dreams. But you don’t have to allow disappointment to stop you from continuing to move boldly toward your goals of blogging a […]
How Changing Your Environment Helps You Develop New Blogging Habits
There is a way to make changing or developing new blogging habits easier. Change your environment. When you alter the context in which you write and publish your posts, developing new behaviors becomes simpler. Your current environment supports your everyday writing habits. For example, if your desk sits in a dark corner of the house […]
How Bloggers Get Out of Their Comfort Zone
You’ve heard the advice: Get out of your comfort zone! Indeed, life takes on a different quality when challenging yourself to go beyond what feels easy now. And if you have blogging goals and publishing dreams, you probably realize that achieving them requires stretching past your current competence and confidence levels, and that can feel […]
Why You Need to Publish Your Content on Your Blog
You can publish your writing in so many different places. However, the place you need to publish your content is on your blog. I’ve said this many times, but it bears repeating: Do not use social media or someone else’s publishing platform as your blog. A blog belongs on your author website. You can share […]
How to Untie Your Hands and Reach for Your Blogging Dreams
Have you ever felt like your hands are tied, and you can’t reach for your blogging dreams? If you have, you may realize that the restrictive feeling you experienced comes from lack and fear, both of which stem from your thought processes. Let’s say you believe you lack time to write and publish blog posts. […]
5 Lessons Bloggers Can Learn from 2024 Grammy Award Performances
What do the Grammy Awards have to do with blogging? A lot…especially if you are of a “certain age” or haven’t written or published anything in a while. This year’s ceremony provided a powerful reminder that you’re never too old to blog, blog a book, or book a blog…or write a book from scratch. And […]
How a Relationships with Your Future Self Helps You Achieve Blogging Goals
Are you well acquainted with your future self? You might think that’s a crazy question to ask since your future self exists in the future. However, you live in the present; therefore, never the twain shall meet, right? Wrong. Your current self can develop a relationship with your future self. Not only that, a conscious […]
How an Alter Ego Helps You Achieve Blogging Goals
If you find it challenging to become the person you want to be—a blogger, writer, or author, consider developing an alter ego. This “alternative self’ might be just what you need to begin showing up at your computer with the characteristics, behaviors, and mindsets you desire—and know you need to succeed at a blogging, writing, […]
How Bloggers Sustain High Levels of Motivation Over the Long Term
Achievement of your blogging ambitions requires sustained motivation. So, if your motivation level regularly waxes and wanes, you’ll make slow and inconsistent progress toward your blogging goals. However, a consistently high level of motivation means you can move quickly and consistently toward your aspirations as a blogger or blog-t0-book author. So, how can you sustain […]
19 Strategies to Help Bloggers Stop Overthinking
I cannot tell you exactly how many bloggers suffer from overthinking, but I know it’s a considerable number. I’ve seen myself get stuck in it, as well as many nonfiction writers and bloggers I’ve coached. Sometimes I think overthinking is a pandemic. Simply defined, overthinking means thinking too much. It’s a “condition” that keeps all […]