Avoid Content Burnout

Written by Kathryn Lang

Eating peanut butter and jelly sandwiches every day will make you tire of eating peanut butter and jelly sandwiches- no matter how much you LOVED peanut butter and jelly sandwiches in the beginning.

The same holds true for any food, but it can also translate over into the activities that you do including the content that you create.

Writing content on the same subject day in and day out can begin to wear down even the most passionate writer.

Trying to build a following in a particular niche or develop an expertise means that you MUST write about the same things or at least create content that relates closely with that niche.

Avoid the compulsion to walk away screaming by mixing things up now and then. Find unique and unusual ways to expand your writing repertoire in order to boost your enthusiasm in your niche once again.

Tips to Change Things Up and Keep Content Fresh

1. Spread out the work

2. Take a break - set a timer for 50 minutes and then stop working when that alarm goes off. Take a ten minute break to go out and enjoy a brisk walk, sit in the sun or maybe do a chore or two. The change in scenery and activity will help to give your writing a boost when you return. Working in these one hour time blocks will also help you keep your work moving along which will leave you more productive at the end of the day.

3. Make a friend – writing can be lonely work. Meeting friends that also write will help you cope with the isolation. Visit writing forums, websites and other locations to connect with writers through those sites. You can share Facebook pages, IM links or other social media so that you will have someone to chat with when the writing burnout tries to set in. Be sure to limit your chat time so that it does not begin to dominate your content writing instead of just inspiring your writing.

4. Put off finding ways to put things off – in other words, kill procrastination. The due dates will come, the deadline will arrive and time will continue to march forward. Start projects as soon as they are set and then break them up into workable pieces so that you get the job done and avoid burnout along the way.

5. Do something extra – send a note to a friend or write your spouse a poem. Let the words come out in ways that have nothing to do with your content and you will find that your content improves with each exercise.

Too much of anything becomes unappealing. Keep your content fresh by changing up what you write, taking breaks from the normal way of doing things and allowing your creative spirit to wonder now and then.

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