It’s a strange thing to stop blogging for almost 2 weeks. The last post I had was on November 24th. Since then, I’ve been thinking a lot about my blog – its readership, its content, its future. Sometimes it’s important to take a step back in what you do and really understand why you’re doing what you’re doing. That’s exactly what I did.

Through this period of break, which is long considering I’d been blogging every 2-3 days in the past for months, I learned 3 very important lessons in life.

Know Where You’re Headed

It’s crucial to know where you’re going in life if you want to succeed. Everybody knows this but most people don’t take the time to figure out the right direction. I knew I had doubt in what I was doing, and so I had to take the time to figure out what the doubt was.

In my case, it was the question of whether blogging is the thing that I want to do for the rest of my life. Or more specifically, do I have the passion to keep blogging consistently for at least another 5 years? It was a tough question for me to do because I’ve been exploring a lot of different alternatives to blogging and so I started wondering if blogging would bring me the greatest fulfillment.

Not that I don’t have the passion for blogging, I do. But, it’s very practical for our passion to change as we experience more things in life. So, I always keep myself open to a lot of possibilities, while remaining focused on what I do.

You Can Grow Something By Doing Something Else

Content is important in blogging. And I’ve stopped posting them for 2 weeks. Mistake? Maybe, maybe not.

In fact, I’ve been producing content, but not posting them. I wanted to take a short break from the constant posting schedule and see if I could have some new ideas about my blog. For example, I’ve been talking to people about life challenges and how people could get more money other than their current job. The information I’ve learned will prove to be very resourceful since this blog is also about personal development and financial planning.

What I’m trying to say is that sometimes you can have more ideas for the things you’ve been doing for a long time by venturing into something indirectly related. In my case, talking to people about money isn’t really the actual process of blogging (writing), and in fact I didn’t post anything for 2 weeks! But it is important for me to have a more diverse style of writing down the road.

Learn From the People You Meet and the Books You Read

After I stopped blogging for 2 weeks, which eliminated the process of editing, organization of sentences/paragraphs, and marketing, I’ve had much more time to figure out how I would best build my foundation of content that could add value to readers like you.

In the past 2 weeks, I realized the best way for me to obtain useful and new ideas is to talk to the right people and read the right books. In short, be a sponge for ideas and knowledge! Soak up all the great information out there and use it based on your own situation. Don’t be afraid to venture into something new, things will always appear risky if you do not understand it. Find out more and then decide if it’s the right thing for you.

I recently read an article which coincided with my very same thoughts. One of the quotes in the article totally struck me and got stuck in my head, “You are the same today as you will be in five years, except for two things: the people you meet and the books you read.” How true.

If you can make up your mind to learn the best from every person you meet and every book you read, you will never be the same person as you are today, but something much, much more.

Food for Thoughts

It’s important, almost critical, to keep working hard at what you’re doing day in and day out. Hard work is often a crucial element of success. However, it’s also equally important to take a step back once in a while to evaluate your progress and explore new ideas to strengthen your core effort.

Are you on the right track? Is it working?

Is it time to take a break in what you’re doing and find out what works and what doesn’t? Comment below if you have something to say!

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