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I wonder if many people consider new content, posted on a regular schedule, to be a blog, if that content has one or a combination of the following:

• Time stamp
• Different titles for different content
• A kind of a specific approach to the topics
• Claiming the content to be a blog - if you call it something, some people may call it the same thing instantly
• Allowing comments on the content
• Talking about specific type of content

These points, among many others, are typically found in “blogs.” If you take away all these elements and more from any site, the question moves from “Is this a blog?” to “What elements describe a blog, without which something can absolutely, under any circumstances, can never be a blog?”

Is it regularly updated and posted content? Maybe.

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Use the feeling of boredom to do things

No matter what you do to avoid the feelings of boredom, you do it in order to avoid having the feelings of boredom. You should use the power of boredom to do things that need to be done, things that you usually avoid for various reasons. Random things like reading, house chores, business chores, interacting with others, and even blogging or taking care of different things related to your blog; all of these and more can be done when you are bored.

Boredom can be a powerful motivational tool

You may be spending a lot of time trying to find out the elements in your life that motivate you to do different things, both offline and online. What you may not be realizing is that you can also focus on the times when you are bored to find any motivation you can to do something useful. If you feel bored on a regular basis, instead of doing random things just to pass the boredom, do useful things that you would otherwise find boring. That way, you can convert the idea of boredom into something that motivates and prompts you to do useful things.

What do you think?

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Identify emotions to blog differently

One of the big differences between a personal and a non-personal blog is that the former usually depends on emotion to come up with topics to write about while the latter uses emotion to refine what one has already decided to write. If you can identify how you use your emotions to affect your blog content, you can take advantage of such an identification to come up with better content. You can apply a non-emotional approach to personal blogging, or a more emotional approach to non-personal blogging. You can become better equipped to not let your emotions let you write things which you may regret later, and you can also realize when being emotional in certain topics can be more effective in communicating a certain idea, thought or opinion.

Emotions can motivate your blogging

Emotions can be the motivating elements that can help you write better. They can act as elements to spice up your otherwise boring blogging habits. Emotions can also help you look at things from a more personal perspective. Control and use your emotions effectively to your own advantage for your blogging needs, as emotions can be something you can always rely on if you cannot get motivation or inspiration from other things.

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