Trying to do ALL the Things

You guys, blogging is HARD sometimes.  I've been blogging for almost 6 years, so obviously I've known this for a while, but I don't always realize it because I'm so used to it.

I mean, blogging is one of my hobbies and brings me a lot of joy and happiness, but it's also become part of my weekly routine-- to the point where I think I do a lot of it on auto-pilot.  I'm just so used to blogging and everything else that comes along with it-- and there are A LOT of things that come along with it.

I'm sure most of you know, but blogging is more than just writing out posts and hitting PUBLISH.

There's:

• the promotion you have to do to get your posts out there in front of people
• the emails you have to answer
• the schedules you have to keep
• the pictures you have to take
• the Twitter account you have to keep up with
• Facebook promotion
• Pinteresting your posts
• the little things you have to do to keep your blog updated
• oh yeah, and actually reading the books

Also, I've started running blog tours, which is basically everything I do for my regular blog x's 2.  More tweeting, more emailing, more Facebooking, more reading, more posts to format, more graphics to make, more pictures to take.  AND I started a podcast with some friends (called WE KNOW WHAT YOU DID ON FEAR STREET), which I also try my best to help promote through Twitter and our webpage.

Sometimes, I wake up out of my blogging bubble and realize that "OMG I can't keep up!!".

But the main reason I started writing this post is because I've been sitting here feeling guilty about not posting on Instagram.

I know it sounds dumb, but I genuinely feel bad that I haven't touched my Instagram (or my blog tour's Insta) since July.  The reason being that it was all getting to be too much. Taking pictures everyday, tweeting everything that I want to tweet, and emailing everyone I need to email, and posting all the posts-- something felt like it needed to give for a while.  Unfortunately, that ended up being Instagram.

I know it's not a big deal.  I don't get paid to post products and I'm not a rep for any companies or anything, so the only person who really cares about it is me--- but damn it, I REALLY DO CARE.  I can't even explain why I care, but by not doing it, I feel like I'm failing at part of the blogging process.  I should be able to do all the things, right??

Also, I feel like Bookstagram is another way of showcasing books that I get for review and giving them exposure.  Some books don't end up working out for me, but if I Bookstagram them, then I feel like I'm giving that book at least some sort of spotlight.  I feel super guilty that I haven't been sharing those books.

My goal in the next week or so is to get back into that groove.  Obviously I'm not going to post every day-- and I'm not even going to strive to post every day.  I feel like 3 days a week is a good goal for me.  Plus, I'd like to feature some of our blog tour books on our blog tour Insta.  If I can just get this back into my regular blogging routine, I feel like it will work.  I just need to push through for right now.

Let's Talk:
If you blog, do you find yourself becoming overwhelmed (or just whelmed) by all the things that go along with it that don't have anything to do with the actual post writing part??  Have you ever had to let part of your blogging process go for a while?  Do you have any advice for keeping it all going?