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Morgan Peaceman has been blogging for the last 6 years, but only really went all in as of 2023. Her approach to food blogging and recipe development comes from her love of quick and easy family friendly recipes, with fresh, simple ingredients that makes all her recipes accessible for the most novice of cooks.
Takeaways
- Build systems that support sustainability: Morgan shares how she structured her blog workflow to stay consistent without burning out, including tracking and updating older content regularly.
- Use tools that align with your needs: From KeySearch and RankIQ to the lesser-known but powerful Thruuu, Morgan walks us through her preferred keyword research and optimization tools.
- Track updates in a color-coded system: A clear Google Sheets setup using red, yellow, and green helps Morgan manage whatās been updated, whatās in progress, and what needs attention.
- Lean on your community: Morgan emphasizes how finding a group of fellow creators, even through DMs, has been a game changer for support and motivation.
- Invest intentionally in your business: Every year, Morgan makes one significant investment in her businessāwhether thatās a branding shoot, SEO conference, or hiring help for social media.
- Make your blog user-friendly: She reminds us how crucial it is to optimize recipe cards and surface key details at the top of posts to align with real user behavior.
- Give yourself permission to rest: True rest is essential for longevity, and Morgan stresses how ignoring rest leads to burnout and illness.
- Adapt your investments to what you need most right now: Prioritize what feels most urgent for your growth this year and allow your next steps to evolve accordingly.
Resources Mentioned
The Let Them Theory by Mel Robbins
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Transcript
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EBT693 – Morgan Peaceman
Intro 00:00
Food bloggers. Hi, how are you today? Thank you so much for tuning in to the Eat Blog Talk podcast. This is the place for food bloggers to get information and inspiration to accelerate your blogās growth, and ultimately help you to achieve your freedom. Whether thatās financial, personal, or professional. Iām Megan Porta. I have been a food blogger for 13 years, so I understand how isolating food blogging can be. Iām on a mission to motivate, inspire, and most importantly, let each and every food blogger, including you, know that you are heard and supported.
[00:00:37] Megan Porta
Do you feel the overwhelm with having to keep up with publishing new content, updating old content, and just staying on top of it all? If so, you are going to devour this episode with Morgan Peaceman from Namaste Hungary.
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She talks about different ways she has built systems and structures in her business so that she can keep up with all the publishing and updating that she needs. Morgan talks through some really solid points such as various tools she uses to support her keyword research. She talks about her system for tracking updated blog posts and how important it is to have a system no matter what it is.
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Whatever works for you. We also talk about the importance of community and having people in your corner in order to be able to do it all. And one of the biggest takeaways she has learned in her business is that you need to make big investments occasionally. This is such a great, solid episode just giving you so many details about those systems that you really need in your business. It is episode number 693.
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[00:02:10] Megan Porta
Morgan Peaceman has been blogging for the last six years, but only really went all in as of 2023. Her approach to food blogging and recipe development comes from her love of quick and easy family friendly recipes with fresh, simple ingredients that makes all her recipes accessible for the most novice of cooks. Morgan, welcome to the podcast. You were supposed to be here years ago and it didn’t work out but here you are. So happy to have you here.
[00:02:29] Morgan Peaceman
I’m so excited to finally be here with you, Megan.
[00:02:34] Megan Porta
Long overdue but better late than ever, right?
[00:02:36] Morgan Peaceman
Yes.
[00:02:37] Megan Porta
Today we’re going to talk about your story. Just how you’ve found a way to build systems and structures in your businesses because of some hard times that you’ve been through just like the rest of us. Right. Super excited to hear all of that. But before we get into it, do you have a fun fact to share with us?
[00:02:54] Morgan Peaceman
Yes. So I was a huge theater buff. I was on my theater guild in high school, super obsessed with Rent and Hairspray and all those shows. I actually had a really cool opportunity to intern with the Broadway show Wicked for three months for my senior year, like, project. So I got to see the show seven times, and it was really cool because I got to sit in the actual orchestra with the conductor.I got to sit in the lighting booth, hair and makeup costume. It was incredible. So when I tell people that, they’re like, oh, my God, that’s so cool. I’m like, yeah, I know.
[00:03:28] Megan Porta
That’s a dream. Even for people who aren’t necessarily theater buffs. I think anyone would be like, oh, gosh, that is so cool. I love it. And what a relevant, fun fact, considering how Wicked is very popular right now. Oh, my goodness. It’s. Yeah, I haven’t seen it yet, I’m really ashamed to say, but my family has seen it, and they’re like, you have to see it, Mom.
