A Typical Day in the Life of a Blogger…
Every occupation or profession or passion or position we hold has a lifestyle typical to nature of the role we play, there is something so uncommon for each such life we all adore to lead and there is something that is so common we all abhor staying long.
In the deal what matters is how is a typical day.
It is way we deal with our day that design’s our life’s destiny.
BLOGGERS are no exception. The choice is ours. Choosing to do blogging is again entirely our choice. We may take it as a hobby or make it as our profession, the choice is ours. We want to continue providing free content or make some part of our content paid one is once again our choice. The frequency of posting, everyday day to every week is our choice. The topic we would like to debate and discuss is our choice. The bloggers we all want to follow and which all posts we want to read and comment is our choice? The choice is unlimited.
The component of intrinsic potential and unlimited possibilities…
The life of a blogger varies widely and deeply depending on what age & stage of the blogging journey we are in, just started, have traveled miles, lost are way and don’t know what to do, have traveled miles and are very clear what to do next, an established blogger, a highly successful blogger, are constantly on the crossroad, are constantly resetting purpose of the journey and ultimately it is the space of blogging is about experimenting and exploring the area beyond the boundaries of self, family, friends and fraternity to engage with the unknown space of excitement and expectation…virtually meeting people with whom we would have otherwise never met and perhaps will never meet them in real; this mystical facets and fascinating aspects is what makes the defining difference in what the life of a blogger will manifest as and that a typical day will customarily mirror that stage and state of mind.
The element of uncertainty and the unexpected…
First, irrespective of the phase of blogging there are certain things that are common and and cannot be escaped or there cannot be any trade off.
Second, there are certain things that are embedded to the specific area or topic of blogging and that very aspect does vary from bloggers to bloggers.
Third, it depends on whether blogging is just a hobby i.e. a loose extension of the passion or blogging a profession a serious pursuit towards excellence.
Fourth, if not in the business of blogging the nature of day’s engagement would be fundamentally different from being engaged towards making money.
Fifth, based on the core competency of the blogger, the day’s core activity will get constructed and constituted, and then get executed and extended.
If I am a TRAVEL blogger, most of my time will be expanded in travelling. Unless I do that I don’t do justice to my travel content. Yes, one day I’m in one fascinating place and the other day I’m in another not so fascinating place, one needs to learn the art of balancing the good day and the not so good day. If I am a PHOTOGRAPHY blogger, most of my time will be spent clicking and capturing the beautiful moments. The moments then get frozen and framed. It calls for patience and technique, one need to develop both otherwise there won’t be the convergence of the perfect picture. If I am a FOOD blogger, my time will be in the kitchen keeping the recipe ready to get one more new dish out on the table or in the restaurant trying an interesting cuisine. I need to keep testing the odds and so as to even out the odd and get the better off in the taste. If I am a FASHION blogger, I have to keep trying the make ups and making the break ups towards stitching my fashion statements. The fabric matters. The color counts. The design and demand need to be balanced and fashion blogger keeps doing the factor of fathoming act. There is an enactment. If I am TECHNOLOGY blogger, I have to keep developing solutions and testing the outputs, and enhancing the user experience and engagement. It is into dissecting the software codes to decoding the technical jargon and talking about the meaning that matters to the users and simplifying it to be understood and appreciated.
Blogger's atypical day's life is about learning the art of leveraging the living place between the virtual and the real space. Click To Tweet
For every blogger, there is a core component of blogging and that very core drives the day’s activity. For every blogger as stated there is something common and cannot be compromised or be sidetracked, and these are about researching and searching, content writing, creative thinking, commenting meaningfully and conversing collaboratively with fellow bloggers to constantly conceptualizing newer ideas to keep the engine ignited.
There are broad categories and there are niche areas, choice is ours. I was lost between the two, should I go for the broad category or should I stick to a niche area. I gave a deep thought. I didn’t get the solution. I was unable to confer between both ends of the spectrum. Not that I couldn’t fit but I was not convinced nor was I satisfied in the fitment. There was something missing. The question that popped up that after all at the fundamental level blogging is all about freedom, expression, engagement and experience.
It is an experience of choice.
It is an extension of passion.
It is not a confinement.
It is not a condition.
It is creation.
A day in the life of any blogger is about creation. A day in the life of any blogger is about writing.
“The creation of content.”
A day in the life of any blogger is about deep thinking.
“The critical part of thinking.”
A day in the life of any blogger is about analysis, the analysis of traffic.
“The control on traffic.”
A day in the life of any blogger is also reading and responding, reading what’s happening in the blogosphere.
“The art of commenting.”
The habit of reading. A day in the life of blogger is also about connecting with the community.
“The community connection.”
A day in the life of a blogger is also about disconnecting from the digital world and connecting with the real world. Click To Tweet
A typical day in the life of blogger is also to see there is a life outside blogging.
