some pro tips about running a multimuse blog; sometimes, running a multimuse blog can feel overwhelming because people are excited to write with your muses and send you lots of memes and there’s a lot of interactions going, and though you love your muses to bits, you’re not going to feel inspired to write all of them, all the time. this is completely normal, first of all. if you keep receiving things and struggle to reply, of course it’s going to start feeling stressful. so here’s some tips on how to hopefully make it less stressful for you;
1) make your blog mutuals only or mutuals being the highest priority. this can help lower the number of interactions you get a little if you feel too overwhelmed trying to interact with everyone and / or it can help lower the stress of having to reply to non-mutuals quickly.
2) make your blog low-activity. if you don’t want to stress with replies, make it clear in your rules / on your blog description that you are low activity. this way, people who follow and interact with you, will know that sometimes they have to wait longer for replies.
3) give your muses statuses. for example, those muses you have a lot of muse for can be active, those you feel a little less can be slow / semi-active, and those you are unsure about can be test muses / low-activity / plotting only, etc. this helps both you and your followers know which muses you’re going to be most active with or have the highest change of getting a response quicker to.
4) surround yourself with patient people. this is kind of a no-duh, but if you don’t want to feel stressed about replies, try to focus on finding people who have it in their rules that they might be slow with replies and/or they are fine with you taking your time. people of similar mind that reply speed =/= interest. as much as it’s nice to have people excited about a thread, it should never reach the point where you feel pressured to reply, so it’s good to surround yourself with other, patient people who won’t mind the wait.
5) stay firm about it being ok to take your time and being selective. it’s just as important to stay firm towards yourself as it is towards others. stop apologizing for taking your time. you can keep people updated that you’re too busy or uninspired or whatever to reply, but don’t apologize for it. the more you practice this, the less you will start to feel guilty about it, too, which you shouldn’t! after all, if you think others should be allowed to take their time, why shouldn’t you? the same goes with only writing certain muses of yours for a while. that’s okay, too. let people know those are the muses you have the most inspiration to write right now, but don’t apologize for it. it’s okay.
6) be okay with removing your muses. if you’re no longer feeling a muse, don’t feel pressured to keep them on your blog list. remove them (for now) and if you feel inspired to write them again, you can always re-add them later! look at it as giving your muse and yourself a holiday. it’s surprising how much this can help in having them return to you later. and this way, you won’t have to receive memes and such for muses you are not feeling so you end up feeling guilty for not replying to it.