How To Motivate Yourself To Write The Next Blog Post
Posted by Mert Erkal on Mar 31, 2009 in Blogging | 3 comments
It’s been almost three years since I started blogging. Many people wonder and ask me how I still find enough motivation to write one blog post every single day. Frankly, it is hard to explain. All I can say I certainly can’t live without writing. Having said that, I also face with some performance drops in writing. In this post I will explain how I can still motivate myself to write the next blog post.
I Have A Dream
I try to see the big picture in whatever I do in my life. I don’t focus on short term benefits. I got mastered at thinking ahead, and being proactive. I can sacrifice today for a better future. I have very clear vision in my mind about my future. I truly know where I am going.
I Am Rocky Balboa of Blogging
Last year I left my full time job to become a problogger. I have to prove myself not only to others, but also to my family. Sometimes I feel like I am Rocky Balboa, and listening “Eye Of The Tiger” while writing. Every new blog post means a strong punch from me
What a huge motivation!
I Listen To Rock Music While Blogging
I like Rock music very much. I observed that I find flow in writing when I listen to Rock music. Even if I am in a negative mood, Rock music helps me get over my problems. Therefore I can focus on writing much better than before.
On the other hand, I can not see any difference between a problogger and a rock musician. They both swim against the stream. In a country like mine (Turkey) many people consider a problogger as an Alien
I have recently launched a new blog, www.profesyonelblogcu.com (“problogger” in Turkish) to introduce problogging to Turkish bloggers.
I Don’t Really Care About Top Bloggers
I realized that “so called” top bloggers are making some serious money by selling the dream of making money with blogs to other bloggers. Result: majority of the bloggers are still making less than $15 per month. This is not fair. Therefore I did not really care about what they say. I want to discover the truth by my own experiences. I don’t waste most of my time reading them. My mission is to turn things upside down in the blogosphere. This is a big motivator for me.
Well, that’s all from me. How about you? How do you motivate yourself to write the next blog post? I will be glad to learn from your experiences.

This is an important problem for me,my posts usually is short for this reason.Thanks a lot.I will try it with Rock Music
i often thinks about top blogger and about best post but as you said need to think about our own, good post to motivate to bloggers.
Yeah, think about your own blog post rather than spending most of your time appreciating top bloggers.