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Stressing occurs almost all the time and it doesn’t matter who you are because you still stress under certain circumstances. If you’re a blog owner, you have probably stressed before or you’re probably still stressing. Blogging seems like a cinch when you’re just watching from the end line, but after you become a blogger, you probably realize that it isn’t as easy as it seemed. Although it may not be as easy, I’ve been seeing a lot of bloggers stressing over keeping the blog alive and I totally understand, but blogging doesn’t have to be stressful at all.

I’m going to start in the beginning to discuss how stressing occurs from the beginning of blogging to the end. As soon as you put down your foot to purchase that domain of yours or sign up for that blogspot account, you have made the decision to start your blogging journey.

Blogging consists of a few simple key points that even the smallest blogger would have to follow the following minimum requirements:

• Design - Come up with something that you and your visitors like to see. Make sure you ask your readers if they would want anything changed.
• Content - Start planning posts/articles to publish for all to see. A reader stays when there is content.
• Dedication - Keep things consistent and don’t slack.

Now you’re probably wondering why I only listed 3 points when there are much more than that. The answer to that is because keeping things simple will let you slide out of the stress causing virus. To tell you the truth, the points above are actually the most difficult things to accomplish, but there’s hope. The only reason why the tasks are difficult and stressful is because you’re thinking too much of the outcome.

The reasons for why blogging causes stress is almost something that you can not get rid of, but first lets see what those reasons are.

• Readership - RSS subscribers seem to be a huge fuss these days and to some bloggers, if this number does raise, it is almost like the end of the world.
• Traffic - Google Analytics, Sitemeter, Awstats (in your Cpanel). All those things tell you how much traffic you’re getting because sometimes RSS subscribers don’t get you unique traffic.
• Comments - Just read my post about “Losing Comments Will Not Kill You“
• Ranking - If you’re not ranked high in rankings such as Alexa, Technorati, and 45n5’s Top 100, it seems like you’re just a passerby as people see your blog.
• Popularity - The blogosphere receives over 10,000 new blogs a day, so gaining popularity is quite hard. Even bloggers like Darren Rowse and John Chow don’t stand out to bloggers in the other part of the blogosphere.

• Money - I put this little section below the rest of the list is because I dislike money making blogs with a passion. The MMO niche is overcrowded, so that’s probably why you’re still not making money.

A little thought to why you’re stressing about the above list would make you realize that it’s totally unnecessary. Who cares if you’re not getting a high RSS count, a lot traffic, hundreds of comments, a high rank in Alexa, a lot of popularity, and even a lot of money. Everything has been put there by your own work. Don’t stress over these type of things because it will make you miserable when you blog. Your readers will know how miserable you are by reading the tone in your posts.

Haven’t you ever heard from a teacher, friend, or family member that if you think too much, you end up failing at what you’re trying to accomplish. That’s exactly how blogging is because if you think too much about what will happen if you do this or what will happen if you do that, you’re just going to stress your heart out.

My personal experience to this is that I’ve been stressing a lot about gaining traffic, high Alexa ranks, and a lot of comments. When I think back to it (only a week ago ), I want to slap myself across the face because I was totally stupid to care about all of that. Sure I want to become a bigger more noticeable blog, but I still need to work on things to get there. By typing these shorter, more casual posts, I’ve been able to stress a lot less.

You must work at blogging as if you’re doing your homework. You can’t expect to Ace a class without studying or practice and that is exactly why you need to stress less and work on blogging.

Do you stress over blogging?