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Hi Everyone,

I'm really excited to be a part of the Yakezie Challenge.  My blog is Single & Saving and I write about living the single life on a budget.  I really enjoy blogging, but I find that trying to excel in my day job and other aspects of life often makes me lose focus of making my blog better.  Do any of you have advice with how you manage your time and develop your posts while balancing everything else?  I've checked out a lot of your blogs and I'm amazed at how so many of you balance careers and families while also producing great content.  I would appreciate any advice that you could share about how you manage your time while building your blogs.

Thanks!
Andrea

OneCentAtatime said:

Welcome Andrea! sorry I am not at all good at balancing, so can't advice. 

Thanks for the welcome!

First, welcome!

We all have different ways of managing our time. What's helped me the most is designating certain times of day where I get various tasks done. I set those times of day by knowing what I do best and when (for instance, I write better in the afternoons and evenings, so that's when I do it). I keep a list of post topics as well as established a schedule for when I write posts for other sites (guest posts, staff writing, my other sites). Having that schedule keeps me focused. Another suggestion is to decide how often you want to write; this will help fill in the gaps with the other stuff like networking.

The other thing that's helped is realizing that blogging isn't a perfect art. There is no such thing as a perfect blogger who can do it all at all times. Just try to manage the best that I can without compromising the other areas of your life. 

Welcome Andrea! Unfortunately, there is no easy answer to the time managment problem. Try working ahead by writing several posts at one time when you have a block of time.

Welcome Andrea! I am terrible with time management but I love giving advice.  

I try to have a schedule (and I usually don't stick to it.) I make sure I make time to write. It is my priority. I do it mostly on the weekends because that's when I have more time than during the week. On the week days I do all the rest – networking, replying to comments, emails and so on. If I could stick to my schedule, I'd accomplish a lot. I learned that multitasking is not as good as it seems. I also learned that focusing on one task at a time accomplishes much more that trying to do it all at the same time. Just remember: blogging should be fun. Don't try to be perfect, and don't get frustrated when you didn't do something that you've planned. There is always tomorrow. 

Thanks for your input and welcomes!  I'm working on a posting schedule and prioritizing writing in my free time.  Hopefully these will be good first steps to better managing my blog.

Welcome to Yakezie fellow Challenger!

Time management is tricky. I usually write my posts the day before I want them to go up whenever I can spare a moment (usually right after I'm done working for the day but before I go home and get distracted). I would like to get to the point where I have a week or two of blog posts written up and sitting in a backlog but that hasn't happened yet. I think that would be ideal though so that if something ever does come up, you can quickly go in and put something up.

Welcome! And hmm I'm not sure on any advice. I manage to fit everything in, not sure how!