After a 6 weeks hiatus, Blogging insights – hosted by Tanya at Salted Caramel – is back and she asks:

Have you ever taken a hiatus from blogging?
I have taken multiple hiatus from blogging – once in 2013, 2019, and 2020. None of my hiatuses were planned. I can’t remember why I stopped blogging in 2013. I think I might had ran out of blogging material back then and blogging challenges were few and wide back then.
My 2019 hiatus was simply because I was too busy with work that I basically stopped caring about anything else. There were so many things I stopped caring during that period and one of the things I regret stopped caring was my health and I paid for that with the numerous doctor visits in 2020.
I am blaming my 2020 hiatus on Covid anxiety. I was a nervous wreck during that time due to the uncertainty looming over my head and I’m sure I wasn’t the only one. Part of me was thinking, is this how the world will end? I became even more afraid after watching the movie Contagion. Will people start toting guns on the street? Will there be riot all around the globe? Am I even safe in my own house?
Do you think that it is necessary to announce/declare the hiatus?
If the hiatus is planned, then yes, I think it would be a nice gesture to announce so readers won’t think you’ve abandoned your blog because some readers (like me) will think that and will unfollow a blog.
Did your blog “suffer” from the hiatus?
Of course but I did not care. That’s the thing about hiatuses, it’s not caring about how many views the blog gets. It’s about shutting down and separating myself from my blog.
While on the other side, I can’t stay away from my blog for more than a day. It’s just into my DNA now 🙂
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blogs come and go all the time. people take breaks all of the time.
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