The Honest Cons of Blogging (and Why I Still Think It’s Worth It)

Last updated on 7 October 2025

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It ain’t all coffee shops and pretty planners, that’s for sure.

Even though we all wish it were. Oh, to have a blog that only required setting ourselves up in a cute cafe, plants hanging from the ceiling, the smell of freshly baked sweet treats wafting through the tables, hot coffee in hand, colourful highlighters and pens poised over our planners … and all the traffic streaming on into our blogs.

A girl can dream.

But it’s not all like that. And while blogging has so many pros and so many incredible aspects to it, there are also cons of blogging. Or as I said in this Instagram post, blogging has a bit of a dark side.

I’ve been blogging since 2009, and that’s a long time to be able to experience nearly everything when it comes to blogging, including all the dark sides and the cons of blogging. And I don’t share these to get you down – they’re good to be aware of so that if they do happen to you, you can name them, work through them and come out the other side a stronger blogger.

Common struggles and cons of blogging

Content burnout is real

Especially if you’re pushing yourself too much. We need to remember that, yes, we’re bloggers, but we’re also human. And humans need rest. And sleep, and good food, and exercise and community and all the things. We can easily get sucked away into our little blogging worlds and create create create and forget to look after ourselves.

Comparison sneaks in pretty darn fast

Comparison is pretty normal in all areas of life. We’re constantly looking at other people and thinking ‘she’s got it better than me’ or ‘why is her blog doing so well’? Comparison is the thief of joy, as the saying goes, and it can be easy to spend too much time looking at our people and what they’re doing on their blogs and forget to focus on our own.

SEO can be bamboozling

To say the least! If you’re new or newish to blogging, then you may be a bit bamboozled by SEO (Search Engine Optimisation) and all that comes with it. And just when you think you’ve finally got it, something changes, or you discover something else you should be thinking about. And it’s a bit technical, too. Which is not what you need.

You hit publish, but don’t see traffic

This is one of the most heartbreaking things about being a blogger. So often we can write incredible blog posts, and gbe really proud of them, and hit publish, and months later they’re still not getting any visitors.

Tech breaks at the worst times

And at the best of times, let’s be honest. Any sort of tech mishap can really ruin your day. Whether it’s something ‘small’ like broken links, or it’s something a bit more major like issues with themes, domains, plugins … any tech issues can be a big con of blogging. (Though having said that, there are always tech cons to any project!)

It can feel isolating

It can be easy to just hide away with our laptops or computers and type type type. And while that isolation and working on your blog by yourself might be nice at first, it can be really easy to start to feel like you’re lacking community.

For me, this is one of the biggest cons of blogging – if you don’t have a way to break through that isolation, and actually connect with other bloggers, then you might not grow as fast or as strongly as you’d hoped.

Monetisation can take too long

Speaking of things that take too long … monetisation can take a little while. And if you’re starting a blog with monetisation in mind and as the end goal, then the frustration of that timing can definitely overtake. It’s not a post-and-get-the-money type of situation. It’s a longer game and might take months (or years for some people!).

Imposter syndrome whispers, “Who am I to write this?”

I think this is a con of blogging, but also a con of most things we endeavour to do. Of course, we can’t live our lives with the fear that we’re going to get imposter syndrome, and neither can we back down when it does creep in. We need to figure out what to do when we do start to feel like this.

Blogging eats way more time than you expected

Especially when you come to realise that it’s more than just writing. Research, writing, editing, formatting, designing, sourcing images, adding links, creating promotional material (perhaps for Pinterest and social media), fixing broken links, doing back-end SEO, email marketing, connecting with others for guest posting opportunities… The list is long!

And that constant learning curve? Seems like it never ends.

“Well that’s all doom and gloom, Anjali.”

Sorry sorry sorry. But actually? It’s important to know what you’re up against when it comes to starting a blog, or resurrecting a blog, or even just keeping it up. And none of these things should be a deal breaker.

Why? Because there are so many pros to blogging and so many reframing opportunities when it comes to all of these cons.

• With content burnout comes the opportunity to refresh.
• With every SEO or tech struggle comes the opportunity to learn.
• With every week that goes by waiting to make a sale comes persistence and perseverance (and patience!).
• With every time suck comes tools to help you streamline.
• With every feeling of comparison or loneliness comes others who have been there and GET IT
• And on and on and on …

And this is exactly why I created The Blogging Room. Your safe, supportive space to learn, grow, and actually love your blog again. Grow your blog with support, strategy, and a community that gets it … something I never had when I was starting out. If you’d like to join us, we’d love to have you.