I\u2019ve been thinking a lot about how I can get back into blogging.<\/p>\n
But every time I try to write a post, I feel stuck.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Like I don\u2019t know what direction to go in. Like I\u2019m stuck at sea and there\u2019s no compass to guide me back.\u00a0<\/p>\n
In this case to guide me back into blogging.<\/p>\n
So today I told myself to just write.. express everything I\u2019ve been feeling and then edit it later on.\u00a0<\/p>\n
I miss blogging the way you\u2019d miss an old, familiar friend. The nostalgic feeling of a past era, a past life.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Blogging used to be my one big goal, well, going full-time as a writer through blogging at least.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Now? I am a full-time content creator.\u00a0<\/p>\n
In a way, I did achieve my dream of being a full-time content creator, just not in the exact way I pictured it.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Sure, I started off going full-time as a blogger <\/a><\/strong>but my main platform and now my main source of income evolved into social media platforms like Tiktok<\/a><\/strong> and Instagram<\/a><\/strong>. <\/p>\n Before I\u2019d 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.\u00a0<\/p>\n To diversify my income streams<\/a><\/strong> since that is something I\u2019ve talked about here before.\u00a0<\/p>\n But I never expected to be a UGC creator at all.\u00a0<\/p>\n I mean I don\u2019t think the term UGC existed in 2018.\u00a0<\/p>\n But at the same time the progression and transition made so much sense and was so natural.\u00a0<\/p>\n I already had the skill set, it\u2019s just that at the beginning I hated being on camera.\u00a0<\/p>\n As an introvert, showing up on camera drained me so much.\u00a0<\/p>\n But now I love it.<\/p>\n It also felt faster and easier than writing a blog post.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0I want to keep growing my social media pages.\u00a0<\/p>\n I haven\u2019t hit the 10k milestones yet, but I know I will.\u00a0<\/p>\n 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.\u00a0<\/p>\n I knew what angles would make a video look good especially if a video was for a brand.\u00a0<\/p>\n 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.\u00a0<\/p>\n Do I go back to blogging about blogging? That was my main focus for a while, but it doesn\u2019t resonate the same.\u00a0<\/p>\n I don\u2019t mind writing about blogging but I just don\u2019t want all of my posts to be just about that.\u00a0<\/p>\n Should I write again about KPop and KDrama?\u00a0<\/p>\n I miss geeking out about KDrama<\/a><\/strong> here.\u00a0<\/p>\n But you know what I miss writing the most about?\u00a0<\/p>\n It\u2019s about my day.\u00a0<\/p>\n I miss the good old days of blogging where it literally was an online diary.\u00a0<\/p>\n And you know what? <\/p>\n Maybe I will incorporate those kinds of posts back into my blog. <\/p>\n It is my blog after all. I can write whatever I want.\u00a0<\/p>\n I don\u2019t want to have to think about ranking or SEO or if the post can promote any of my digital products.\u00a0<\/p>\n I just want to write for the sake of writing. <\/p>\n To express myself. <\/p>\n To share about my day. <\/p>\n Maybe it\u2019ll resonate with someone. <\/p>\n Maybe it won\u2019t, but at least I was able to make sense of my thoughts and unpack my emotions for the day.\u00a0<\/p>\n Another form of therapy.\u00a0<\/p>\n But another roadblock was because I felt like I\u2019d changed so much since the last time I was consistent in blogging.\u00a0<\/p>\n 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.\u00a0<\/p>\n So I\u00a0think for a while I lost interest in one of my biggest passions, writing, because of grief.<\/p>\n Now, I\u2019m feeling that itch to want to blog again.\u00a0<\/p>\n I\u2019m taking that as a good sign, a form of healing. <\/p>\n Healing isn\u2019t linear but I take this as a good sign. <\/p>\n The spark to blog is back. I hope this time for good.<\/p>\n And maybe this time I can start with documenting my life since that\u2019s what I feel compelled to do.\u00a0<\/p>\n I\u2019ve been a blogger for more than a decade but this has been the longest time I haven\u2019t posted anything since 2018.\u00a0<\/p>\n I\u2019m hoping that by writing this post it\u2019s one way to get back into blogging.\u00a0<\/p>\n What to write about when getting back into blogging\u00a0<\/p>\n I\u2019m making the steps short and simple so I can follow through.<\/p>\n For those who are still here reading my blog, thank you for sticking around and I\u2019m really hoping I can get back to blogging consistently!!!\u00a0<\/p>\n If you\u2019re on Tiktok<\/a><\/strong> and Instagram<\/a><\/strong>, I update on there almost daily, so that\u2019s where more updates are at.. I\u2019m also trying to get better at live posting there. So come and follow me on there too!!\u00a0<\/p>\n \n<\/div>\n![\"getting](\"https:\/\/www.izzymatias.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/back-into-blogging.jpg\")
The Gameplan To Getting Back Into Blogging<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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