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As promised, I sometimes just cover random blogging thoughts here. Like things I stumble on when working, reading, or - most of the times - when relaxing. So today I realized that the most self-destructing thing you can do as a blogger is writing when don’t feel like it. Here’s why.

Let’s start with one hell of a cliché: blogging is about passion. Sorry, you may have heard that a hundred times now, yet - as always with clichés - it IS true. You might blog for the money as well, but it doesn’t lead anywhere if that’s the only reason. Blogging takes too much effort to make it a logical way of earning money.

So you blog because you love it. Yet after a while, especially when your blog becomes popular, you might start to feel some pressure as well. Readers want updates, you don’t want your number of RSS readers to decline, and you might let down your co-editors. Well.., screw that.

Why? Take a moment and think about the baddest posts you’ve ever written. Got some? Alright.., now go back to the moments you were writing those low-quality posts. Back then, you were probably blogging to fill up space or meet an (imaginary) deadline. Right?

My advice would be to just walk away from the screen when you don’t feel like blogging. Otherwise you’ll become frustrated every time you feel obliged to blog. So long for the passion! Just take my advice, read a book, have a beer with friends, take a walk with your lover, listen to your favorite band and come back to that screen when you’re inspired.

Oh and when you’re inspired, write more than you need to. So by the time you have to fill up some space, you always have a secret stack.