5 WAYS TO RESUSCITATE A DYING BLOG

It's a tragedy when a blog has been left to die. And quite disturbing especially if you own that blog. I've been blogging for more than 3 years now and it has taught me a lot of things. Most notable is the fact that it cannot replace my day job. It takes a Problogger, a bonafide internet guru or a celebrity for a blog to make enough money to support a family. I have accepted this now. Penelope Trunk was right, blogging is about ideas, self-discovery, and growth. And it's gonna be crazy hard to make a living out of it. With that said, I will continue on with chronicling and resuscitating my beloved blog with no more false hopes and distractions. It's more fun that way. For that was why I started doing this, to chronicle my life, look back on it and learn from my mistakes. Just to stay focused on rekindling my writing, I have come up with 5 Ways to Resuscitate a Dying Blog. Here goes:

1. Read my Personal Goals Everyday

I'm gonna have to start the day right by reading my personal goals daily. Having no focus and purpose makes it easier to procrastinate and waste my time on the net gawking at awkward human and animal photos all day instead of blogging or writing my ebook. According to Dr. Daniel Amen, certified psychiatrist and brain expert, reading goals everyday keeps one on track to become more successful. Definitely great advice. 

2. Identify and Follow your Mentor

I have subscribed to anything and everything under the sun with the key words 'make money online' and have yet to read all that spam mail. Too much information and a vast landscape of resources can surely overwhelm a novice AND even a long time blogger. Let's face it, everyone is trying to sell you something. It is quite a chore to distinguish if such advice will benefit me or the mentor who is selling me their services, ebooks and various products. The best thing to do is follow my passion and develop my writing skills instead. It should all start with me and not with copying other people's work. Copyblogger hit the nail right on the head, 'I needed to focus on a bigger picture. I wanted to find out what all these top bloggers had in common. Their mindset, their mental habits' (Annabel Candy, contributor). Thus far, I have unsubscribed myself from numerous mailing lists of so-called internet marketing “gurus” to focus on top bloggers who matter like Brian Clark, Darren Rowse, and Leo Babauta. This has made my blogging life so much easier.

3. Start Writing my novel or ebook  

I have been procrastinating, no thanks to Facebook, Twitter and other distractions on the net. I've lost touch with my inner frustrated writer. The only way I can improve my craft is to write, write and write. Have to remind myself that each and every day. No one else can help me but myself.

4. Read at least one book/ebook everyday

This is a great habit and the most enjoyable way to hone my craft and learn  more skills. I have to learn how to be more creative to grab people's attention and keep it. I gotta save this blog from certain and imminent death. 

5. Eliminate all doubt and fear

Writing for me has never felt like a chore. When I started this blog, I was so overwhelmed with the excitement of pouring my heart out and sharing my ideas. But now fear of being judged by others and having doubts on my writing skills has incapacitated me quite a bit. In spite of the fact that I have never really had a bad comment about my posts. Sure I am no Penelope Trunk or James Altucher. But at least they have no fears whatsoever of posting the most intimate moments of their lives including the time Penelope was evading arrest or how James would not want to be like his father. I actually wanted to be honest and open about my life but fear is getting in the way. From now on I have to move forward and remind myself that the rewards are better if I think that way. Life would be so much more enjoyable and bearable.

I feel more confident already after this post. I would love to have the same bravado when I first wrote the Introduction to this blog. Ideas just flow in my head and everything I write comes from the heart. Time to put this into practice and start reviving this blog again. Hope you guys would stick around and come with me. Till next post!