[00:03:49] Morgan Peaceman
So it’s amazing. It’s really worth it. It’s worth the three hours.
[00:03:52] Megan Porta
Okay, good. Well, sold. I will do it. Okay, so let’s get a little bit of a background on your blog before we get into your story and some of our points that we’re going to cover. So Namaste Hungary is your blog. Tell us about Namaste Hungry.
[00:04:09] Morgan Peaceman
So it came about right after a trip with my husband to Europe. We planned a little Euro trip in 2018, took a couple of two weeks off, explored London, Paris, Amsterdam, and obviously was obsessed with the food there. I wanted a way to kind of capture what I did, where we ate, what we enjoyed about it.
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So I said to my husband, quite literally at a Metz game in Citi Field, I’m going to start a blog. And he’s like, right. Like, right now, at the moment, like, seizing the moment. Exactly. Just, like, making it happen. And that was 2018, 2019. I got pregnant with my first son, 2020, he was born.
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And it kind of just sat stagnant for a while. Didn’t really know exactly what the avenue I wanted it to be was. And in 2020, when everybody was baking sourdough and banana bread during the pandemic, I was like, well, actually start focusing on this and honing it a little bit. So I turned to Instagram to start to just start posting photos of food that I was eating or making or whatnot.
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And in 2021, it was really when I started to love the idea of food photography, recipe development, and really making it my own. So then at 2022, I became an LLC. 2023 was when I really honed in on the SEO part of it. And in 2024, I was accepted into the first cohort of Journey of Media Vine.
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And then a couple months later, I was in Raptive. So it’s been a trajectory. Yeah, it’s been a trajectory. And it’s been a lot of learning, unlearning and niching down. Definitely.
[00:05:46] Megan Porta
Yeah, I love it. I love how. Yeah, just how your story has evolved. Everyone has such a unique story, Right. Like, there’s no two blogging journey stories that are the same. So it’s always so fun to listen to people’s stories and how they evolved. And even though your blog is relatively new, you still have learned things the hard way.
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Right. I know that, like, even when a blog post is a year or two or three old, it can still get really outdated quickly and stale. And this is something that you’ve learned, correct?
[00:06:21] Morgan Peaceman
Yes. Yeah. It was a really hard moment for me to see my traffic get hit. Not necessarily by like an update or anything, but I had been riding the wave of strong traffic with one or two blog posts that were consistently getting the most traffic on my website. And then within a snap or literally a blink of an eye, it had dropped almost a thousand clicks.
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And I was like, what’s going on? Why is this happening? And I had asked an SEO colleague of mine, and they were like, well, yeah, it needs to be updated.
[00:06:57] Megan Porta
You can’t just set it and forget it.
[00:06:59] Morgan Peaceman
Yeah, it’s not really like just, you know, shake and bake type of thing. You just throw in the oven and let it do its thing. It needs to be constantly worked on. And it was a really good lesson for me that not every website or not every blog post can be just created and forgotten about it.
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Everything needs to be a marathon. Everything needs to constantly be tweaked and monitored and checked on. And so, yeah, I had to learn to update all of my posts. So that’s. Currently my project on the back end is updating almost 200 blog posts as often as I can.
[00:07:35] Megan Porta
I think this is a good lesson because people who just are getting into blogging might not know that they need to go back and update. It’s like, yeah, we’re churning out a bunch of new content, and that’s where the value is. But you constantly have to be looking at what you’ve already published and how you can make it better.
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I mean that these days that is just part of the game. You have to do that. So how often do you go back and I guess how much content are you updating monthly or so?
[00:08:06] Morgan Peaceman
Yeah, so that’s something that I’m currently working through, is building out my structure of how I want to update blog posts, how many times I want to do new posts. At first it was like, okay, I’m gonna put my sons to bed at 7:30, I’m gonna blog post. I’m gonna update as many as I possibly can every night.
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And I realized quickly that that’s unrealistic and unsustainable. It’s not sustainable. So I created a Google Calendar of just every quarter, what I want to do every month. And so in one particular color, I’m color coding. I’m a color coding person through and through. So in my Google Calendar I typically put, you know, update this post or update that post.
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And so I’ll do about four recipe updates a week. And the good thing is a lot of that content is already there. So whether it’s condensing redundant information or adding in new frequently asked questions, or adding in, I guess, you know, different swaps and substitutions, redoing my backlinks to other posts. So constantly looking at what needs to be updated versus going in and fixing everything.
