What Holds you Back?

Is there one big thing that holds you back as a blogger and prevents you from making it big?  Well, I’m sure that we all like to make excuses for why we don’t succeed, but what can you really do about it?  Obviously, this is not the attitude that you want to take if you have any aspiration at all of making it big.  I’m going to admit that my biggest obstacle is time.  I hurt myself by trying to spread myself too thin, and as a result, I have a few blogs that haven’t been updated in a long time.

What I’m suggesting that you do to overcome this blogging obstacle is to take what holds you back, think of the reasons why, and think up of solutions.  It is, after all, up to you to help yourself in this regard.

For me, as I stated before, its TIME.  Here are the reasons why:

•  I Moved - This wasn’t something that I could prevent.  The time needed to be taken in order to imrpove my lifestyle, and hopefully in the end improve my motivation.  I will take advantage of the additional space and nicer facilities to work harder at blogging!
• Too Many Blogs - I spread myself too thin between 6 blogs.  As a result, I wasn’t able to post with the frequency that I liked, and I let some of them get too far.  While I’m not abandoning them, I need to get back to what made me want to blog in the first place, and reestablish the blogs that started it all.  I’ll make sure that I post more frequently on these specific blogs until I feel comfortable to move onto regular posting on an additional one!
• Work - Unfortunately, I don’t make enough money online to not have to work (yet, anyway).  I’ve been putting in a ton of hours at my two other jobs so that I can pay all the bills that have been coming in for the new home, and plenty of other things that I want, such as the 52″ TV I just bought!!!  I’ll tell you guys more about that later.  To overcome this, I’ll see what I can be comfortable with in terms of posting, and try to stick to that schedule.

To help motivate yourself through these goals, allow yourself small rewards if you meet one of them.  For example, if I post 5 posts in each of my blogs in a week, I will buy myself a DVD or something.  Or I can buy one and have a contest!

Do you have things that hold you back?  If so, what will you do to overcome it?