Yup. You read the title correctly.
I have been an absolute failure in blogging as of late.
I don't schedule my posts. I haven't been reviewing books as much as I'd like to.
In total, I've DNF'd five books in the past month.
I am way behind on my ARCs.
When I see one of my ARCs, I pretend it's not there and begin another book. (yay for procrastination!)
Not counting this post, I've only posted three times this month.
I am five books behind schedule on my Goodreads challenge.
*There is a lot more but for the sake of preventing boredom, I won't put ALL of them*
*There is a lot more but for the sake of preventing boredom, I won't put ALL of them*
I have never sucked this much at blogging. For the past month or so, I've been slacking not only in posting, but in reading. It's not that I don't feel motivated to read; it's that nothing has been holding my interest for very long.
So, is this a blogging slump, or am I starting to lose my flair?
I think part of the reason why I've been treating this blog so horribly is because I feel way too pressured. And if I feel pressured to do something that I treat as a hobby, I will cease doing it. I truly, sincerely hope this does not happen with the blog.
Why do I feel pressured? To me, what with all the review copies and the challenges and the goals to post more, blogging has sort of become a chore.
And this is the part where I'm being COMPLETELY honest: it all comes down to the fact that I don't feel like me or my blog are good enough. I see many bloggers posting daily and having flawless reviews and I...am nothing unique.
JUST TO BE CLEAR, I'm NOT doing this for pity or envy or anything. I swear it. This is just a matter of blog/self identity.
My question is, how do you awesome bloggers deal with this? Not only with slumps, but with low blog esteem?