Getting Back On Track After a Stream of Non-Productivity

byDenson

144 followers

10 years ago

Hard to believe that it was August last year when I first joined WA. I went through the courses, then started 2 different sites that lead to nowhere, then along with some personal problems, I went into several months of non-productivities. What does that mean? That means I kept thinking about getting work done but never actually do any of the work. Life was hard and I was my worst enemy.

Still, while I did not have the energy to motivate myself to do anything, I also didn't exactly want to give up. I kept thinking that perhaps with my first 2 sites, I didn't settle on the right topics for me to write about. My first site was on fashion, but I am not a fashion guy; I want to be better at it but just don't have a real interest in it.

The second site was on teaching people to be do things better with their Apple product. I enjoy teach others in real life, but turns out taking screenshot was so much work that I decided that it wasn't write as a blogging topic in the end.

So I thought more deeply into what I could write about and then realize that in the past several years, the most obvious interest I have is traveling around Asia. I even have the photos to proof the interest and the legwork I have already put into this area. A more reliable idea is suddenly born.

Before I allowed myself to move forward abruptly, I created a challenge for myself. I created a goal of writing at least 10 posts before setting things up. Although it took longer than expected, but nonetheless it was done and so.

Fast forward to about a month ago, I finally got the nerve to get things going again so off I went to get a domain and prepare a brand new site. It might have been the discount WA offered for a yearly subscription that gave me the push. Guess I was thinking I either should get off WA or pay for it and put the effort in again.

My new site: packandgoasia.com has been running for about a month now and I still feel motivated to take care of it...that's a good sign! I still have a few obstacles to get through before this will work out permanently, for example:

Still have a hard time focusing on writing

Still do not have a regular routine of crunching out new posts

Still get writer's block on new post ideas

I am hoping that in the next month I will management these things better, then I can move ahead and figure out how to increase traffic and add posts to monetize and earn some income.

If you are reading this, thanks for your support! Have you had a good time management your writing routine? Let me know about your experience in the comment!