Blogging with anxiety; the fear of losing posts
Hello, here we are again with this serie!
As i’ve been on a scheduling posts strike, i’ve been especially dealing with the fear of losing a scheduled or draft post.. as we know technology is great and all- but sometimes it does bug out and do wierd things 😅
Check out the other things i’ve covered in this little serie
I can consider myself lucky that this honestly never happened to me so far; however I do know that it can happens.. which is part of why I can’t seem to keep things in my drafts too long — more than half of the month and it starts to run out on my nerves.
I’d usually only put things in my draft that are un-finished; like posts that I started and I know that I need to come modify in the next few days before it goes live, like my monthly wrap ups; i’d start them WAY too earlier, and putting it there kind of reminds me I need to touch it up before it launchs.
As for actually scheduling posts; Idk how people can plan months in advances 🥲  not only don’t I have the imagination/planification needed for that, but I’m also on constant edge where I need to keep checking almost everyday that all my posts are indeed in the scheduling safely; or to check what’s left in it to make sure i’m okay posting wise.
My maximum seems to be 5 so far; about 2weeks of contents is plenty for me while giving me a little wiggling room in case my mood go sour (Specially if you think February is the worst seasonal depression wise) — I’d very much like to keep atleast 3 at all times so I don’t have to play catch up again.
Do you also struggle with this little fear?
Has it ever happened to you before?
4 thoughts on “Blogging with anxiety; the fear of losing posts”
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As someone who deals with anxiety and panic attacks too, I know where you’re coming from. I don’t plan my posts ahead anymore because if I can’t create ahead, then I’ll feel like a failure. So I plan posts based on my desire to put them out so it’s less pressure on me.
When I was moving from Blogspot to WordPress, I was so afraid that my posts wouldn’t transfer over. Majority of them did, and I still deleted almost half of my old content lol. Also I wouldn’t have been able to do it without my blogging friends and WPBEGINNER. They made the process easier.
Omg yes.. the only thing I couldnt entirely transfer over had been media for some reason?? Still did it like twice or three time, so some things ended up doubled ahah 😅
Ahhh I see, yes i do feel like that too.. but on the counter part I like sticking to my schedule so I tryna work some in advance 😅
It’s always good to be safe lol especially with transfers. And if anything, I try to post at least once a week, just to keep a schedule going.
As long as you’re happy with it!