Patience and self doubt
I’m very new to the blogging game, and there are so many things I’ve learned about marketing online and myself. I envisioned so many positive things happening immediately, a lot of views and comments, being able to travel and get paid sooner rather than later. But what I realize now is that, I have to be patient with my blog and myself. Recently, I’ve been researching blogs by successful bloggers, and it was quite intimidating. The successful bloggers were magazine editors, news columnist, authors, gossip personalities, entertainers, entrepreneurs and I can go on and on. For anyone who is going into a new career with little experience, that can be really intimidating.
I was also previously concerned about my content, and if people would be feeling it. The most important thing is that I write from the heart and I see that as an advantage. I’m not ‘polished‘ or corporate but I still have that fire in my belly. I’ve been checking out my analytic as well, but I realize that’s just a waste of time and a distraction. It doesn’t make sense over-analyzing analytic. Another thing that I realized is that the more successful bloggers have been blogging for at least, 5 years. So, that says that it took time to build up. It’s been quite humbling to see how green I am; I still have grammatical errors at times, but I’m improving with each post. So, this is a reality check, and I’m just gonna focus on building and improving my blog. It’s better to just sit back and enjoy the progress. I don’t know where this blog will take me, but I’m open for all possibilities. Sometimes, life gives you a lot of obstacles, but I’m game for the challenge.