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I used to have tons of passion, and somewhere along the way, working as a full time blogger, writing about topics that didn’t interest me, I became sour and lost that passion. I’d really like to “get it back” but I don’t even know how to rediscover it. So if anyone has any tips, I’d be open to them… I miss being passionate about blogging, and I know that Passion trumps everything else…
@David There is always one thing we forget when we are doing things with passion and that’s Time.
It sounds like you need some time for yourself and refresh your mind.
Relax for some time and remeber: We’re no Robots!
You are right in the point! You can be a create writer but that will not be enough to succeed and keep a blog thriving. To achieve that the first thing you MUST have is passion! Good Tip!
I agree that passion is the guide to a successful blog. Passion itself encompasses hard work, commitment and persistence.
“Write What you Love and Not what you can”.
Passion gives your posts value and makes it creative. Good tip Justin.
Oh, I have tons of passion. The trouble is, I tend to get sidetracked …. what I need is direction …. which rule is that?
Passion. Is there a plugin for that?
Kidding… but yeah, have to agree with you, passion is the key to a successful blog – or anything in life for that matter.
- Duane Nason
@David, if the topics “didn’t interest” you then don’t blog about those topics. You can’t have passion for something you don’t care about or are interested in. You should blog about things that do interest you, and the Passion might come back.
@Ian, great article. look forward to more in the series.
I got plenty of passion, I just need a cure for this writers block
Yep, that’s the key.
I began writing on VH1 reality television because it fascinated me.
I’ve been doing it for four years now and I still love it.
Yes, I agree, used Passion ….
I think the key is finding a topic you feel passionate about and build a blog around that topic. If you are passionate about it everything else will come naturally, and blogging will not be an every other day task but your favorite hobby.
Life is a journey and what you can’t let go of today, you may discard tomorrow. Passion is seldom limitless or consistent over long periods of time. As you age, you can accept this as the natural progression of life. Sometimes, you must step away to regain your passion. Think diminishing marginal returns from econ class. Sometimes you must experience something new to see the old in a new light and reignite your passion.
The site I’m building is about my passion. A passion I’ve managed to hold for 22 years. It’s morphed, ebbed, flowed, but it’s always at least a slow burn. When the level is low, I learn something new, teach others or take up a related discipline. After while, the passion returns, but it looks different than before.
Passion is important – it is what motivates you to better yourself. In my profession passion is critical. However, for a blog – a would say you need to find ‘time’ before showing your passion.
Not sure when I lost my passion (last blog post August 09) but I know I lost it, some times I get the urge to write a killer article but something always makes me put it off, I’d say time is the #1 thing you need to be a successful blogger.
Exactly! I use passion both with my blogs and my career and both have been great. I started my first blog about 14 months ago and I was just recently quoted in the NY times. It started out slow but I kept at it and the results have been great.
@Deniz: I am running into exactly that problem. I have more than enough passion and not enough time.
At the risk of sounding cheesy, I must say that this blog post has inspired me to rethink some of my priorities and get bloggin’!
Although I have been reading self development books for years and many of them talk of finding your bliss, doing what you love, etc. 20 years of self development and I was still unsure what my passion was.
Last year I read a book called The Passion Test by Chris and Janet Attwood…
The step-by-step method of finding your passion was just what I needed to pinpoint what really makes me tick.
I highly recommend the book to anyone who is searching for the one thing that makes your heart sing. Because when you find your passion and live your passion, your life will never be the same!
I have no passion at all to be honest and it`s frustrating. Last thing i did passionately was playing volley-ball when I was like 14. I guess I should then start blogging about news in the wonderful world of volley-ball…not necessary. What I and many of you who are reading this should do is try new things – this is the only way of finding your passions. And I did found one, although I don`t have enough money to practice it at the moment, it gives me motivation to work on so I can afford it. (it`s atv riding btw)
I agree that passion is what we all need as blog writers. But passion isn’t necessarily a guarantee that you will be able to feed your family. And when you can’t feed your family, passion is irrelevant.
Passion + Hard Work + Survivability = Success
You are absolutely right..without passion, you would be going nowhere with your blog for sure….It is the first and foremost thing needed to run a successful blog.
Hi justin.. it’s good info .. and I agree, for it
Passion is what drives people. Without it you will start a blog and at some point you will lose interest and stop doing it. Just because you are making money doesn’t mean anything, you need to love what you do while you make money for you to stick with it.
Yes. Passion has carried me this far, but income would be nice right now. Anyone have an idea of how to monetize passion?