Have you ever felt like your content isn’t good enough or like you’re not a good enough blogger? Like you’re a fraud. Hopefully, you haven’t experienced this but I know that some bloggers do. This could be imposter syndrome related to blogging and can hit anyone from beginners to pros. The good thing is that blogging imposter syndrome is not the end of the world and there are ways to get over blogging imposter syndrome.
Personally, I have a lot of experience with blogging. I’ve done it for almost a decade now. However, there are still days when I get anxiety before hitting that publish button. There are days when I feel like I’m not a good enough content creator to be on here. And that’s where I have to remember that it’s only the voice in my head trying to slow me down.
Over the years, I’ve learnt how to get over blogging imposter syndrome and want to share them with anyone that may be struggling with the same thing:
Acceptance Is Key
The most important thing is acceptance. Accept that imposter syndrome does happen, many bloggers experience it. And many people in general especially when they are actually headed towards success. Our mind has a way of sabotaging us sometimes and we have to understand and accept that.
Acknowledging and processing your feelings in a healthy way is the first step in the right direction.
You Are Good Enough
The second step is making sure you remind yourself that no matter what, you are good enough. As long as you enjoy creating content and sharing blog posts, that’s good enough. Don’t let that mean little voice in your head get your self-esteem down and make you feel like you’re not good enough.
Celebrate Small Wins
One way to get over blogging imposter syndrome is to celebrate every win whether it’s small or big. Even just hitting that publish button could be considered a win. This will help to associate positive feelings with blogging instead of fear and self doubt. It will help you remember that you do belong here and there’s nothing to fear.
Find Your People
What has helped me feel comfortable with blogging more than anything else is finding my people on this platform. By that, I mean people I can socialise with and whose content I enjoy that also enjoy my content. It really made me feel at home especially when I first started blogging and had no idea what I was doing or whether anyone would even want to read my content.
Being part of a community or building your own blogging community is very rewarding but also great at keeping the blogging imposter syndrome away. It encourages you to share content more often because you know there’s always going to be people that are interested in reading it.
Perfection Is Unattainable
I know some (I’m some) would argue that this blog is the epitome of perfection. But believe it or not, this blog isn’t perfect and neither am I…
Lol jk. We all know that perfect is a myth. No one is perfect and no blog is perfect. Perfection is not attainable. So let go and stop trying to make your posts perfect. Instead, focus on sharing the best quality content you can. And that’s good enough.
Focus On You
A lot of times, we may feel like an imposter whether with blogging or otherwise because we’re too busy focusing on others. We care too much about how others will perceive our content, how others will react to us, how many likes/comments/views we’ll get.
The focus of your blog and blog posts should not be others. It should be yourself.
Focus on content that you love creating, try the best you can and the rest is out of your hands. Those that will enjoy your content, will enjoy it. Those that don’t, won’t. But life will go on. That’s how you will find your audience and figure out what works best for you.
Instead of putting pressure on yourself to please everyone else, make sure you are happy with the content yourself. Because that is what is most important.
Enjoy Yourself
The most important thing when it comes to blogging is that you should enjoy yourself. Enjoy creating content, enjoy meeting new people, enjoy making virtual friends. Enjoy it all.
Blogging has so much to offer. People don’t really care much about blogging anymore since social media became popular. But the truth is, to so many of us nothing is better than blogging. People here actually care about you and your content. People take the time to interact and genuinely share their thoughts.
Plus, blogging gives us much more freedom to express ourselves. I can write hundreds or even thousands of words per post. I can use images, share videos, share gifs and so much more. This platform has so many more options and features than any social media platform. So make the best of it and do what makes you happy.
Conclusion
I hope this post shed some light on how to get over blogging imposter syndrome if you’re someone that suffers from that. If you take away nothing else from the post, at least remember this one thing- enjoy your blogging experience. It’s all about enjoying what you do.
Have you ever experienced blogging imposter syndrome? If so, how do you get over that and continue blogging regularly? Let me know in the comments below because I would absolutely love to hear from you. Or simply stop by and say hi!
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