How An ESA Can Make You Better at Blogging

Blogging is awesome. But woah — can it take a toll on your brain! If you’re like me, you probably often find yourself staring into space while you’re supposed to be creating smashing content.

Annoyingly unproductive, right?

This is a sponsored guest post by CertaPet

Blogging is an amazing outlet for those with creative juices that need to be squeezed into an outlet – but it can be a hard slog to keep them flowing.

So how can you ensure that you take the right steps regenerate and revive, to keep yourself at the top of your game?

We’ve got a few ideas that can keep you on track. Bonus – they’re fun too!

The Dreaded Writer’s Block

The thing bloggers everywhere fear – writer’s block. It feels like no matter what you do, you just cannot find inspiration to produce your content literally anywhere.

When you start feeling like this, it’s time to acknowledge you may be burnt out, and that you’re probably not looking after yourself like you should be.

Writer’s block is usually a symptom of stress. Pressuring yourself to pump out content like it’s the apocalypse can leave you looking and feeling like…well…a zombie of the apocalypse.

As a writer it’s essential to learn to look for your own personal signs of enough, and to ensure that you take steps to alleviate them.

Signs of Burnout

Everyone has different tells that show they’re reaching the limits of their stress tolerance. If you’re experiencing some or all of the signs below, you may be experiencing burnout.

• Exhaustion
• Lack of motivation
• Frustration, cynicism or other negative emotions
• Low performance
• Cognitive problems
• Neglect of self-care
• Interpersonal relationships beginning to suffer

Writer’s block is definitely a sign of an impending burnout, so make sure you take a pause if you’ve noticed any of these symptoms in yourself.

Easy Ways to Beat Burnout and Stress (And Boost Your Blogging)

Okay, so if you’ve identified that you’re stressed that’s all well and good, but what can you actually do about it?

There are many ways to practice self-care to ensure you can keep your blogging up, and even make it better, so we have rounded up some below to get you started.

Want more blogging tips? Check out these 10 Pieces Of Advice To Keep Your Blogging Game Strong

ESAs for Stress Reduction

An amazing natural de-stresser that is also super cute and furry? Why, an emotional support animal of course!

The newest trend as part of therapy plans, ESAs are an excellent way to  lower your stress levels. Just having a pet around can help you to lower your stress levels and therefore be more productive, by boosting dopamine levels in the brain.

This change in brain chemistry puts you into a relaxed, zen-like state, perfect for getting into the zone for your blogging.

Exercise

Yes, we know, duh. Everyone is aware of exercise’s amazing benefits for our bodies and minds, but be honest. Do you actually do it?

When you’re stressed out and burnt out, it’s easy to let commitment to exercise slide, and honestly it may be the last thing you feel like doing.

But it’s really, really, important. And once you start, you’ll enjoy it. Keep in mind you can tailor exercise to your own personal needs and tastes – you don’t have to do a full on high intensity cardio workout at the gym every single time.

Tailoring your workout to suit what you feel like doing and what you have time to do will make the whole experience much more enjoyable.

Try going for a hike outside, taking a leisurely swim at your local outdoor pool, or playing some team sports that you enjoy with friends.

Even Better…Exercise with your ESA

Before, we talked about exercise and how great it is. Know what makes it even greater? Your pet!

This is especially true if you have a dog. By being obligated to take your doggo out to the park, you’re essentially forced to get into the fresh air and move your body, and have some fun while you’re at it, too.

Dogs love Frisbees, fetch and hanging out with other dogs, and as a blogging furparent this is exactly the kind of distraction and incidental exercise you need to rejuvenate your mind and get some fresh inspiration.

Taking Breaks

So many bloggers, writers and people that work from home forget this important part of self-care.

Without breaks, your mind does not have time to recuperate and refresh itself, leading to a drop in productivity and the quality of your work.

One excellent advantage of having an ESA at home is that you must take breaks so that you can care for your pet. Whether it’s feeding, patting, brushing, walking or more patting, your pet requires that you take breaks to keep them happy and healthy.

This has the positive incidental effect of ensuring that you actually take those breaks that you keep saying you’re going to take…but then never do.

Read this to discover How Jasmine Finds the Balance Between Motherhood & Blogging

Interact with Animals to Regulate Emotions

Another wonderful way in which an ESA can help you get in the right head space to write your next killer piece is the almost supernatural way in which they can regulate your emotions.

Feeling angry? Pat your poodle. Feeling frustrated? Cuddle your Maine Coone cat.

The steady, stable emotional presence that an animal can bring to your life can act as an equalizer to the daily stresses and pressures of life. A happier blogger means a more productive and creative blogger. Isn’t that what we all want in the end?

Using an ESA to up your skills as a blogger is an excellent way to write more content, that’s naturally of higher quality. Let an emotional support animal help you to achieve your potential, by patting your way to better blogging (here is how to get a emotional support animal certification).

Author: Jasmine

SAHM to one little boy, and wife to a former member of the USMC. I blog about parenting, relationships, brands I love, and product reviews!