Blogging is at the same time the easiest and hardest of jobs. Easy because you are your own boss. Hard because you are your own boss.

You decide when you sit down and punch those damn keys. Your deadlines are self-imposed. If you don’t want to, you don’t post.

This also means that you have to make your own routine, set up your own schedule. You have to be self-reliant, fueled from within, and hold yourself accountable.

If you are serious about your blog, you must meet moments of doubt and resistance in such a way that you keep showing up. Whether you feel like it or not.

So, here are five sins of blogging you must avoid at all costs, unless you want to find yourself struggling to punch those damn keys.