Ever since I started blogging, I find that I’m always busy doing something. I’m either writing new posts, researching, emailing, commenting, networking or tweaking my sites. If I could even find the time to put together a list of things to do, I’m sure it would go on forever.
No matter how efficient a worker you are, no matter how much you think you can get done, you’ll never get it all done. You could be speedy Gonzales when it comes to typing and fire out articles like a machine, but you will never have done enough. You can comment on every single blog you know, reply to every new comment you’ve gotten, but you still haven’t done enough. But it’s ok; you’ll never find a way to do everything. As long as your human and there’s only 24 hours in a day, you will never get it all done.
Blogging is one of the most demanding activities once you commit yourself to it. You think it gets easy, but it doesn’t. The more you achieve, the more you lust for bigger and better things, and the more things you find that need to be done. One thing always seems to lead to another.
It’s this never ending list of things to do that really kills most bloggers. But there’s a way around it, you just have to learn how to manage your blog and your workload. Many people blog on the side and don’t do it as a full time job, they often find themselves staying up until the early hours of the morning trying to squeeze in what needs to be done for their blog. As a result they are generally in a sorry state when they have to get up for work early the next day.
You just need to learn and accept that no matter how long you spend on your blog, you will never get it all done. There has been days where I’ve worked on my blogs from the time I got up, until the time I went to bed, and I can never say that I’ve felt like I got everything done. That’s the beauty of blogging, there’s always something to do, and if you can’t find something to do, you’re not blogging the right way.
For instance, I’ve been meaning to write some guest posts for the last two months, but I’ve just been so busy doing other things I never got around to writing any. Then today I put my foot down and said I wasn’t going to do anything else until I got this written. And look it’s worked, I’ve managed to write this post as well as a couple more for my own blogs all in the one day. It’s all a matter of putting what needs to be done in the right order.
Before you start work on your blog, prioritise what needs to be looked after first and make sure you get them done before you do anything else. Don’t try and do two things at once like commenting on blogs and writing a post, it just doesn’t work. Next look at what else needs to be done. You may think you need to tinker with your site design, do some guest posts, comment on other blogs or contact some potential business partners. Pick one of these things to do and just do it. Don’t do anything else and tell yourself that once you’ve done this you’re finished for the day.
By breaking up your workload into more manageable amounts you will find you can get more things done and you won’t be feeling overwhelmed or frustrated because you don’t think you’re doing enough. Try setting a schedule for yourself, one day you could work on your site, the next work on marketing and so on. This way you will always be doing a little bit at a time and no one aspect of your blog will be ignored.
Don’t feel like you have to dive in and work like a maniac to try and get everything done in one day, because you will quickly find out that it’s impossible and you will only be worse off at the end of the day.
Set yourself a certain amount of work to do in one day, a manageable amount. Be realistic, if you’re a slow typer you’re not going to be able to type up 5 new posts, or if you have family or work commitments, factor that in as well, don’t try and do too much, otherwise you will just be overwhelmed by your workload, which isn’t good for you, or your blog.
That’s how I keep on top of everything and I think it’s the only way to go. What about you guys, how do you manage everything on your blog(s)?
No matter how efficient a worker you are, no matter how much you think you can get done, you’ll never get it all done. You could be speedy Gonzales when it comes to typing and fire out articles like a machine, but you will never have done enough. You can comment on every single blog you know, reply to every new comment you’ve gotten, but you still haven’t done enough. But it’s ok; you’ll never find a way to do everything. As long as your human and there’s only 24 hours in a day, you will never get it all done.
Blogging is one of the most demanding activities once you commit yourself to it. You think it gets easy, but it doesn’t. The more you achieve, the more you lust for bigger and better things, and the more things you find that need to be done. One thing always seems to lead to another.
It’s this never ending list of things to do that really kills most bloggers. But there’s a way around it, you just have to learn how to manage your blog and your workload. Many people blog on the side and don’t do it as a full time job, they often find themselves staying up until the early hours of the morning trying to squeeze in what needs to be done for their blog. As a result they are generally in a sorry state when they have to get up for work early the next day.
You just need to learn and accept that no matter how long you spend on your blog, you will never get it all done. There has been days where I’ve worked on my blogs from the time I got up, until the time I went to bed, and I can never say that I’ve felt like I got everything done. That’s the beauty of blogging, there’s always something to do, and if you can’t find something to do, you’re not blogging the right way.
For instance, I’ve been meaning to write some guest posts for the last two months, but I’ve just been so busy doing other things I never got around to writing any. Then today I put my foot down and said I wasn’t going to do anything else until I got this written. And look it’s worked, I’ve managed to write this post as well as a couple more for my own blogs all in the one day. It’s all a matter of putting what needs to be done in the right order.
Before you start work on your blog, prioritise what needs to be looked after first and make sure you get them done before you do anything else. Don’t try and do two things at once like commenting on blogs and writing a post, it just doesn’t work. Next look at what else needs to be done. You may think you need to tinker with your site design, do some guest posts, comment on other blogs or contact some potential business partners. Pick one of these things to do and just do it. Don’t do anything else and tell yourself that once you’ve done this you’re finished for the day.
By breaking up your workload into more manageable amounts you will find you can get more things done and you won’t be feeling overwhelmed or frustrated because you don’t think you’re doing enough. Try setting a schedule for yourself, one day you could work on your site, the next work on marketing and so on. This way you will always be doing a little bit at a time and no one aspect of your blog will be ignored.
Don’t feel like you have to dive in and work like a maniac to try and get everything done in one day, because you will quickly find out that it’s impossible and you will only be worse off at the end of the day.
Set yourself a certain amount of work to do in one day, a manageable amount. Be realistic, if you’re a slow typer you’re not going to be able to type up 5 new posts, or if you have family or work commitments, factor that in as well, don’t try and do too much, otherwise you will just be overwhelmed by your workload, which isn’t good for you, or your blog.
That’s how I keep on top of everything and I think it’s the only way to go. What about you guys, how do you manage everything on your blog(s)?
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