[00:09:10] Megan Porta
Yeah, yeah, you bring up a good point too, as far as what needs to be updated and looked at. So just making it more user friendly, I guess, is kind of the overarching theme from what you’re saying.
[00:09:23] Morgan Peaceman
Yeah, yeah, making it user friendly. And then also what I’ve started to do is kind of put the most important pieces of information at the top. I had somebody comment the other day on one of my blog posts saying this was really good, but I added the blueberries in at the wrong time because it doesn’t say when to add the blueberries.
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Fair point. It doesn’t necessarily say that in the recipe card, so I added it except in the step by step instructions. It does say step five and the blueberries hold. So it was almost a revelation for me that people really are using that jump to recipe button. So making sure that that recipe card is super clear, super crisp, very to the point.
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But also to like, people are not fully reading everything in a blog post. So I want to make sure that the most important information is at the top. That way, if folks are reading through bits and pieces of it, whatever they need is going to be ready to go at the top.
[00:10:15] Megan Porta
Do you have tools that you use to help you kind of go back and finesse? Do you have keyword research tools, optimizers, anything like that?
[00:10:24] Morgan Peaceman
Yeah, So I have three that I use on a regular basis. I use KeySearch for a lot of my long tail keywords. I use keyword research for looking at what other types of long tail keywords people are searching into Google or putting into Google or search engine. I’ll use RankIQ for titles, although not as much anymore I feel like sometimes.
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And this is just kind of what I’ve noticed over the last year and a half using RankIQ. I love it, but it’s also not cheap and it sometimes I think gives information that just pulls from every blog post. So it has the same content versus being very unique and different to that user.
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So I’ve started to also use Thruu. I don’t know how many folks know about what through is, but it’s T H R U U U. I think there’s three U’s at the end of it and it’s free and you know everything is free until it’s not. But you can get a bunch of different credits to analyze SERPs.
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And it gives you real time information of other blog posts, what the meta search is, what the search engine result page gives. It also gives questions on the blog post itself, it gives outlines. So it’s a lot more in depth for way less money than RankIQ is. So I kind of use all three of those search engines and tools to kind of strategize how I want to tackle a particular post.
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So instead of using the best chocolate chip cookie, the title might be like Chewy AF Chocolate Chip Cookies or something like the Ultimate Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe. So kind of standing out in the crowd by utilizing those three tools at the same time.
[00:12:06] Megan Porta
Okay, so. And you’re talking about updating too. So you send updates through these tools as well as new content.
[00:12:15] Morgan Peaceman
Yeah, so I’ll do new content with them and then I’ll also go back to posts that I’ve previously published and update with those too. I found Thruu has been really helpful in kind of looking at what I already have and then seeing what other folks are doing and kind of finding my happy medium with what I want my blog posts to kind of.
[00:12:37] Megan Porta
Yeah, and everybody has such different processes with which tools they use and how they go through them. And everyone I talk to literally has a different process with that. So yeah, that’s interesting to hear. And then how do you keep track of all of this because four updates a week is a lot. That’s so impressive and ambitious. How do you just keep track of it all.
[00:13:00] Morgan Peaceman
I rely on Google Drive. It is my lifeline and I think I’d mentioned it a little bit before, but I’m a big person. I’m a big proponent of color coding. So anything that’s kind of been done and updated, it gets green. Anything that’s in progress would be yellow and anything that’s not completed is still red.
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But I use Google Word for content calendars broken up by quarter. I plan out what I’d like to do that week. Some of it doesn’t come to fruition, but I also use Google Excel or Google Sheets and I have a dropdown, so whatever’s upcoming, I’ll put in progress. Anything that’s completed stays green.
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And so it helps me kind of keep aligned with what I want to update and what’s more relevant. So some of the content that I’m updating right now is seasonal or recipes that have a lot more traffic. So I’m trying to keep up with what the users are telling me they’re searching. So I update those more.Those are more priority.
[00:13:56] Megan Porta
Yeah, I think that the key is just having a system. And again, every system is going to look different. Some people love your table, some people love Google, some people love. I mean, there’s a million options out there, but just keeping track. I also know food bloggers, Morgan, who don’t have anything logged and they’ve got like hundreds and hundreds of posts and it’s all in their heads.
