Confused.
Lately I have been feeling confused and frustrated
After putting months of time and research into my website, I hate it.
The site I originally chose to start is about Disney. I have been researching keywords, I have a ton of lists. My website design has changed so much, I keep changing the look and theme.
Living in Orlando, I am lucky enough to be close enough to have an annual pass and visit all the different parks often. We even have a trip planned to California to visit Disneyland, we enjoy it so much.
So I thought Disney would be the perfect topic to start a blog about and I have a ton of ideas but I hate writing about it. Most of the time I am at the parks I feel like I should be trying to get some great photos or different things to write about and this has taken a lot of the enjoyment out of just going.
Once I figured that I didn't really want to write about that I thought that if I could just get the site set up it could be a reference site or something that I could just update the posts and pages when necessary and not have regular posts but I seem to be doing everything to avoid even writing those posts and currently only have a few posts.
Maybe I will just start a journal type of blog and write about different things and see what I really enjoy writing about.
Maybe I am just being lazy and just need to get it done.
I am confused and not sure what to do at the moment but I do feel like I need to take a break for a few days and figure it out.
Sometimes I feel like I have wasted months working on this but I did discover I enjoy the research of finding keywords, working with SEO. I don't know how I would make that topic work for me since I am not an expert.
Has this confusion about your website happened to anyone else after all the work?
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Hey Anita,
We all feel confused and frustrated at times. Ask yourself why you have started in the first place and if you can find good enough why, you'll keep going, but you have to focus on your goal, not on obstacles. If you feel frustrated when you want to write, leave it and do something that you enjoy doing, and come back when in a better mood.
If you don't like writing, you can explore different options, such us recording youtube videos and placing them on to your website, inviting writers to write on your website or inviting other people to share their photos and experiences about Disney on your website, and you would be the one who would organize everything and take care of the SEO and keywords.
Or maybe Disney was just something to get you started and learn to use the tools. If you enjoy researching keywords and working with SEO, maybe you want to write about that. Who says that you're not an expert? Everybody has to start from somewhere, and you're further ahead of someone who has just started writing and hasn't even heard about SEO yet. When you love doing something, you learn much quicker, and when you do it with passion, there's nothing that couldn't be solved along the way.
The best advice would be - do what you FEEL is right for you.
All the best!
Blanka
Thanks for the encouragement!!
I do enjoy writing, I enjoy it much more than I thought I would. I think I was just burned out on everything and took the weekend off and feel much better. I don't know if I will continue that site but I will take a few more days of relaxing and then worry about it.
Anita, you are not alone. Sometimes I feel the same.
My niche website is about dieting and wellness. When I started this site I was very excited and thought it would have a ton of topics to write about.
Actually, I have been benefiting from the diet so it should be a great niche for a long run.
However, the more I write the less topics I have. Right now I have 112 posts and 5 pages. Even though I made some sales already but I don’t know if I should just end it here and start a new site.
The feeling of struggling is not fun. This week I only published two articles. Yesterday after hours of research and frustration I finally decided to take a break.
The rest of the day I took my site completely out of my mind but by the dinner time something suddenly sparkled in my head, there were some new ideas. I soon wrote them down and will try them later.
Anita, I totally understand how you feel. Your niche sounds great and you do have many advantages. You just need a good rest. The most important thing is you have to try to avoid those negative thoughts, they are the biggest barriers on your mind.
Just hang in there Anita. I am sure you will figure it out. Relax and try to enjoy your trips to those fantastic parks. Maybe when you enjoy yourself you will have a new view for your niche.
Good luck and best wishes to your success. Have a great and restful weekend.
Amy
That is exactly what happened! I took the weekend off and didn't even think about it much. I am feeling better about things and will probably take a few more days. I think I was just feeling like I was always working, between this and my other job I was not relaxing enough. Thanks for the advice!! Good Luck with your website, it sounds like a great niche.
Anita
Yes... we all have our confusion days... and some times it leads to new i sights and decissions.
Offering seo support is a great, but difficult niche.
As for writing, it is indeed a hard job
Just leave it for a few days
Take some rest and enjoy your parks
Thanks for the advice, I do enjoy the research and I also think it would be a hard niche.
I just took the weekend and probably a few more days to relax, feeling better about things. I just think I was taking this way too seriously, I felt like all my time was either doing this or at my other job. I really need to just adjust my thinking and time.
Yes anita... build up at your own pace... learning comes before earning. Just focus on the lessons. And on ONE site... no need to change...
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Leave that one in place and start a new one. It's never time wasted as you have learnt a lot that will help with the new one.
Hi Anita, sounds like a few days off would be a good idea. Taking time to reassess your situation can be very beneficial. Seems more often than not, we know what isn’t working rather than knowing and focusing on what is working instead.
Have you thought of writing about the Disney experience in general? My oldest son is a staff writer for Disney animation and loves it. Their company’s history is amazing.
Fyi, check out the Cal Arts school in Valencia, California. Walt and his brother started the school back in the 1950’s and it’s still attracting students from all over the globe.
Hang in there. You’ll survive the slump and come out of the other end a much more focused blogger. Smile and embrace the opportunity to re-think you writing passion. Positive thoughts...
I never heard of the school, I will check it out, sounds interesting. Thanks for the positive thoughts, took the weekend off and probably a few more days. I think I am just going to look on it as a hobby for a while, it was starting to feel too much like a second job, just need an attitude adjustment.
Hello Anita,
I think you did not waste your time to work on that website. You gain much experience for website building and you also found what you like now . Perhaps you can write some blogs to talk about the SEO and then review some SEO tools in your blog.
I am so green in online business. Just read this article and wanna express my opinion
I think Carson2 might be right.
I would focus on the training, it is so easy to get sidetracked.
All the best
Daisy
Hi Anita,
It is quite normal for writers to be in the same kind of mood as you have found yourself in sometimes. I usually find it helpful to carry a notebook or lay it beside my bed to write something that comes into my mind related to the topic I want to write about. When you have gathered bits and pieces here and there you find that data is enough to put you in the mood for writing or completing what you had started before. Do not shy away from writing about parks because you have enough interest as I have figured out from what you have shared. Just look for details which other eyes may overlook. Pay attention also to what you hear about your topic. Some people say writers hear what others do not hear. Go ahead and gather more data and write about it.
Joseph
Thanks for the advice, I decided to take the weekend off and thought about things and maybe a few more days. Come up with a different attitude.
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Hi Anita,
We all go through some form of frustration about one thing or another. It is a natural occurrence when doing something that is new and different to us. So don't feel that you are alone with this feeling.
As you have mentioned, you need to take a break and think about what you really want your blog to be able then take it from there whether you start over or continue with what you are doing.
I hope that you will be able to figure things out and continue on your journey. All the best with your decision making!
Much success to you!
Kind regards,
Nichola
Thank you for the encouragement!!
You are welcome.