Very interesting post Jared. I started my blog July 2009. I was very excited to start and, like you, have a regular day job that I have also. I also have a wife and 3 kids. When I first started out from like July to through October I was staying up late at night typing posts and working on my blog. Answering emails, commenting on other blogs, participating in forums. You know what I mean. I also decided to start another blog to experiment with things. I found myself concentrating on this other blog more than my main blog. I was getting obsessed with watching my traffic and page rank. I was trying to maintain 2 blogs and actually have a real life too. Well come November I just kinda lost motivation. I don’t know what it was, but I just didn’t feel like doing anything. So for a couple of weeks I just kinda sat back a bit watching my traffic dwindle on my main blog. That wasn’t making me happy either. I couldnt figure out why I felt like not working on anything. Then I decided I need to remember why I started doing this why I started this blog. I read some of my original posts and it took me back to how I felt when I just started blogging. I also visited some of my favorite blogs to read. By looking back at some of my older posts and reading some blogs it gave me the focus I needed to get back on track.
I really enjoy blogging. I have really enjoyed it since I have started it. What I have learned is that I need to not try to take on too much so that I don’t burn myself out. You need to do what you can with the time that you have. Consistancy is key like you said and also focus on content and not so much on watching traffic stats. If you create interesting content and post regularly the readers will come and traffic will build. So lately I have been just working on creating interesting content for people to read and blogging is fun for me again.
Jim
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