Why I Didn’t Start A Blog

I finally started this blog last August. I say finally because I had been wanting to start one for months. I’ve spent years gathering knowledge about a big variety of topics like healthy living, relationships, and adulting in general and wanted to share what I had learned with others! But I was afraid. I told myself all kinds of “reasons” I shouldn’t do it.

Chances are you’re not contemplating starting your own blog, but my guess is you’re stopping yourself from some other idea or dream. I’m sharing what stopped me from pursuing this dream to encourage you to move forward with yours.

Why I Didn’t Start A Blog: Four Lies I Had To Get Over

I presented these Rachel Hollis style by sharing each reason as a lie I finally realized was just that: not true.

Lie #1: The blog market is saturated

The number of bloggers and influencers has skyrocketed in the last few years. Surely, there was no room for me in the sea of lifestyle blogs and Instagrammers, right? But my story is unique! No one has lived life the way I have. There’s room for all of us.

Lie #2: No one will read it, so it’s not worth my time

When I was considering starting a blog, I thought my metric of success would be readership or likes or followers. That’s what means your efforts are worth it, right? It took a few months to realize that this can be for both readers and me. Not a lot of people read my posts. I’m almost six months in and have less than 100 Instagram followers. But if a couple people learn from my experiences, that’s great. I’m learning so so much from doing this.

Beyond the mechanics of running a website and email service (which you subscribe to here if you’d like!) and showing up with content consistently, I’ve learned how to communicate better, be confident in what I have to share with the world, and push myself to make moves before everything’s perfect. These lessons can apply to other areas of life, making this totally worth the time and effort!

Lie #3: I can’t post photos unless they’re beautiful

“I better start training Hugh how to take good photos of me.” “I need to learn how to edit.” “Should I switch to an iPhone because they take better photos?” All these thoughts ran through my head constantly. We see a lot of really pretty photos online. Everyone has a great camera on their smartphones and filters easily airbrush our skin or make poor lighting work. I thought that if I wanted to start creating content, it all was going to have to look perfect. This was definitely something I had to get over.

Lie #4: People will judge me, so I shouldn’t do it

This is a big one. I was so worried about people I know in real life judging me for blogging or thinking what I post was lame or something. I still have to remind myself that this doesn’t matter! That random girl from high school probably doesn’t even notice when I share my blog posts on my personal social media and if she does judge my content – who cares? Not caring about what other people think is really hard, but is a great exercise in confidence and trusting yourself.

I’m so happy I stopped listening to these lies and went for it! Thank you so much for being here reading this and coming along for the ride!

What’s holding you back from something you want to do?

What came to mind while you were reading this? Are you telling yourself similar lies? I’d love to support you while you go for whatever it is! Comment below, reach out via Instagram, or email me at megan@intentionallymegan.com to connect.