059: 9 Ways to Avoid Blogger Burnout with Bjork & Lindsay Ostrom

Welcome to episode 59 of the Food Blogger Pro podcast! In this episode, Bjork and Lindsay talk about 9 ways to avoid blogger burnout.

 

It’s August and summer is in full swing. As happy as that generally makes us, summer can often be a difficult time for bloggers - it even has its own moniker, the summer slump. During the summer slump, traffic goes down, ad income falls, and worst of all, bloggers can get totally burned out.

Bjork and Lindsay are no strangers to burnout. They’ve both experienced it many times with their businesses. However, they’ve also been intentional about learning how to deal with burnout when it happens and what steps they can take in the future to keep it at bay. In this episode, Bjork and Lindsay share 9 tips (plus 1 bonus tip!) that you can use to avoid blogger burnout.

In this episode, Bjork & Lindsay talk about:

• The importance of taking time fully off
• Why you should pass up good opportunities
• Getting an office for your work
• How to separate yourself from negative comments
• Why it’s okay to not produce 10/10 content all the time
• How unplugging helps you feel refreshed
• Finding other people to talk to about your business
• How to redefine your definition of success
• BONUS: How to be a trickster, not a marauder

Resources:

• foodbloggerpro.com/call
• Lindsay’s “At the Cabin” post from 2015
• CoSchedule (Food Blogger Pro members get a deal on CoSchedule on the Deals page!)
• Asana
• Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert

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