What a difference it is to blog for yourself rather than for others. When I look back to when I started Jeffro2pt0.com, one thing that pops out immediately is the satisfaction I felt by writing about the things I was interested in without a deadline. Back then, I could (and did) take hours to write up a comprehensive review or I could spend 15 minutes writing about a news blurb. Getting comments on those articles and being able to move on to the next one is refreshing compared to what I do now. Granted, I didn’t have any blogging related income at the time, I think that being paid to blog is a restriction in and of itself. Although for the longest time, I felt that if someone could just pay me to write on my own blog, on the topics I find interesting with no restrictions, I would be in blogging heaven. That will never happen since understandably, it is a risky investment. Not that I would want that to happen anyways since the purpose of Jeffro2pt0 has changed since then.
I know David Peralty of BrandingDavid.com feels the same way I do and I’m sure many others do as well where we wake up each day feeling like we’re two days behind. A post needs to be written for this site, that site, our own site, and once those are written/published, you start over and do it again. This feeling of always being behind sucks as it takes its toll on the human mind/emotions. After awhile, blogging isn’t fun anymore at least blogging for others. Now, I should make the point that writing for others is not that bad when you are writing about your passion and working with great people but as an individual, when you are spread out amongst 3-5 websites, the quality of writing suffers, it’s not fun anymore, and I feel as if I gain nothing by subjecting myself to that kind of lifestyle on the web.
I made the decision a long time ago to write/work for others instead of myself because I have no interest in the advertising side of things. With WPTavern, that mindset has changed and now I am really looking forward to getting back to writing about my passion along with the things that interest me with the only restrictions being the ones I put on myself. I only hope that this can pay the bills or else I may find myself back at square one.
What about you? Do you ever get that feeling of always being two days behind? Even on days when you “catch up” and do things ahead of time, the feeling of accomplishment appears to be short lived. How do you handle that feeling? Better yet, how do you avoid feeling that way?
Thoughts and Insanity From Jeff 
This is a problem I face only for my personal blogging activities. I started to schedule posts for Techtites.com
For my personal blog, well, two days behind isn’t such a big deal. But, I usually sit myself down and finish off the much pending life update. This is something I am going to do today!
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If I fall behind, I try to make something special about the next post or group of posts. Maybe look up something a little different, out of the ordinary. To not feel like that? Sometimes you have to step back, there’s nothing wrong with that. If people are reading you, they’ll read you again in a day
E.
I am a business analyst in the real world at a job that wants me to get 110% done in 90% of the time. So yeah, I am constantly behind — all I can do is tell myself there are only so many hours in the day, and that the workday ends at a specific time for a reason.
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@Ajay – You know, no matter how hard I try, I just can’t seem to schedule posts unless they are for a site other than mine. I always seem to want to write and then publish right away.
@xxxevilgrinxxx – Hmm, good strategy although I’m willing to bet that if you can keep those absences to two days or less, most people will forgive you for that. Perhaps even thank you for less things they have to check in their feedreader.
@Spamboy – That’s right. After giving the company eight hours, call it a day or night and stop.
I guess it has something to do with what is to be posted.
I never schedule posts on ajaydsouza.com but do so for techtites.com
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