Blogging is not only about writing, thinking, and controlling things but also about enjoying, living and entertaining self, the lifestyle matters and the lifestyle of a blogger is not the same as a non-blogger. Blogger’s lifestyle undergoes a change just not a minor change but a major shift in the way the blogger lives his or her life. Blogging by very nature drags us more into the vortex of the virtual world make us apparently more social in the virtual world and virtually make us less social in the real world. Though this phenomena is rapidly changing with the increasing physical meets of the blogging community, but the very fundamental nature of the work as blogger have to have more presence in the virtual space…certain things are just not negotiable.
Quintessentially, the day in the life of a blogger is a day full of excitement, is a day full of engagement, is a day full of expression, is a day full of creation, and is a day full of connection. The degree definitely varies depending on where we are and what stage of blogging we are into, the style varies but the substance need to remain for us to keep growing. Style can take us so far not farther and it is ultimately the substance that sustain the day of a blogger into week to into month and then into years.
Just like LIFE we have ups and downs, good and bad, happiness and hibernation, hot and cold, day and night…so the day in the life of a blogger cannot be without night fall, there will be days where things will monotonous and mundane without any iota of motivation to come to the very space which just the other day was so delightful has suddenly become so unpalatable…those are the testing days in the life of any blogger and it could be any day, and this slump and slide is also a typical day in a BLOGGER’S life and the ability to lift our self and loft newer perspectives that determines our destination.
Indeed, the typical day of a passionate and purposeful blogger is what we all aspire, as it is atypically factored with fun, frolic and fascination…MEANINGFUL!!!
Note: It is about the BEAUTIFUL message on BLOGGER’S day not the day out of a PHOTOGRAPHER as deceptively depicted in the PICTURE…

Hi Nihar,
I appreciate the way you have delved deep into the lives of bloggers!
Blogging can be fun if you write just for yourself, to satisfy your own creativity…to explore your own self…you would be amazed at the stories that keep sneaking out slowly, even the words that you use to weave those stories keep mushrooming, the dreams, the desires, the aspirations all combine to assist you in giving vent to all those sentiments and emotions that lie buried and have never been communicated!
Blogging can give another shape to your personality, it can reveal your neglected aspect, it can transport you into a new world, where you get to learn new lessons! Yes! It is about creative thinking and conversing…thoughts flow spontaneously!
At the same time blogging could be very stressful if you take it like a medicine, if you try to blog everyday, if you feel it is a kind of competition and profession. It depends on how you approach blogging and the way you handle it. For a photographer, it can be thrilling beyond his imagination. For a travel blogger, it is nothing less than a part of his adventures…these two can make blogging exhilarating! A successful blogger would be the one who can merge real life into his imaginative world and maintains the balance between the two.
Thanks for sharing eye-opening reflections.
Indeed Balroop, you have presented a such a wonderful perspective. It brings out onto the fore the hidden side of our personality and the stories and the emotions lying dormant over the years, human mind and memory is the most fascinating repository of stories and only a fraction of it get the outlet in the conventional medium to connect to the world outside us. It keeps piling within us and it keeps burdening us with those highly emotional and some time very painful experiences and we are desperate to share and lighten ourselves but we are limited in the mode and medium of expressing our thoughts…blogging has changed that very dimension and have brought about a fundamental change.
I agree, once we start blogging it gives a new outlook to our personality and it reveals many facets otherwise not know ourselves also, many times we are surprised to know about some of our latent potential, lost deep within us…and it does transport us to whole new world, no denying about this major shift in our personality.
Yes, it is all about the purpose of blogging, if we are writing for ourselves and satisfying our creativity, and exploring self then it is enjoying but the moment we take it is a competition and profession, then all the attributes of stress, targets, measures and control comes into picture and we wear a different lens.
In the ultimate analysis what matters is the balance in life and the balance comes from learning the art of managing the real and the virtual space with equanimity…
Thanks once again for sharing such a powerful analysis, it truly reflects the thoughts of a passionate and purposeful blogger like you…you always bring that unique value onto the space of blogging.
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Hi Nihar, First and foremost, I would like to thank you for delving deep into the mindset and lives of bloggers. Anybody who wishes to know what blogging is about and it takes to be a blogger should read this post.
Yes, blogging could be a hobby or a business. It could start as a loose extension of passion, and could develop into the pursuit for excellence, or into a business depending upon opportunities available. Blogging requires rigour, as it involves structuring your thoughts, in conceptualizing new ideas, presenting them in a meaningful, coherent, and interesting manner, and in creating engagement. Since the cycle has to be repeated over and over again, obviously, it starts overlapping with a blogger’s real life as well. It is easy to get sucked up in the vortex of the virtual world. I loved how Balroop has summed it up about merging real and imaginative world and maintaining the balance between the two.