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And I’m like, how in the world are you functioning? That would drive me absolutely bananas. So, like start tracking. Oh, and isn’t there. There’s a plugin where you can export your blog post data, right? So that you can start from there in a single click. I can’t remember the name of it. Do you happen to know what that is?
[00:14:41] Morgan Peaceman
The first time hearing about it. But I’m very interested in finding out what that is.
[00:14:48] Megan Porta
So if you don’t have a system and you want your data somewhere, I will try to have it put in the show notes. It’s like something WP export or let me look for it quick. But yeah, you can like take all of your data so your blog posts that exist on your blog and have it exported into a sheet and then you’ve got like everything is there in a single click.
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So you can start with that if you need to and then just kind of finesse it as you as you go. But yeah, like you said, like use color coding and just do what you have to do to keep your system going. It will take so much out of your mind and relieve mental clutter if you can just take everything and put it somewhere.
[00:15:32] Morgan Peaceman
Yeah, it’s just it helps me kind of stay organized and not have anxiety around what I want to update each week and what new post is coming down the pike. And it keeps me just even keel. I don’t like having all that just in my brain. It needs to be. I used to have a just a plain just spiral notebook and I’d write down content for the week and then it naturally migrated to being on the computer, which has helped a ton because I always have my computer with me.
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So it’s if I need to just jot something down, I open up a Google document and Google is, you know, you could buy extra storage but typically whatever they provide you is enough to hold whatever you need to get done.
[00:16:11] Megan Porta
Yes, exactly.
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[00:17:49] Megan Porta
Okay, so that is a great system that you have in place. Is there anything else that you have as far as systems go that just helps you stay on point and organized or do you mostly rely on Google?
[00:18:01] Morgan Peaceman
So I use Google. I’ll also use my notes on my phone, my notes app to kind of jot down just, just on the fly things that I want to get done. But Google is, has been pretty reliable for me in that way. I’ve tried using other platforms and it just doesn’t stick. I have also used Clariti to help me organize what I want to update and what blog posts like, what the content is and what the traffic is for it.But yeah, I’ve always resorted back to kind of using Google. Google Drive.
[00:18:34] Megan Porta
Yeah. Okay, I’m looking it up right now. There’s one called, I don’t know if this is the one I was thinking of, but I found one called WP Ultimate Exporter. I think if you just do a Google search, if you are listening and you are wanting to do this, do a Google search for export WordPress blog posts or something like that.
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And yeah, it should be easy enough to do, but I just don’t want anyone to be like, oh, I have to manually type in every single recipe of 300 recipes. That would be insane. Will save you a lot of time.
[00:19:10] Morgan Peaceman
Yes.
[00:19:11] Megan Porta
And then how important would you say community is in your business? And in like all of our businesses, do you have community that you lead on, Morgan?
[00:19:22] Morgan Peaceman
Yes. I quickly utilized Instagram in 2020 and 2021 to find other food bloggers that niche or niches that are completely unrelated but folks that have a similar just personality to mine. Yeah, I happen to have just fallen into a DM with another mom who’s actually two moms who have sons with the same name as my son, my older son.
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And so we’re all really good friends and I mean I talk to them sometimes more than my own husband some days, texting all the time. You know, it’s, it’s so important because this, I feel like this space can get very lonely because even though we inevitably know that it’s not, we’re not the only people doing this work.
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It can feel that way because we’re always focused on what we’re doing and know it’s important to have colleagues and friends in the same space that can lift you up and cheerlead for you and say, you know, we’re all going through it together and I think a lot of us are navigating decline in traffic right now just from Google updates and seasonality and changes with AI and things like that.
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And so using my community and having a tight knit group of friends and colleagues in the food blogging industry has been so helpful because it helps me realize, like, I’m not the only one. This is not abnormal. And it’s something that we just got to ride the wave through.
[00:20:52] Megan Porta
Yeah, I think during this time. I agree. Just having that I’m not alone feeling is so important for peace of mind and just to keep going with your business. I’ve heard people recently who have really well established blogs wanting to give up because it’s so hard out there right now. So having that support is just huge.
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And you mentioned just connecting with people through DMs. It can be as easy as that, right? It doesn’t have to be like create a retreat or attend a conference. I mean, it can be. I think that’s wonderful too. But it could be as simple as going into your Instagram account and just reaching out to somebody.
[00:21:29] Morgan Peaceman
Right? Yeah. You know, I, I live on Long island in New York and there’s a big group of creators on Long island. And one of the moms who actually created a really large moms group on Facebook is also creator on Instagram. And not necessarily food related, but she has created a Long island content collective.
