What does it mean to surrender to blogging fun?
“Surrender to blogging for fun”, Ryan Biddulph wrote when I asked him if there is nothing else to say about blogging than only tech stuff? Is this not getting boring? We have millions of articles about SEO, Email lists, how to start blogging, and…..
I saw his picture of the Cafe Surrender and thought, “innovative.”We talked about I had the Idea and he got what I mean. Read his post about it; he is so much better at writing about it than I am.
Does blogging not have to be also fun?
Blogging and Surrender
Erika said it.
I agree.
Email lists.
SEO.
Opt-ins.
Lead in hooks.
Calls to action.
What has blogging become?
I get it. Bloggers tend to follow specific practical tips. I advise following some practical tips because we do move into certain actions to succeed.
But 99% – I am not kidding – of bloggers have no idea that blogging is an energy game, not a robot game, not an action game, and certainly not a practical tips game.
To make matters worse, top bloggers, failing bloggers and everybody in between seems to say you NEED to do SEO, build a list, offer a free lead magnet, etc, etc, etc, etc.
No. You do not NEED to do anything because no specific action yields blogging success. Your energy yields success.
How?
Surrender.
Surrendering completely to blogging for fun, taking the easy but uncomfortable route and trusting 100% in yourself and in the Universe’s care and love for you is the path to stunning blogging success. Complete, full, devoted surrender to energy, fun service, generosity, and detachment from outcomes has nothing to do with SEO, pain points, or email lists.
I have not built an email list actively for over a year. I do email my list now only because it feels fun and easy. But for no other reason. I pay virtually no attention to SEO. I do not focus heavily on pain points.
But…..I do write for Positively Positive. Here. Check out the contributor list for Positively Positively. How in the heck can a guy with a tiny list, who does no SEO and who ignores most allegedly MUST DO blogging tips, contribute alongside Mark Cuban, Seth Godin, and Jack Canfield for a million-member community?
Blogging success is surrender. Surrender to what feels fun and easy but sometimes uncomfortable to you, and surrender to full trust in self and trust in the Universe.
Follow a Few Practical Tips and Surrender the Rest
Follow a few practical blogging tips. Create. Connect. Does list building feel fun and pretty easy? Yes? Build a list. If list building does not feel fun….do NOT build a list. Surrender list building. Surrender SEO, too, if it feels heavy, robotic, and clunky. Also, surrender everything that does not feel fun for practical blogging tips that do feel fun.
Do those fun things again and again until the fun, practical blogging tips become easy for you to execute. Keep executing daily, even as you nudge into uncomfortable fears like the fear of wasting your time, the fear of criticism, the fear of failure, and the fear of poverty. Trust in yourself. Trust in the Universe.
Doing SEO does not make you successful. Your passionate fun executing SEO so much that it gets really easy to you, and doing this easy thing, even if stuff gets uncomfortable, leads to stunning success.
But you need to surrender all those practical blogging tips first, to do what feels most fun to you in order to get the blogging success practice flowing and going.
Surrender to Avoid Overwhelm
One blogger I chatted with recently seemed overwhelmed. She said how she needed to grow an email list to succeed. I stopped her immediately, telling her to have fun, enjoy the ride, and be generous to succeed. Whether you build a list or podcast or do live videos or write articles flows to you intuitively when you decide to do what feels fun to you.
Surrender to avoid being overwhelmed by the avalanche of practical blogging tips bloggers say you need to execute in order to succeed. Nope. I have fun writing posts, writing guest posts, and commenting genuinely on blogs, and I am doing A-OK.
So….surrender!
Thank you, Ryan, for being generous 🙂
Ryan Biddulph can help you become a successful blogger at Blogging From Paradise.
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What is your opinion?
Are you ready to surrender to blogging for fun?
What is your take?
Hi Erika mam and Ryan, Wonderful post, your thoughts about blogging is completely different. You are right any work we do we must enjoy that work completely to get success.
