Should You Quit Blogging? |

October 7, 2026 blogging tips 🕑 6 minutes read

Nizwa, Oman

Everyone reaches the point of considering this question.

Blogging is not for everybody. Becoming a professional blogger is only for a small lot. Anyone can go pro. I encourage you to go pro if you feel resonant with the blogging platform. But at some point, either you know blogging seems to be your path for a bit or you realize blogging no longer serves you.

Quitting?

Understanding the difficulties we all encounter reveals clearly why most bloggers quit. I get it. I feel you. After blogging for a while, I still slam into strong resistance at times because no matter how long you blog, leveling up is necessary.

Leveling up feels freeing, fun and sometimes overpoweringly scary, exhausting and not worth the effort.

Obstacles arise consistently. Do you want to deal with resistance? Or does quitting feel like the right choice for you? Worry not. No right or wrong answer exists. Either blogging is for you or it’s time to do something else.

Never become psychologically attached to blogging or else you will not see clearly. Quitters cannot see that they need to blog for just a bit longer for their next breakthrough, if too attached to blogging.

Bloggers who should quit torture themselves for years, wasting their time on something best released to do something else that sings to them.

Does this Sound Odd Coming from Me?

I know this blog post topic sounds odd coming from me. See the journey through but only if you genuinely love blogging. If not, mail it in. Let go blogging. Do something else.

Blogging is one of many ways to profit online. I am partial toward being a pro blogger but also encourage you to take my advice or to leave my advice. Do what works for you.

Your blogging journey is personal. Follow your path.

Should You Quit Blogging?

At the end of the day, decide for yourself whether or not to continue blogging. Go within. Obtain enough information to weigh different viewpoints. Spend time in quiet.

Make the best decision for you and your family. Everything genuinely hinges on you. Never forget that. You decide whether to move forward with blogging or to move in a different direction.

Beware Who You Trust

Never make decisions solely based on feedback from friends, family or readers. Imagine if I had listened to most folks back when I trashed my old blog to create Blogging From Paradise? The majority of people who heard about my shift bemoaned my move. More than a few suggested I scramble for ways to save and convert the 3,500 blog posts.

I understand their concern but more than a few offered feedback through the filter of the fear and loss. Would I want to trust loss? Why would I make such a critical decision by listening to someone suffering from the fear of loss?

I had to release the old blog to make room for Blogging From Paradise. Based on feedback alone I may have made a mistake in clinging to the old blog. Friends, family and loyal readers often mean well but how many have clarity, confidence and detachment enough to offer spot on feedback?

Some may be attached to you, your blog and your prodigious blogging skills. Others simply advise “not to give up”, being ignorant of how you genuinely feel. Trust your gut before everyone else to make the right decision for you.

All answers flow from within. As odd as it sounds, we know the answers to all life problems. But we need to get help from others to find out answers sometimes as guides teach what ego obscures. Bloggers often appear at the moment you need these people to offer you timely advice. At the end of the day though, trust your gut.

Keep Blogging

Why should you keep blogging?

Blogging feels fun most of the time. Moments of frustration arise here and there. Be at peace with discomfort. Keep blogging. Do not quit. Blogging is for you based on your predominant feeling of love, passion and relaxation about blogging. Blogging is a feeling thing. Never forget that how you feel dictates your blogging direction.

Passionate, fun-loving bloggers need to keep going. Even if you feel some deep fears, suffer temporary setbacks or slam into some hopeless moments, you need to keep going. Keep blogging. Go for it. Do not quit. Do not give up. Allow your feelings to be the guide. Let your inner pull guide you. Intuitively, we know when to keep blogging and when to quit. Feeling good most of the time clearly indicates you are not done with blogging yet.

Factors

you feel good about blogging most of the time
blogging work tends to flow smoothly
you feel energized sufficiently to dissolve blogging obstacles with solution-based thinking
you hold realistic expectations for your newbie blogging journey

Warning

Do not use quantitative factors alone to assess your blogging career, in terms of deciding whether to blog or to quit blogging. How can numbers on a screen alone dictate whether to blog or to quit? Avoid using stats-mad approaches to figuring your blogging path.

Bloggers stare at a screen, observe numbers, observe specific low energy feelings triggered, and throw in the towel solely based on numbers. Madness. Never let numbers rob you of your dream.

Some passionate bloggers even quit if numbers do not seem big enough to their ego’s liking. Do not make this shockingly common mistake. If you love blogging, keep blogging.

Ride out the Blogging Bumps

Blogging is not always a peachy-keen journey. Passionate bloggers struggle, fail and sometimes want to quit. Human beings are dynamic creatures experiencing a wide range of emotions. Be at peace with riding out blogging bumps.

Never make the blanket assumption that fun-loving bloggers never want to quit or never slam into stout obstacles. Goodness knows I have. Every blogger who puts in years nudges through obstacles sometimes. This is par for the course

Understand how every pro blogger suffers through low points. Never believe that it’s quitting time solely because you slammed into strong resistance. Edge through the lows. Tomorrow is another day. If your heart tells you to keep blogging simply keep at it.

Quit Blogging

Blogging may not be for you.

Do not worry; you have billions of other things to do with your life. Blogging is simply one thing you choose to do or choose to not do. No big deal. Never make a huge deal out of blogging because doing so forms attachments to an activity often best left behind. Goodness knows I attached to my old blog for way too many years before knowing I could simply let it go.

I pondered quitting a few times during my blogging career. But I kept blogging because I did not flash any of the below warning signs.

Warning Signs

lack blogging motivation most of the time
a dearth of fresh content on your blog
slam into writer’s block every time you try to publish a blog post
after creating and connecting generously for years you have yet to make more than a few bucks and traffic never seems to grow
general feeling of depression, hopelessness and despair concerning your blogging career

Perhaps you spot the above warning signs 1 month into your blogging malaise. Only you know. Trust your intuition. Honor your inner pull. Know that following your fun pulls you in different directions at various points of your life.

I loved playing basketball for decades but lost my passion and quit the game. Bodybuilding became my passion. After losing my bodybuilding fire, I jumped into blogging. I intend to be doing something else with my life down the road. I love blogging but passions change.

You know the answer. Spend time in quiet. Allow your inner pull to reveal itself.

There is no shame in quitting blogging. Admitting that you need to move in a different, fun direction is a bold, brave move.