20 blog post ideas for the uninspired

Things on this blog has been pretty quiet lately. Work has really kept me on toes, even on weekends, I've been working, gosh! I feel so burned out. 

I've been going through a lot of emotional stress lately, sometimes it gets out of hand. So where's the time and energy for the creative juices to flow? Things may be the same for some of you. As I always say, "writing is the best therapy," it helped me definitely to de stress myself in this post. It helped me remain sane and positive. 

Sometimes I run out of blog post ideas. Blog writer's block? Errr....yes! Isn't it insane to keep your crap going on in this internet?

Anyhoo, here are 20 blog post ideas to keep your creative juice flowing or to tackle your writer's block if you've been like me:

1. Review a book/product/film: Share your honest opinion to your readers. This is one of my favorites.

2. Day in the life: Write about a day in your life. From the moment you open your eyes in the morning till the time your head hit the pillow, write about it. Document it. And yeah don't forget to add photos.

3. Make a tutorial: If you're good at something, share it with your readers which would help them.

4. Start a blog series like I did in this 100 things I ❤ series.

5. Create a bucket list or a list of something.

6. Share a recent travel story.

7. Interview someone.

8. Write about your favorite blog/blogger. 

9. Revisit your old blog post with the maximum view count and write a follow up post to it.

10. Get away from the computer, away from the phone and take a stroll outside. Get inspiration from the nature to write. 

11. People watch, one of my favorite activity. Write about the humans of your place/city. 

12. Write about a DIY project. 

13.Write a letter to your 16 year old self. What advice would you give? Or a letter to someone or to some place. 

14. Your week in photos. Instagram could be the best and the easiest app to help you on this.

15. Show what's in your bag. People like to get nosy and want to have a peek inside your bag. You can have a peek inside my bag here.

16. List down 10 things that makes you happy and share it. It's a joy in itself.

17. Blogging dos or don't s.

18. Be a tourist in your own city and let the readers know about places to visit the next time they are in your city. I trust bloggers reviews more than the city maps/guides.

19. Tell us about your favorite TV show. Rant about it if you like.

20. Why you blog? 

How do you stay inspired? 

Things I wish I had known when I started blogging

Blogging is one of the best things I had ever done. In these two years and nine months of blogging I have learned so much and still continuing to do so. This blog is my happy place, a place to escape from the sometimes hard realities in life, a place to nurture my passion for reading and writing. 

It’s the outlet for the creative juice to flow, to share on life’s little sorrows and happiness, a place where I can be myself and most of all feel connected.

I wish I had known these things when I started blogging. Nevertheless, it’s never late. I’m no expert on these things yet I would like to share what I’ve learned about the aspects of blogging here today. 

# Photography: Picture speaks louder and aesthetically. Seriously I find a blog post too cumbersome to read if there are words only and no pictures. Adding an image to the post never harms instead it brings a new facet to the post. And yes make your image as large as possible. 

# Disable your CAPTCHA : This simply turns off your readers from commenting. Lots of verifications to be done. Sometimes I can’t leave a comment because I‘m not able to see the gibberish codes clearly and just to save my time, I rather not comment. Read this post to understand it fairly. 

# Clean Background: I can totally understand that neon orange is your favorite color. But does that mean that you have to keep your blog’s background the same color? It would only mean one thing, to strain your eyes to read. I wouldn’t like to read some dark post which would hurt my eyes, therefore, no matter how good the content is I’ll simply skip that post. Thus, clean white background with black letters is the best deal. 

# About Me Page: When I read a blog and I feel it worth my time, I immediately hover to the ‘about me page,’ to know the person exactly behind the blog. This tells the readers a lot about your blog. So it’s very important to build your about page and yes update it as well. I realized this quite recently and I’ve done it immediately after realizing its importance. 

# Staying inspired: Finally the most important component in the blogging world is to stay inspired. After a while we run out of post ideas and that’s the dead end of the blogging world. This is so true for me. Looking for ideas by reading other blogs is important (CAUTION: No plagiarism BUT of course credit wherever possible). So a blogger means an avid reader too. This would keep us on our toes for fresh ideas, news and updates etc. So reading means staying inspired. 

Hope this would be of some help to newbie bloggers. Happy Blogging.