Some blog subjects lend themselves to personal posts, and some even rely on the blogger opening themselves up personally in order to build an audience. But they’re not all like that. If your chosen topic isn’t something that’s particularly personal (for example, parenthood), and is instead something more general (such as, say, a car blog), then there’s not much that adding your personal life to proceedings would add. And in fact, it’s better – for your security, and work/life balance – if you consciously focus on keeping these two spheres of your life separate. Below, we take a look at how you can do this.
Limit the Personal Posts
The first thing is entirely in your hands. Don’t go posting long posts about the details of your personal life. As we said above, they’re unlikely to add much to your blog (though you should have a relatively comprehensive ‘About Me’ section), but the real reason why you’ll want to avoid this is that it’ll make your life easier. You’ll have a lot of responsibilities as a parent, and it can all become a bit murky if you’re wedging your family into matters that could be considered work. It’s simply a lot easier to keep the two in separate parts of your brain.
Time to Write
Your personal life may interfere with the ability to grow your blog, for one very simple reason: to grow a blog takes time and effort, but so does keeping your personal life in check, and of the two, you’ll correctly choose the personal side of your life. Make sure you’re giving yourself time to work on your website by setting aside specific times in which to work. If you know that from 6:30 – 7:30 pm every evening is your time to develop your blog, then you won’t stress throughout the day when your personal life is keeping you busy.
Finances and Mail
There are some logistical matters when it comes to running a blog. You’ll have to pay to keep it up and running, for starters, and there may also be money coming in. To make this easier to track and handle, look at setting up a business account. This will ensure that your finances don’t get tangled up. There’ll be times when you need to use as an address, especially if you’re selling goods or services. Instead of using your home address, use a service like https://physicaladdress.com. It’ll help to keep your blogging business as a separate entity from your home life.
Social Media Channels
If you’re running a blog, then you’ll be well-served by having social media channels, which will help you reach more people. However, it’s best if you’re not overlapping your website’s social media channels with your personal channels. Save your personal posts for your own channel; that way, you can focus all of your energies on solely growing your blog when you’re using your business pages.
An intertwined personal and blog life can sometimes be useful, but if it’s not, keep them apart by taking the tips above.
