Bloggers always need high level of determination and concentration to achieve their ultimate success in blogging. However, bloggers have to go through many unwanted distractions because most of the blogging from home.
Let’s say if you’re in a working environment, you will have least chances to get distracted by any means because there is someone superior watching all your activities and will evaluate your productivity. However, most of the bloggers out there are individuals working from home and there is no one to supervise them and they will be on their own.
When such situation occurs, there will be higher possibilities for bloggers to get distracted to many unwanted activities. Most of the people have a perception where, bloggers are always free and have excess of time to do other jobs than blogging.
But…
I doubt that any blogger is just sitting around and looking at the wall… From my personal experience bloggers need to be hardworking, dedicated, confident, and self-motivated to achieve their success unlike other working individuals working on 9-5 routine.
Rather than just getting this post lengthier… Let’s get down to the 6 distractions Bloggers should avoid in their blogging journey…
Social Media Addiction
Facebook…
Facebook…..
Facebook……
I would like to make a confession here… I was a serious Facebook addict when I started my blogging carrier. I would just spend hours on Facebook, and at the end of the day when I think back what I had done the whole day, I’ll outrage and deactivate my Facebook account. But, it will get reactivated the next day….
Funny right…:p
Social Media Networks plays a big role in bloggers life as it brings in more benefits if you utilize them the right way. I started using Facebook and Twitter as a part of blogging because it increase the social media interaction within your blog.
More people going to visit your blog this way…
Gaming Addiction
I’m not sure whether most bloggers are addicted to Games. However, most of the Internet Marketers and bloggers that I know are gaming freaks. For most of the bloggers gaming seems to be one of the most disastrous distractions which stop you from blogging effectively.
I usually spend around 2 to 3 hours playing game daily and there is just one game I love playing which make me learn lots of new thing… Yes millions of people all around the world playing the game League of Legends…
I always schedule my gaming time during my breaks once I have done with my daily blogging tasks. Gaming keeps me motivated and concentrated…
So never get addicted to gaming and neglect your blogging tasks… Just schedule your daily routine the right way…
Relationship/Love Distraction…
One of the most interesting distractions of all time… hehehe…
Relationship is one of the most common distractions that can ruin your daily routine.. I’m pretty sure most of the bloggers out here having relationship…
Just try this out and let me know what happens…. Concentrate in your blogging work for the whole day and ignore your partner/lovers calls, messages, Facebook messages…
Than just wait and see what happens the next day…? If you have a girlfriend/boyfriend like mine you shouldn’t be having any sort of problem because he/she understands my situation and what I do…
If your partner doesn’t know anything and just thinking you’re just sitting at home with the name working from home…
You’re finished the next day…
I’m not telling you not to spend time with your partner/lover… But, just determine which comes first in your life and what is going to push you to success…
Concentrate more on your blogging career…
There are way more distractions killing bloggers each and every day. However, such distractions can be avoided with the right mind set, concentration, determination, self-confidence and self-motivation.
Please do share with us your common distraction when you blog and the steps you have taken to avoid them…
Working at home as an internet marketer or an affiliate can now become an option to earn money. It is really flexible and able to do anytime as we like. It depends on us how we will manage our time wisely and make schedule in such a way that we can be consistent in keeping serious to take this as a job like another job which needs professionality. But here there is no employer or employee because it is done fully by ourselves. Therefore there are also some distractions the bloggers must face and overcome because they work and are responsible for themselves. They do not depend on others. This work is really free and independent. And the consistency is really of importance if we want to be success in blogging. Thank you for sharing this for subject of a good discussion.
Managing your time and schedule your task is important to succeed in blogging!
Hey Conor,
Distraction is really killing so many of us. Facebook is one big distractor. Without a strict schedule, you will find yourself moving from one thing to the other and not being productive.
I’m not that game type but recently, my mobile phone games is beginning to steal part of my time.
Relationship? I’m glad I can manage that properly with my wife.
Facebook still remains the biggest distraction but I’m able to handle it .
Hope you have a nice weekend
It’s common to have distraction to any sort of work! However bloggers have to manage their Facebook distraction, and spend appropriate time on Facebook. Bloggers should consider Facebook as their source of marketing rather than entertainment!
You got it Conor. I waste my 40% of time by Facebooking .!
Well written.
Hey there, Amal.
Just schedule your daily task and spend appropriate time on Facebook. Strictly follow the schedule and when the time goes on you will be more motivated and Facebook won’t distract you!
All the best!
Hi Conor,
I hardly go on Facebook, but twitter is my distraction and checking my emails. I think the best way of getting over all these distraction is to be focused. We should always remind ourselves the reason why we start blogging or start home business in the first place, may be that can re-purpose our ways of doing things and keep to schedules.
Thanks for adding a great point here,Sumbo. You’re absolutely right!
