I've decided to participate in Lori's Advice Forum Friday once again. Actually, it's something that came up in my mind as I was visiting blogs for Backwards WFMW this week.
How do you fit blogging into your schedule?
The times when I have managed to be prolific lately, I know I'm blogging when I really need to be catching up on chores or (ahem) I should be asleep. I only have one kid, here. I know a lot of you are writing with three, six, even ten kids! So, I want to know ... how do you do it? Where do you find the time? Do you really type that much faster than I do?
Help me figure this out, please.
no, we have dirty houses and neglected children. Of course I am kidding...kind of.
ReplyDeleteIt depends on the post. Some quickies you just dash off in that hour when you should be starting supper and supper is...late.
ReplyDeleteThe more significant ones I write on the weekends...while my kids are at play practice...after they go to bed...or on the rare occasions when I'm up early. Then I dole them out over a few days.
I try to have lots of posts started, or the germs of them at least. Then I add to them little by little.
You make time for what you want to do...I just wish I had more time for what I'd call "signficant" posts. The time spent on those doesn't bother me: I get more frustrated with myself for spending too much time on relatively unimportant topics.
Jeanne
I mostly post while nursing, during quiet time, or after the kids are in bed.
ReplyDeleteI find that instead of sitting down, "To Blog," it takes much less time for me to write a post if I run to the computer as soon as an idea pops into my head. That way I don't waste time "waiting to be inspired."
ReplyDeleteSometimes I'll write 3 or 4 posts in one day, but I'll save them as drafts and them trot them out over the next few days, like Jeanne said.
Getting on a set household schedule helps me, too. That way, when I do sit down at the computer, I'm not worrying about what's not getting done. I know WHEN it's going to get done, because it's on the schedule.
Good luck and thanks for posting on Advice Forum Friday!