The Dreaded Blogging/Reading Slump

   Life takes over, it happens to all of us at some point. Things that prevent us from spending time on our much loved blogs. Normally this happens to me when I get sick or extremely busy. During these occasions my brain will become sluggish at the end of the day and I will choose to watch TV verses needing to concentrate on what I'm reading. So that means I don't get much reading done. The same goes with writing. When I'm super busy I don't really feel like sitting down and writing out a few posts. I'm tired. I don't want to create anything, I want something to entertain me instead, with no work required on my part.

   Sometimes I do read, but actually have no interest in writing a review. Don't get me wrong now, I love writing my blog posts, its just that sometimes it can feel like a bit of a chore. When this happens to me, I end up with around three or so books read, no reviews done up, and a week or so with no posts on my blog. That's when I start feeling guilty. It's also when I start procrastinating to myself that I will try and write up a post before the day is out, but then I don't. Hello blogging/ reading slump.

   This is what I do in that situation. I back off. I don't ever force myself to read when I'm not in the mood for it, if I did I would never retain the information that I read. Since reading is one of my favourite pass times, I know that eventually I will want to read again.  When I do start reading I ALWAYS take notes. Post it notes in a physical copy or highlighting and notations in my ereader. That way I won't forget any of the points I wanted to discuss or any of the smaller parts of the story that I could overlook. Then I can hold off on writing the review until I can get around to it.


   Eventually we all make time for the things that we love, and when those creative juices start flowing again, I grab my notes, sit down with a coffee and my laptop, and bang out a few posts. Normally, I will try and write a weeks worth of posts in this situation because after writing one I get in the zone and just keep going.

    When this happens, I normally end up finding my routine again and I'm all good for a few months. Have you ever experienced the dreaded blogging/ reading slump. If so how were you able to overcome it. share with me peeps, I would love to know. As always, thanks so much for reading.