Besides, as you have said that style is important but substance cannot be compromised upon, if one has to attract the right kind of audience. Exploring a theme, and collaboration with bloggers ignites the imaginative streak. So, even if one is not using blogging for generating income, it can definitely be used as a means for enhancing creative thinking.
Btw read today that UC Media is looking at integrating user generated content from blogs. That might create opportunities for bloggers.
At the outset Somali thank you for your generous compliment and as always your insightful analysis. I agree whether we make money or not or we are seemingly not successful in the eyes of others but the very engagement in this space makes us creative in our thinking and productivity in our other works. It has a rub off affect. The affect are positive and produce a good result in our other sphere of work. Blogging is a purposeful and meaningful engagement, the exploration into the world of ideas, thoughts and topics makes us wise and a better person with so many new perspective we keep developing by reading the blogs. Yes, Balroop idea of merging the two worlds is indeed striking…
The big dilemma of whether to continue as a passion or graduate to the role of a profession, is what keeps haunting us all at some stage of our blogging life and it is quite natural and there is nothing wrong in this question and answer to this question is not universal and is specific to each individual aspiration and vision.
The biggest challenge once we reach a stage is all about the consistency and meeting upto the demand of routine and rigour of producing the quality stuff…here is where we all need the determination and the support system to get the inertia out of our system…the crossroad.
Somali what is this UC Media, could you through some more light and it seems quite interesting and new avenues and ways to take our blogging content far and wide is always fascinating to know and incorporate into our otherwise limited space.
You always keep exploring such new things and I always look forward to knowing such opportunities and options to expand our horizon of blogging…
Have a lovely week ahead.
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Thanks Nihar. Here’s the link to the news.
https://www.telegraphindia.com/pressrelease/nv/50861/uc-news-announces-uc-we-media-compensation-plan-for-self-pub.html
I am yet to explore it on their website though.
You too have a wonderful week ahead. 😊
Thanks Somali, will check it out and lets see what good comes out of it…
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Nihar, Wanted to let you know that I tried it out and published a post. Also synced by blog with the platform Sharing the link to my first post here http://c.mp.ucweb.com/detail/0e2fdb96ed94409e942d4987e759edf5
That’s good Somali, how is the process and what we can look from it.
Let me know your views, I will follow your step…
Yes, I will check out your link.
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You have to sign up on the platform, register as an individual with a website. You can create posts on the platform and also sync your existing blog with the platform. They have an app called UCNEWS (link given in the post shared). This may result in increased visibility for the blog. There is also a compensation plan for bloggers who meet certain criteria. I wrote the post just to get an idea of how it works. After publishing noticed that it has several errors. It’s not the exactly the content of the post but the look and feel of the platform that I wanted to share. Their editor is somewhat rudimentary as of now.
Yes Somali, it is the quality and service offered by such platform that matters. The people behind and the professionalism is vital to it’s success. Also, the product or service needs time to mature, the idea seems to be a good idea, giving vehicle to whole gamut of creative content and voices which can contribute and make a difference to the news and views that we all look forward from a formal channel, there has to be balance and bridge between the informal and the formal platform…this could be the beginning, and the answer to question that was left unanswered for long…
Let’s hope for the best and will look forward to more of your feedback, to take a plunge into it.
Thanks Somali for an insightful feedback.
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Hi Somali, I just wanted to know your experience with the Amazon Kindle publication Lei.
Is it worth doing such publication through the amazon kindle route or have you explored other means for e-book publication which is more rewarding.
It will be great if you can through some more light on it, as always you provide such brilliant insights.
Thanks in advance.
Have a lovely weekend.
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Hi Nihar, Sorry I saw this now, pretty late.
I have opted for KDP for my ebook, which restricts authors from publishing the ebook on any other platform. The advantage is that if any reader, who has subscribed to the KDP program browses through the book, the author gets paid some small amount. That’s the reason I did not explore other platforms.
If you are planning to go for the ebook version, you may want to have it on Amazon, flip kart etc…in that case, you should not opt for KDP.
Pls do let me know if you need for info.
Have a great week ahead!
Not vat all, no problem Somali, O! I see the KDP one limits the publishing options with other platform but the browsing through the book seems is a good feature.
I was exploring the Amazon publishing feature, not sure, I was keen to know how exactly they support and what are advantage compared to others…
Also how has been your experience with the KDP for ebook? What is your suggestion?
Thanks as always Somali.
Nihar, Amazon allows you to launch campaigns where you can giveaway the book for free or at a reduced price. But ultimately you yourself have to make sure that more and more people download your book during the campaign and after that. Also you need to select an appropriate genre that allows you to get a higher ranking for the book with lesser downloads. Once the ranking improves, visibilty on Amazon improves. Then your book may show up more often as a recommended purchase. But ultimately getting people to see and download your book on Amazon is your responsibility….
