5 Reasons Why I Limit My Blogging During the Holidays

 

Have you noticed that the blog posts are slowing down? If not, let me tell you, they are.

Below are 5 reasons why I limit my blogging during the holidays.

This post first appeared on 11/13/17 and has since been revised containing affiliate links.

1) Quality Time

Limiting my blogging during the holidays allows me to enjoy quality time with my family and friends. I can then focus on our time and our memories and not worry about taking enough photos or brainstorming my next post.

The photos that I take during this time are mostly just for our family scrapbooks and photo albums and not necessarily to build a post around for the public.

What is one thing that you plan to do during the holidays for you and/or your family?

2) Reflection

Limiting my blogging during the holidays allows time for personal and professional reflection in my life. I can take time to digest all that has gone on within the year and look at what went well and what did not go so well. I can then decide on what changes I need to make to ensure I have a better upcoming year.

You may like to read 10 Books for Personal Development for Your 20’s and 30’s.

3) Goal Setting

Limiting my blogging during the holidays allows me time to create my goals for the following year based on my reflection of the current year.

One of my favorite books to work through during this time of year is Jack Canfield’s The Success Principles. While this is a long book, it is jammed packed with activities to get you thinking and creating the life you want.

It is in this book that I learned how to create a mission statement for my life in 2009. Just recently in 2018, I updated it. 

If you are curious, you can read my Personal Mission Statement here as a PDF.

If you decide to work through this book, my advice would be to a clean journal and pen ready because you will be writing a lot.

4) Reconnect with Audience

Limiting my blogging during the holidays allows my readers time to read through past posts without being flooded with constant new posts. I am guilty of posting a lot, so I want to allow my readers some breathing room and not run them away.

Please, stay. I’m glad you are here.

Let’s reconnect. Leave a comment or shoot me an email.

5) Revise and Revisit Past Posts

Limiting my blogging during the holidays allows me time to read through my own posts and revise them as needed. I have time to determine what were the most and least popular posts and why.

Already, I have learned that working with a few companies and individuals in particular has not been a good fit for this blog.

While the communication and products were great, my audience has just not been interested. Therefore, it makes no sense to continue to pursue something that has no return on investment for those involved.

Can you relate?

Final Thoughts

I absolutely love blogging! I get to write, take photos, and create my own content whenever I see fit. But, sometimes blogging can be overwhelming and time consuming.

Did you know it can take a blogger at least four hours to create just one post? That’s right. So, giving myself a holiday break and limiting my blogging is very much needed. If you are looking to start your own blog, set up your blog using I-Page – I love it!

As a reader or blogger, do you give yourself downtime from the computer to enjoy the holidays?

How much time do you allow yourself?

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