Last month, I wrote a post on when I write my blog posts. Ironically, that post was obsolete the day after I posted it. Because that’s when I decided to change my writing schedule.
I can write blog posts anytime. I can only work on my book in the morning. So I was using my time inefficiently. I’ve been working on my new schedule for about a month now, and I’ve decided it works. Hopefully, I won’t change it again the day after I post this.
Having a number of posts in the can still doesn’t work for me. I need the sense of urgency to write every day. One or two written in advance works well, but I don’t keep consistent if I have more than that.
What has changed is when I do my daily writing. Previously, I wrote each day’s post that morning. What I do now is write a tomorrow’s post in the late morning or afternoon, depending on the rest of my schedule.
As soon as I get up, I review, publish and schedule my tweets about the post. That is always done before 9:00. Then later in the day, I find/make time to write the next post. Rinse and repeat the next day.
This preserves my morning creative time for my book while still getting my blog post written. I still do most of my blog writing on my phone, using Evernote. When I get back in the evening, I sync Evernote, and I’m ready to cut and paste into WordPress.
I used to write in WordPress for iPhone, but I’ve started using Evernote instead. WordPress for iPhone gave me some problems, and Evernote is more stable.
Moral of this post? Just because something has been working for you, don’t hesitate to change it when it stops working.
Anyone else want to share when you write your posts? Or something that used to work but doesn’t now?
Tags: blogging, iPhone, task management, time management