Somali, this is very informative and thanks for such an insightful inputs. Yes, as it all goes to running a campaign and boils down to the number of downloads…getting to the list of recommended purchase is we all look for it. The amazon platform seems to have better reach and perhaps more professional in their dealing…
Thanks Somali being so generous and prompt in responding…
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You’re welcome Nihar.😊
Thanks Somali…
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Hey Nihar, You have spoken for all of us, a breed called Bloggers. Its a good insight on the day of a blogger- My favorite topic and inspiration for a series of posts on my Blog. Loved it when you say- a day full of excitement, a day full of engagement, a day full of expression, a day full of creation, and a day full of connection….But yes, its never been a stress for me. I write only when I feel like. Reading is an element I cannot live without. Its an indispensable part of my Blogging life.
So well said Upasna; it is never a stress for us as we are deeply passionate about blogging…there is so much in this space and that have so much explore and engage we need more time and we need more activity to get the best of both world of writing and reading…
We as blogger have created a breed of our own and we have set our own rules and we agree to disagree, and we make and break rules and we do things on own terms and so much freedom and so much we learn and share…it is difficult to define and confine in this space without getting the excitement and inspiration that keeps driving us and keeps us on the go…
Thanks so much Upasna and always great to have you here.
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Roget that 🙂
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Hi Nihar. You have detailed elaborately what goes on in the minds of a blogger each day. We are plotting and researching when we are not blogging. I used to feel distressed before when I couldn’t keep up with my blogging schedule. But now a days i take it as it comes and don’t fret over the blogging breaks I take. Blogging is definitely a choice and it shouldn’t turn out to be a burden.
Hi Maliny for staying by and sharing such a nice perspective.
Indeed we get into a constant mode of searching, planning and preparation so that we can compose our post. It is like an orchestrate where a whole set of things and support activities keep happening around us so as to create that post. In this cycle of following the routine and regime of posting regularly we loose the very idea and plot of enjoying what we are doing rather than setting targets and getting caught in the juggernaut of competitive blogging…at the very fundamental level blogging is about freedom and fun and it provides the much needed space to play around and be our self…and by getting dragged into the vortex of schedule we loose the very plot.
In the end it is our choice and we do it for ourselves first and we should cherish the engagement with this wonderful sphere of blogging…others will enjoy when they see we are loving it…
This very engaging conversations between bloggers that matters…
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I will agree with you Nihar.. Blogging is about Deep thinking.. Well for most of My Dreamwalker’s Sanctuary posts it requires deeper thought as I try to offer up a perspective the reader may find uplifting or enlightening.. I express this though poems, art, Hobbies and crafts and philosophy within my spiritual thinking..
My gardening blog over at Dreamwalker’s Garden however.. Sometimes is about Nature. Growing our own food, plants, seeds, walking, cooking, crafts and how to heal from Natures larder with Natures own medicine cupboard..
Both a truly mixed bag of content.
I truly loved it when you said
“Quintessentially, the day in the life of a blogger is a day full of excitement, is a day full of engagement, is a day full of expression, is a day full of creation, and is a day full of connection.”
I could not agree with you more Nihar.. For it certainly brings our connection.. Someone I would not have otherwise have met from the other side of the world.. Sharing in Full Engagement, expressing our views and ideas, and I am always excited when our paths cross..
Wonderful Post my dear friend..
And now to read your latest post
Blessings Sue 🙂
Yes Sue, the more we discussion on the impact and influence on our life, the more we release how much this very technology tool with the inbuilt potential of building a conversation that is so essentially to us as human being who needs the appreciation, the acknowledge, the connection, community where we belong. The wonderful extension to our expression which otherwise was stifled and limited to get the wings to fly, has got the power to empower each of us.
Yes, you have such a lovely engagement with nature and the spiritual thoughts that you have enshrined in all your post, makes it unique and makes it universal in it’ acceptance…with so much of creative engagement through crafts, cooking to gardening just broadens that space to be much meaningfully creative, and you do so with finesse.
Yes, where else I could have met friend like you with so much of empathy, compassion and wisdom that you share with unlimited generosity…always a joy and a feeling of humility when sharing thoughts with you.
I always wanted to refrain from thanking you as it is never enough to appreciate your generous and humbleness in every comments you share.
Wholesome Peace and Unending Happiness!!!
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Thank you is not enough here either dear Nihar as I am delighted to know you enjoy my insights so much.. You will love the ones coming next as my Story unfolds from the Elder Tree.. 🙂 Many thanks for your most generous and gracious comment..
Blessings to you and yours Nihar.. _/\_
Sue, very keenly looking forward, excited to read your next story, the Elder Tree…just like the tree your thoughts are so deeply rooted to the ground and there is a touch of reality and there is a hope reassurance with every story that you tell and the way you engage with every reader, this community must be exactly having the same verdict…
Pure Joy!!!
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