Feeling lost in the blogging world is a very familiar issue for me. This was apparent when I first started and felt overwhelmed to do anything in this forum.
Suddenly I feel voiceless, insecure, and stuck. How do you find a voice and audience in this vast maze of words and images?
I’ve learned to keep moving forward, learn from my mistakes, and believe that I am contributing something special to the blogging world. I remind myself that starting is the hardest part of undertaking a new venture. All the fears, self-doubt, self-censorship, and frustration leads to inertia, which can keep you in a state of doing nothing towards your goal.
Although I avoid getting lost most of the time, being lost can lead to some discoveries. I’ve learned this when I’m on the road and my navigation keeps leading me in circles. I turn it off and let my adventurous side take over. It takes longer than usual with the detours, delays, and rerouting, but I’m surprised by how the streets intersect and how an unexpected path brings me to my house street.
“I got lost but look what I found.”
It’s like that with blogging too. I’m searching, exploring, reflecting, and experimenting to see how my blog evolves. When I feel lost I remind myself that even well-seasoned bloggers have gone through this wandering, creative process too. It’s not time lost but experience gained to become a better blogger.
“Not until we are lost do we begin to understand ourselves.”
6 responses to “Day 1: What do you do when you feel lost in the blogging world?#MyBlogMyWritingStyle!”
Yay – Excellent post for Day 1 – your writing and messages always touch my heart! And those adorable smiles everywhere!! You’re doing well, keep up the great work. Oh, and I love the daisies you’ve added to your feature photo!!
Thank so much for your sweet feedback!! It’s a fun challenge to do and the topics are interesting. I’m so glad you started it because I miss those WordPress daily word prompts. Hope to do more this month.
I’m glad you like the daisies photo. It was time to change the old one, but finding one took way too much time.
Have a great Sunday evening!
There is always so much to gain through our experiences. God has taught me so much with blogging.
So true! Our experiences can teach us so much more than anything. God teaches me humility and patience with blogging.
Amen!! Humility is such a big one.
It’s a hard lesson but so valuable and necessary to our growth.