Our concentration and determination is very important in blogging carrier!
Conor, I couldn’t agree more mate, Facebook is probably the biggest distraction to not just bloggers but for everyone who has access to a computer in the workplace. What I try to do when I’m blogging is not be connected to the computer at all, always works a treat.
Sometimes you need to be online to make your researches. The best way is to stay connected and fight the distraction! When you keep fighting in, soon you will get yourself on the right track!
you are wright man, in starting when i start my blogging career at that time i was wasting my 50% of time in playing games and Facebook but soon i realized that it is affecting me in my blog so i started overcoming this and now i only give only 10% time my free time to games and Facebook……
That’s great to hear from you, sagar. You’re on the right track dude! Just keep on moving forward…
All the best!
But social media is what connects us to all other blogger and yes you are right excess of everything is wrong.
and,yeah i have my friend who was blogging very good but after getting in relationship he was not able to continue it,so he leaved it
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Relationship affects your blogging carrier badly, unless your spouse or partner is understanding on what you’re doing! If he/she is not, your relationship might get badly hurt!
I have been involved in 3 Distractions Facebook, Gaming but 3rd one is not Love and that is Movies.
Thanks for adding one the the common distraction, Movies. But, I’ve encountered many bloggers having distractions on dramas and episodes which makes them addicted to it!
Now I am aware of what are the things that we need to avoid that can made us distract as a blogger. For me, Facebook really distract me but I shut it down and proceed then focus.
Hi,
This blog is really interesting about the 3 specified distractions for a blogger and beware about the typical 3 effective of blogging techniques might get distracted for every reasons that should make the possibility on focusing in good content for blogging.
Thanking you
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I can definitely agree with you on the Facebook tip. It’s outrageous how much time some people spend on that thing. I blog best at night when everyone is sleep and I don’t have to worry about distractions. Good read!
Hope blogging at night helps you well, Leon. Every bloggers have their own way of getting their butt of the distractions.. Some might work for one and might not work for another. Analyze what distracts you and set an effective plan to overcome it!
Yes, I agree 100% with that. Thank you for responding to me!
Hello,
For me the 3rd one is the most distraction me.
I did blogging for years and my relationship if we’ve got misunderstanding, it distracts me so much.
Thanks for such entertaining post.
Its all comes down on the understanding your partner have towards you and your carrier. If she understands what you do, than there won’t be any problem!
Very good Tips Bro …We Need Facebook To Get traffic to Our Blog for a newblogger But Once he has passed it then He can avoid it alsoo Thanks For sharing with US
I totally agree with you but fully relying on Facebook Traffic will not take you very far, you need to concentrate other traffic generation methods as well!
I was guilty with Facebook addiction. I got hooked in reading posts and playing games which resulted into being unproductive for days. I am just glad I realized things right away
That’s nice to hear from you, Sarah. It’s impressive that you’ve doing something more productive now!
My college is the greatest distraction for my blog
as my college timings are weird (from morning seven to evening six) So I get only 1-2 hours on a daily basis to allot for blogging……
However you can utilize your time in coming up with some productive work. Maybe you can outline your ideas today, and write the blog post tomorrow. By following this you can come up with at least 2 to 3 quality blog post per week and more than 15 blog post per month!
Hey Conor!
Very informative post indeed. i really liked the third cause of distraction, which is actually true but mostly people do not take it seriously. I used to do the same, but after reading this post i realized that it affects. Well i appreciate this post.
Thanks.
Matt
You just need to make the person close to you understand your passion and tag along with you by encouraging you to do more!
Well I can’t agree more …Facebook is the biggest distraction for many of us. The only remedy is to don’t keep logged on to your FB otherwise it is bound to distract your attention.
Very good tips. right Social Media plays big role in bloger’s life. Thanks.
LOL, 100% true… well yes i spend most of the time at facebook or other social networks.. At the time i can’t concentrate on writing a post.
Thanks a lot for the tips, i will try my best to avoid facebook.
Just schedule you daily task, maybe it will be hard for you to follow the first day.. Keep forcing yourself to follow it.. when days run you will get used to it and there will be nothing to distract you from accomplishing your important tasks!
If you are a blogger who work from home, then you can also try and see if working overnight helps coz night time is best when there are less distractions at least from outside. You still need to find a way though to fight the distractions present on your computer.
Let me make one thing clear, staying up late night might be a good choice for bloggers. But as a concerned human being , you need to take care of your health. When you start ignoring your sleep, your healthy lifestyle will get disturbed! Health comes first than anything else! Just a friendly advice!
thanks for a pivotal share really an impressive way to get start in blogging
Very good Tips Bro …We Need Facebook To Get traffic to Our Blog for a new blogger But Once he has passed it then He can avoid it also Thanks For sharing with US