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You have to remember to breathe.  I had a few bouts of almost burning out myself.  You can always get to your next task the next day.  If you get too worked up, your body will breakdown.  Then your day job and blog will suffer as you are forced to recover.  Although we all want our blogs to be successful, you have to remember to not run yourself into the ground.  Good luck!

I had my Big Push Schedule before I quit my day job two weeks ago.  It was kept up with via checklists that I still use (http://www.budgetinginthefunst…..hecklists/).

Suba @ Wealth Informatics said:

Relax, you are in this for the long haul. So not posting one day or not tweeting/facebooking/commenting/whatever… will not kill your blog. Figure out what is important to *you* and allot time for that. Rest of the tasks you can do if/when you have time.

So true.

I just remember that if my blog needs to take a backseat to my normal job, it can and that I shouldn't feel that bad. This will probably happen next week, but then the weeks after that, I'll get caught up with blog stuff again. It comes in waves. I wouldn't worry too much!

You know, you don't have to do everything. I don't Tweet very often, I just have it set up to automatically sent one every time a post goes live. I do the same thing for Facebook. I have a great spam filter (G.A.S.P.) now so I don't have to cycle through a bunch of spam every day. So really, for me it's just responding to a few comments, getting back to people's emails, and posting my own articles. Advertisers tend to contact me, I don't make a ton on effort to reach out (yet). So, now I have time to write my eBook! Oh, and this network is just fun, so that's kind of like a break.

Just think, if your blog takes off, you might not have to work full time anymore! Keep that in mind, and suddenly life won't feel so exhausting. :)

Don't stress over it, that's my suggestion. This is supposed to be fun, right?

I'd look at what's most important in day to day life, and get that done first. Fit in blogging when you can. Really. I haven't always followed that advice, as sometimes I just get on a roll and get way into it. It's addicting:) But when I do follow that advice, it seems to work out well and I naturally find balance.

If this is your primary source of income, then all bets are off. However, if this is a hobby or side venture, just do what you can.  Think of the ROI on time. Everything that comes with blogging and growing a blog can really take time, I do know what you mean.

One thing I just started doing is setting specific time limits for myself. This helps keep focus, at least for me.

Sooverdebt, you will burn out if you seek to post everyday, forget it. 

I stopped worrying a long time ago, my average is 2 posts per week and I am more than fine with that especially that my big posts require tons of research. 

With 2 niche sites on the side, I rarely have the time to even comment and follow my fellow bloggers except at the last minute when I am doing my roundup. 

So take it easy, you're not competing against anyone, enjoy yourself without burning yourself.

I agree that posting once a day takes time. You would have to clear your schedule to maintain that consistency.

Yes, like others have said, don't worry about it. I too went through this not too long ago. I was very overwhelmed and was thinking of quitting. But I held on and solved some of my issues. I hired Melissa from Mom's Plans to submit to carnivals for me. I also hired a few staff writers to help out with writers block. I also have a few plug ins that auto submit to twitter etc. which helps. Remember, like I have been told, we are supposed to enjoy blogging so do what you need to do to make that happen.