Are you all ready for Christmas?! I am totally not, but hey ho, you can be good at everything and I’m totally failing at Christmas so far this year.
Whether you are having break or plan to keep you blog ticking over, you might have started to think about where you are going to take your blog next year.
Wherever you are in your blogging career and whatever your chosen direction is, I have six resolutions which can apply to everyone and will make a difference too.
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Improve/change your blog design
If your are not in love with the way your blog looks then you can easy, and inexpensive change your theme. If you don’t want to go down that road, perhaps just tidying it up with some fresh colours and maybe a new header, might be enough to reinvigorate you.
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Interact more
It is really important and valuable to become involved in the blogging community. Some of my best friends have come from blogging and so interacting is a must for me. Chat on social media, leave more blog comments, answer questions and have fun. You never know who you might find or what might come from it.
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Do something that scares you
The magic happens when we are outside our comfort zone. So whatever it is that is holding you back, do it! Scared of promoting your blog or pitching to a brand? Just do it! What is the worst that can happen? That’s not too bad is it?
You get in life what you have the courage to ask for – Oprah
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Stop doing things you dislike
If you dislike an aspect of your blog and it doesn’t bring you joy, then stop doing it. Our blogs should be enjoyable (even if they are our business) and so spending time on tasks we hate, brings us down and also takes time away from that which we can spend on things we enjoy doing. If you blog as a career, remember you started to be your own boss, with your own schedule and freedom to choose, so choose to enjoy what you do.
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Take a course/Self-development
There is always so much to learn being a blogger and it can sometimes be overwhelming. I have taken a few courses, some better than others. I have also taken part in free challenges and I think that there is something quite motivational about doing a course or a free challenge as a group. You can learn from and motivate each other and having a start and end date, often means that you allow yourself that time to get it done. I have a few courses here if you are looking for one.
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Share your blog in real life
This can be difficult at the start and it is something I struggled with too. We make a life online and then it can be difficult to share this with real-life friends. So weird that we seem more at ease sharing with total strangers. It can be a really positive thing to share with people outside of the blogging world and you never know who might share it and where it could lead. It is your life be proud of it.
Are you making any plans for the new year?
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Great tips. I agree, sharing it in the real world can be scary and doing things you don’t like anymore is a bit move for the better x
I love these – it’s so good to have blog goals and why not for the new year 🙂 I definitely want to ditch the stuff that isn’t gaining me anything x x #TheList
Definitely things to think about. I haven’t shared my blog in my real life at all (only hubby knows about it). It seems very scary to tell anyone. Maybe 2017 will bring me new courage! #TheListLinky
I’ll be doing something that scares me next year – registering as self employed and starting to accept sponsored posts! #thelistlinky
Great resolution prompts. I’m always working on improving how my blog looks – it’s one of the things I love. But, I have a few changes that I definitely want to make in 2017. Isn’t it funny about the sharing in real life? I don’t know why, but I really never planned to. Eventually Facebook ‘outed’ me, but I’m glad as I’ve reconnected with old friends through it x
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Great tips, I’ve loved the course so much this week and moving forward thinking much more clearly about what I want to do. Having my blog redesigned at the moment. #TheList
I’ve really got to up my game next year even though I don’t know where to find the time!
I need to do ALL of these things in 2017, they are spot on for me so I will definitely have to steal them! Pitching and promoting is very scary for me, but I really want to do it. #TheListLinky
Such good points, for me I need to interact more.
I always love your blogging advice posts and would love to find time to do a course. No. 1 particularly resonated with me – I love what you’ve done with your blog recently and while I won’t ever be investing the amount of time you do into blogging (it’s just a hobby for me), I do want to feel more pride in the design and layout of the blog so a little tidy-up should be on the cards in 2017. No. 6 made be feel a bit sick tho – weirdly my relationship with my Mum has improved since she found out about my blog – I think she understands me better so if there’s one reason for carrying on then that’s it! However, the people I dread knowing about my blog is the mums at the school gate – they are mostly very lovely but I feel very vulnerable about the blog and how they perceive it – strange really…as I mostly don’t care about things like that! Thanks for all your great advice posts this year and wishing you a very merry Christmas and happy new year – I’m sure you’ll continue to go from strength to strength. x #thelistlinky
You went from first blogpost to professional in 18 months. Amazing! You have pretty much nailed it with your resolutions. I know that one of my biggest problems is mindset so I’m doing a blogging course that is more mindset than blog focussed – hopefully I can get out of my own way! Telling people in real life is definitely one I need to work on. They say if something scares you, go out and deliberately do it ten times. That’s my mission between now and the end of Jan 🙂
Totally stealing these! They are so simple and yet so very effective. It’s a great place to start and focus. #TheList
Lol, to doing courses. Last January I started 3, and paid for a couple more through the year. I’ve only finished 1 of them, and 2 I’ve not even started!
Love your tips here. I have spend the last week redesigning my blog. Now, I am so much more happier with it. I will now do something that scares myself! 🙂 Thank you very much for hosting. Have a lovely Christmas Abi! xx
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A redesign is definitely on the cards for me… I LOVE my theme but it dense come with a sidebar or allow me to embed subscription forms… self hosted and a new theme is coming my way I feel! Great tips… #thelist
I like the one about stop doing things you dislike – that’s great advice! ‘#thelistlinky
I definitely don’t promote my blog as often as I could!