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And I went to an event on Valentine’s Day and this there were 35 Long island creators and influencers and bloggers and it was incredible. And so we have our own, you know, group and we send each other contacts if we can and talk about, you know, ways to support one another. And it’s just an incredible feeling knowing that people have your back and you have theirs.
[00:22:14] Megan Porta
Yeah. And I love that you guys have that group. I actually got chills when you said that. I love it. I just love it when people are getting together in person. Don’t you think there’s so much power in the in person connection too, versus the digital virtual connection.
[00:22:30] Morgan Peaceman
Agreed. I love that we get to meet up and there’s other events happening and you know, you just never know who you’re gonna meet. You never know what opportunity opens just from taking a step out of your comfort zone. Going to an event in person, you just. Yeah. You just never know. And it’s always, it’s always kismet to know, like, oh, I met this person and now we’re working together on something really big and, and it’s just very, it’s very inspiring and it’s very, it’s very cool.
[00:22:56] Megan Porta
Yeah. Something you can’t describe in words, honestly.
[00:22:58] Morgan Peaceman
Sure.
[00:22:59] Megan Porta
Can you talk about investing in Your business. How do you approach investments in your business? As a newer ish blogger?
[00:23:08] Morgan Peaceman
Yeah, so that was something I struggled with at the beginning because I also wasn’t making money when I first started. It was more just working with some brands for free or doing like a, you know, in exchange or getting like a $50 gift card. So I wasn’t really originally investing in anything other than buying like a couple props here and there.
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But once it became an LLC, I’d say back in 2022, early 2023, I was like, I have to start really honing in on the business if I want it to be something. So I decided every year, aside from buying new props or new backdrops or just, you know, typical expenses, I would invest one big investment, if you will, into the business.
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So whether that’s a branding shoot, which I actually did last year, two years ago, I went on an SEO summit actually in Brooklyn, which was not far from me. So the ticket was pricey, but well worth it. It was two days, so I was like, you know what, it’s silly for me not to go If I live 40 minutes away.
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And then three years before that, I did my first branding shoot. And so I decided that’s going to be the thing that I have a heavy hand in, is investing in, in one big ticketed thing to support my business. Whether it’s an SEO audit, a branding shoot, taking a course, hiring somebody to do social media or email, whatever the case may be, I feel like that’s so important to reinvest in your business.If you wanted to grow, how do.
[00:24:38] Megan Porta
You recommend people choose what to do? How did you decide your branding shoot, for example, or the conference?
[00:24:46] Morgan Peaceman
So I knew the conference needed to be done because I had no idea what I was doing with SEO. I felt like I had a handle until I realized, oh, I don’t know anything about this because I’m writing about the first time I ever smelt pie in my house. And that’s not, you know, quote, SEO friendly or user friendly, user experience, what have you.
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So I prioritize based on what the need is and what I really want to focus in on that year branding shoot needed to happen because I had no headshot. I had no, you know, photos to use in emails or portfolios or proposals, even on my website for the About Me page. And then I wanted to do a reshoot because I didn’t.I wanted different types of photos, things that were more food focused and I guess more seasonal. A lot of what I had was like heavy sweaters and just I wanted an update. I wanted to refresh. And so I. I feel like a lot of what I’ve said to folks is invest in the priority first and then everything else will fall place.
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In terms of hiring out, I’ve just become comfortable relinquishing my social media to somebody else because I’m just at the point where I don’t have time to post on 12 different platforms every week. It’s daunting. It’s tedious. I don’t have time anymore. With two young boys at home and, you know, working on the business.
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My focus is recipes, updating recipes, and publishing. I don’t want to have to worry about creating a fun, catchy caption with the keywords in it, finding a trending sound, hoping I get more than 500 views. I don’t want to do that. So that’s where my priority is now. Find somebody who likes that and outsource it.
[00:26:32] Megan Porta
Yeah. So it’s a little bit of just kind of feeling out where you’re at right now and what you need now this year and then going that direction maybe, and then letting next year lead the way, that sort of thing.
[00:26:47] Morgan Peaceman
Yeah. Prioritizing what you want to focus in on that year and then really being honest with yourself. Do you like posting on social media? Do you like having, you know, every four or five days sending out an email? If not, think about prioritizing other areas and investing in that portion of your business.
