I’ve been thinking a lot about how I can get back into blogging.
But every time I try to write a post, I feel stuck.
Like I don’t know what direction to go in. Like I’m stuck at sea and there’s no compass to guide me back.
In this case to guide me back into blogging.
So today I told myself to just write.. express everything I’ve been feeling and then edit it later on.
I miss blogging the way you’d miss an old, familiar friend. The nostalgic feeling of a past era, a past life.
Blogging used to be my one big goal, well, going full-time as a writer through blogging at least.
Now? I am a full-time content creator.
In a way, I did achieve my dream of being a full-time content creator, just not in the exact way I pictured it.
Sure, I started off going full-time as a blogger but my main platform and now my main source of income evolved into social media platforms like Tiktok and Instagram.
Before I’d gone full time the dream was to make lots of ad revenue from my blog from Google Adsense or Mediavine, selling a huge number of my digital products monthly and making a good chunk of affiliate income too.
To diversify my income streams since that is something I’ve talked about here before.
But I never expected to be a UGC creator at all.
I mean I don’t think the term UGC existed in 2018.
But at the same time the progression and transition made so much sense and was so natural.
I already had the skill set, it’s just that at the beginning I hated being on camera.
As an introvert, showing up on camera drained me so much.
But now I love it.
It also felt faster and easier than writing a blog post.
I want to keep growing my social media pages.
I haven’t hit the 10k milestones yet, but I know I will.
And because I had previous experience in editing (I used to work as a writer and producer for a news network), I was fast in editing.
I knew what angles would make a video look good especially if a video was for a brand.
When I kept thinking about what to write, it occurred to me to write about being a UGC creator. Maybe I will some day or if you want to learn more about it.
Do I go back to blogging about blogging? That was my main focus for a while, but it doesn’t resonate the same.
I don’t mind writing about blogging but I just don’t want all of my posts to be just about that.
Should I write again about KPop and KDrama?
I miss geeking out about KDrama here.
But you know what I miss writing the most about?
It’s about my day.
I miss the good old days of blogging where it literally was an online diary.
And you know what?
Maybe I will incorporate those kinds of posts back into my blog.
It is my blog after all. I can write whatever I want.
I don’t want to have to think about ranking or SEO or if the post can promote any of my digital products.
I just want to write for the sake of writing.
To express myself.
To share about my day.
Maybe it’ll resonate with someone.
Maybe it won’t, but at least I was able to make sense of my thoughts and unpack my emotions for the day.
Another form of therapy.
But another roadblock was because I felt like I’d changed so much since the last time I was consistent in blogging.
For a while, I think it was also the grief in losing Moon Bin, who meant a lot to me, and his band Astro made such a big impact on my life in such a big positive way. They inspired me to dream again and focus my energy on joy instead of fear.
So I think for a while I lost interest in one of my biggest passions, writing, because of grief.
Now, I’m feeling that itch to want to blog again.
I’m taking that as a good sign, a form of healing.
Healing isn’t linear but I take this as a good sign.
The spark to blog is back. I hope this time for good.
And maybe this time I can start with documenting my life since that’s what I feel compelled to do.
I’ve been a blogger for more than a decade but this has been the longest time I haven’t posted anything since 2018.
I’m hoping that by writing this post it’s one way to get back into blogging.
The Gameplan To Getting Back Into Blogging
- Go back to using my content calendar.. It’s there for a reason. Having something plotted in my calendar really helps with consistency
- Commit to at least 2 posts a month. I’ll start small. I can post more if I want to write more, but 2 is the minimum just to get back on track
What to write about when getting back into blogging
- Make a list of topics that inspire me to write and start with writing for me first.. Then think about SEO later on.
- Plot the topics in my content calendar
- Set deadlines again & stick to them
I’m making the steps short and simple so I can follow through.
For those who are still here reading my blog, thank you for sticking around and I’m really hoping I can get back to blogging consistently!!!
If you’re on Tiktok and Instagram, I update on there almost daily, so that’s where more updates are at.. I’m also trying to get better at live posting there. So come and follow me on there too!!
