Overwhelmed by blogging advice? Here’s a realistic blogging schedule for beginners in 2025, with tips for managing energy, staying consistent, and avoiding burnout.
Blogging Schedule for Beginners in 2025: How to Start Smart and Avoid Burnout
If you’re just getting started with your blog this year, welcome! 2025 is a wildly different time to be a blogger, and honestly? That’s a good thing. But it also means you need a plan that reflects today’s content landscape, not outdated advice from 2016.
Let’s talk about how to build a realistic blogging schedule for beginners in 2025, one that feels doable, sustainable, and not at all overwhelming.
New here? Start with our main post on whether blogging is still worth it in 2025. It breaks down the 8 biggest shifts bloggers need to know this year—especially if you’re navigating the age of AI.
Watch Our Coffee Break Chat: We go deeper into all of this in our behind-the-scenes conversation about mindset, patience, and what it really takes to build a blog today.
The New Blogger Roadmap: How to Start Smart and Avoid Burnout in 2025
Start Slower Than You Think
New bloggers tend to sprint out the gate: posting three times a week, planning a content calendar that looks like a magazine, trying to be on five platforms at once. We’ve been there. It doesn’t end well.
Victoria’s best advice? Start with one blog post every two weeks. That’s it. Focus on quality, not quantity. Then repurpose that post into:
- One short video (YouTube Shorts, Reels, or TikTok)
- One carousel post
- One photo post
- A blurb for your email list (even if it’s just five people!)
That one blog post becomes a whole week (or more) of content.
Use Your Energy Wisely
When you first start, you’ll have lots of energy. But that won’t always be the case. Life happens. Your motivation will dip. The key is setting a schedule you can stick to even on a bad week. Consistency over intensity, always.
Francesca says it best: “Be consistent for two to three years. That sounds intense, but it doesn’t mean hustling every day. It means you keep showing up in a way that’s aligned with your real life.”
Plan for Real Life, Not Ideal Life
You will go through seasons: new jobs, moves, illness, burnout, babies, grief, big launches. Your blog has to flex with you. Some months you can go hard. Others, you can only manage one post. That’s okay.
We even plan around our astrology charts (no shame!) because we know our energy shifts. If you know February is always chaotic, plan lighter content. Don’t guilt yourself into productivity.
Focus on Community, Not Virality
We all love a viral moment, but the truth is, those don’t usually translate to long-term success. 1,000 pageviews from people who never come back? Not helpful. 100 views from the right people? Game changer.
Focus on building trust. Serve your people. Repurpose your work. And celebrate the small wins.
Have you started your blog yet? What’s been the hardest part so far? Let us know in the comments, we’re cheering you on!
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