@Nic – you’re so right. It’s good to take a break and find inspiration through other blogs. Best of luck to you!

i don’t feel bad about taking a break here and there. in my limited experience (i’ve been blogging for 2 years and publicly for a little over 1 year), i learn the most about writing by reading.

Thanks again for this very useful and helpful content.

I see many blogs where people blog just about anything so naturally they get burnt out.

@Joshua – hahaha…Johnny said Chris B stole his gimmick.

I’ve been blogging since 2006 when we began our open ended, non-stop family world tour.

I NEVER run out of things to write about, but quite the opposite, I have more content than I will ever have time to write.

4 continents, 32 countries, 175, 000 miles (most overland) so far, plus over 200 hours of video (3 million have already watched the VERY tiny amount that we have put online & we’re Partners with Youtube), over 50,000 photos ….you get the picture?

We could stop now (we wont) & I’d have plenty of content to last me for decades.

TIME to blog is the MUCH harder problem for me. Not hard to write ( I have many drafts waiting always & enjoy that ) but slow connection times, adding lots of photos & links, promoting are the big time-sucks that drain me.

I have a HUGE queue of interview requests (I’ve been 1 handed for 7 months with paralyzed dominant rt arm due to bike wreck, so that hasn’t helped) that I’ve yet had a chance to do.

Perhaps it sounds like a good problem, but it is frustrating. I could blog every day, but frankly I do not want to work that hard as my primary goal is freedom.

I really wish someone would write about this type of “blogged out.”

I solve it somewhat by doing lots of “Family Travel Photo” posts (primarily a photo) when I don’t have time,/bad internet etc as we roam the world, but that just backs up/delays the written content further.

Any ideas?

For me, it has always helped me to just sit down and make a list of all the things that I “could” write about, just quick bullet points.

I used to blog about Panama City Beach Tourism and Real Estate. Some of the things I would discuss included new developments, real estate market conditions, tourism marketing initiatives, what was happening at city council meetings, the list could go on forever.

When I was lacking in ideas, a drive around town with my camera always helped me get back on my feet. As I would drive, I would remind myself that all I was trying to do was keep people informed on things happening in Panama City Beach – each post didn’t have to be a dissertation. I would continually tell myself that all I have to do is write a paragraph, and guess what? The rest of the post always came because I’m a writer!

Regarding blogging about social media, if I run out of things to say, I know that I can just “drive” around the web for a bit, checking in at the dozens (if not hundreds??) of incredibly usful blogs that talk about the very same thing and see if I can come up with some great ideas.

Also added your site to my RSS reader, you got some real great articles and I’m looking forward to seeing more from you.

It a funk that sucks, but I am slowly working my way out of it.

Thanks for sharing this post! :)

Your site looks awesome! Just checked it out! Good luck to you!

That being said, I do have some niche/hobby blogs that I know one day will run out, for example I used to have a website dedicated to my favorite hockey player who has pretty much vanished from the face of the earth, well the web anyways so I pretty much stopped that. That didn’t stop me from starting a new one on my new favorite player, it’s more as a hobby, but I still hope he doesn’t disappear like the last one.

Anyways that’s my 2 cents, and I liked your post, and also checked out your site and enjoyed it also, even if I’m not a mom…