I don’t know what’s going on with my blog, ya’ll. I think I’m losing focus. The stats are down, my inspiration is down… This is not good, heading into NaBloPoMo, which I always look forward to each year and which requires constant content. At the left there you see a graph of my weekly stats. The highest point was BlogHer, I believe. This week isn’t even half over yet, so obviously it’s still low, but you have to admit there’s a deliberate downtrend there.
And yet… WHY DO I CARE? Or do I really? It’s not really about ad revenue. So I can’t blame the ads for watching these and feeling a pit in my stomach. I think it has more to do with… ego. After I had Evie, my blog enjoyed a nice boost. A lot of people were visiting and commenting, I had lots to post about and everything was great. In recent months, the visitors have dropped off, I’ve lost inspiration and I’m left feeling like a wallflower once again.
For the record, I hate feeling like that.
I don’t want to care. I want to move past it. I want to get back to the CONTENT. But I am just not sure how to do that. What was I posting back in the spring and summer that I enjoyed so much? What about before then? Right now, I feel like I have no goal. I’m a boat set adrift in the sea of the internet. Drifting is no fun. I like to either have a goal or be anchored. I’m a planner, after all. The unknown isn’t something I like to embrace too much. I suppose that’s the German in me. We must be regimented!
How do I find my Blogging North Star? Where is my focus supposed to be? Why do I feel so confused when I open up my “Write Post” page?
And, most importantly, how do I STOP looking at the stats? Because I seriously think they’re going to make me crazy.
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It might make you feel better if I show you *my* stats. You would laugh. I was so tickled yesterday that I had 13 hits — wow, 13!!! Woot. But I look at it this way – I blog mainly for me. If someone else wants to read it, great.
You’ll turn around. Don’t worry. I think everyone goes through times like this
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Here’s an easy solution: uninstall the stats tracker! My blogging has been suffering lately too, but I blame it on lack of time during my peak blogging hours. Inspiration seems to hit me during the day at work and by the time I have a chance to sit down and write it is gone. Since my Evie seems to not want to sleep at a normal time these days, I have very little time in the evenings to blog anyway.
Hope you find your inspiration soon!
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I know we’ve already discussed this with each other once recently – but mine is the SAME WAY. I think it’s just a trend on the internet in general, but who knows. I stopped looking at my stats b/c I was getting sad watching them drop…now I just look at my comment numbers which are still okay, I guess.
Either way – i feel you. I’ve been trying to think of something I can do to boost my enthusiasm on my site. Also, maybe quit talking about how tired i am.
Maybe Nablopomo will help us? What do you think>?
I hear ya! When I changed my blog format, my stat counter got left behind… now I dont look at my measly numbers anymore! I dont want to care either, but sometimes I do… its like Sally Field, we all want to be loved!
I had to walk away from the stats. I still have the counter on my blog but only because I have been too lazy to remove it. I just made myself get up and walk away every time I wanted to check them,eventually the urge to do so passed.
Now I get sad when I don’t get comments.
I’m doing NaBloPoMo too. At least, I’m going to give it my best shot.
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I just live in total denial. I think that no one reads my blog and so I don’t fret over my stats. OK, a bit of that is a lie. I still load up Woopra to see what’s going on once in a while, but my blogging has really sucked since the girls were born. Add to that my inability to have two hands to comment or reply to comments left on my blog. I am a total blogging nightmare.
I have kinda lost inspiration as well, so I feel ya there. It just seems like so many of my stories I’ve already told or they don’t seem important enough to tell. I had an idea to post a picture once a day, but I failed on that idea as well. NaBloPoMo? Ha! I totally forgot it was November already and failed right off the bat.
And now I’ve left you a comment totally ripping my failing butt to pieces.
I am still reading. Most o the time I am a couple of days behind, but I am still here, I swear!!
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