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That way you’re, you know, feeding two birds with one scone, if you will. You’re focusing on something that you like to do versus is something that feels daunting, but also investing in someone who has that background that focuses on it and can help you become more successful in that way.
[00:27:24] Megan Porta
Yeah, I love that perspective. Okay, Morgan. So we have talked about different ways to build systems and structures in our businesses. So that we can continue publishing new content and going back and updating old content and just staying on top of everything. What else do listeners need to know about all of this before we say goodbye?
[00:27:46] Morgan Peaceman
Yeah, so one of the biggest things that I’ve learned is taking rests, taking like actual rest. Not I’m gonna just shut my computer and then scroll my phone and then end up opening my computer five minutes later. It’s like completely shutting down and taking rest. Having moments of trusting the process, taking space for yourself and having that self care moment because you will burn out.
There’s weeks where I don’t take a day off and then my body’s literally like, well, you’re gonna get a really bad case of the flu or a cold because you don’t stop. So I definitely recommend having being go, go, go, being a hustler, getting what you need to get done and then also having that yin moment where you could just take complete rest. Shut your computer, put your focus on your, on your phone, do not touch it. Have a day or two to just decompress.
[00:28:36] Megan Porta
This is counterintuitive for a lot of us because we are in that mindset of just, I love my business, I need to hustle, I need to get everything done. So this, in my experience, takes massive intentionality. Do you agree with this?
[00:29:37] Morgan Peaceman
A thousand percent. I literally don’t know how to rest. I have like leg shaking issues because if I’m sitting too long, I’m already gonna get up and do something. But it’s so important because you just need to recharge. You need that time to rebuild and recalibrate your, your mind and your thoughts and you physically feel when you need a rest. As I like, straighten my back up as I’m hunching over. But it’s so true.
[00:29:15] Megan Porta
Our bodies don’t lie. I’ve learned to really listen to my body. It gives us little clues that in the past I’ve often ignored and then that turns into really bad stuff. So listen to your body if it’s telling you to rest and do so proactively. You don’t need to wait until your body gives you signals. Right?
[00:29:30] Morgan Peaceman
Exactly. Yep.
[00:29:32] Megan Porta
Yeah. And Morgan is here telling you she’s giving you permission to set your stuff down occasionally and take the rest that you need because you will be a better entrepreneur, a better food blogger because of it. I promise.
[00:29:46] Megan Porta
Morgan, thank you. This was such a fun chat. I loved connecting with you today. And just thank you for sharing all of this value and giving food bloggers hope and encouragement so yeah, we just appreciate you.
[00:29:59] Morgan Peaceman
Oh, I appreciate you. Thank you so much for giving me this opportunity to share space on your platform.
[00:30:06] Megan Porta
Yes. Do you have either a favorite quote or words of inspiration to leave us with today?
[00:30:09] Morgan Peaceman
So I have been obsessed with Mel Robbins ever since the Let Them Theory that came out.
[00:30:14] Megan Porta
I love that book. Oh my gosh, it is.
[00:30:17] Morgan Peaceman
I listened to it and I would make myself have dishes to wash in the sink so I can just listen to it. But one of the biggest things that stood from stood or I took away from that, that stays with me is just keep putting in the reps. Keep putting in the reps, keep going, don’t give up.
And you’re more successful than you give yourself credit for. So just keep putting in those reps.
[00:30:43] Megan Porta
I love that book so much. I’ve listened to it twice on audible. It is just gold and it’s so simple. So I. Yeah, highly recommend. If you haven’t listened or read it, go do it now. It’s very good. Thank you for ending that way. Love it. We’re going to put together a show notes page for you, Morgan. So if you want to go peek at those, head to eatblogtalk.com/nomastehungry. I didn’t know how to spell Nomaste. It’s N O M A S T E. If you don’t know like me, go check it out and then also check out Morgan’s stuff. Where can people find you, Morgan?
[00:31:19] Morgan Peaceman
Yep. So I have my webpage. Obviously it’s NomasteHungry.com. you can also hang out with me on Instagram: Nomaste.Hungry, Tik Tok is Nomaste Hungry YouTube. I have a small little YouTube channel that hopefully I’m growing. Also Nomaste Hungry. And on Facebook, Namaste Hungry.
[00:31:36] Megan Porta
Awesome. Everyone go check out all of Morgan’s platforms. Thank you again Morgan for being here and thank you for listening food bloggers. I will see you in next time.
[00:31:48] Outro
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