Hi Sazia,
You got it, my beautiful friend.
Work without passion and love will no bring success.
And you did prove it works 🙂
Thank you
Erika
Indeed! Erika. I think doing something for the sake of doing never helps. We must love what we do. Doing the things we love gives us immense satisfaction. Thanks
Right, Jamshed
If we do what we love, it seems not like work and at the end of the day it is a good feeling.
Thank you for your comment
Erika
blogging is supposed to be like this where blogging is all about fun and not just thinking of making money. very interesting post, this is what I call passionate on what you do make it the best life ever.
Hi Paul,
you are right, blogging has to be fun as well. If we are not passionate and love what we do, it will show.
People also will feel it is only to make money.
Better to do blogging joyful.
Thank you for your comment
Erika
Hello Erika Ma’m,
it is said “Do what you love” and “love what you do”.
If you are in love with what you are doing, success is almost guaranteed.
I started blogging without knowing the fact that what I was doing was called “Blogging”, and about earning, I never thought of. I started because I love the idea of sharing your knowledge online to avail for thousands or millions of people around the web.
So, since I started as I loved, now this becomes my profession, and I was able to quit my day job, and everything is great.
Thank you for this refreshing post.
Have a great Day.
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Hi Atish,
You are right, doing what you love is the best.
Like you, I too did not know much about blogging. I know your story and I am glad that you could make it and be a successful blogger.
Keep your good attitude and all the best
To your successful life
Thank you for your comment
Erika
Hi Erika! Blogging is like a marathon race versus a short distance sprint, so enjoying the process is definitely helpful! I have started numerous websites and did not stick with it because I was not having any fun. So, in my experience, enjoying the process and having fun with your blog does seems to be the key to working through all the learning curves (hurdles). Thanks!
Kimberly Nickson recently posted…Keto Breakfast Wrap With Minced Breakfast Sausage, Onion, Pepper & Fresh Roma
Hi Kimberly,
Yes, you are right. Blogging also has to be fun and this is only if you really like what you do.
Also if you have knowledge about your niche and love to learn more about. If not, there is no enthusiasm and it gets boring.
Keep blogging about what you love and have fun.
Thank you for your comment
Erika
Hi Erika, I love this! You should only do SEO if you like doing it otherwise you will never stick with it or blogging. You will stick to what you love doing! I’ve seen too many bloggers come and go over the years because of that. Ryan has it 100% correct. Glad to see you are following him. He has been one of my mentors for the past decade Erika. Have a great day!
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Hi Lisa,
you are right. Not everybody likes this SEO stuff but with the plugins like Yoast or RankMath is not a big thing to do the basics.
I have rather the feeling many come and go because they thought they can make a lot of money overnight and did not really love what they do. This is the wrong approach. It needs enthusiasm and the love to share knowledge. Yes, Ryan is correct and this is why I like what he is writing and doing. He shares his experience which can help many who are really dedicated. The ones who think only of making money and do not want to work for it may better stay away from blogging. As Ryan said we have to be able to surrender and have fun.
Thank you for your comment and for sharing your insights
Erika
Hi Erika,
I’m totally on board with this.
Forget the tactics and just let go.
Have some fun.
This is where passion comes into play.
We will only have fun if we’re doing something, and writing about something, that we’re totally passionate about.
-Donna
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Hi Erika,
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Stay blessed and see ya.
Pinkey Sen.
Pinkey Sen,
You are right, standing out is a challenge for many. Good content, images, and persistence and continuous promotion matters. I am glad you liked my content.
Thank you for your comment
Erika
Hello Erika,
My experience is that most people don’t love their work. Many like it some tolerate it, but it is a minority who find work they love that also supports their lifestyle.
We all need to love life to fully benefit from it. People who love their jobs feel proud of where they spend the majority of their time every week. Passion and love for your work will always boost your success graph.
Eventually, thanks for sharing your wonderful thought with us.
With best wishes,
Amar Kumar