This is an example of what my inner mind-space says to me when I sit down to ‘do some blogging stuff’:
So what are we going to do now woman? Ah yes that post, the one you have been meaning to write for weeks – let’s write that. Or actually let’s edit some photos for another post. No, be decisive, do that written post. Ooo look you have email, the little Gmail notifier has just popped up to tell you. Hmmm I wonder what’s going on on Twitter? Hmmm do you think you should change your blog theme? It’s been a while….
*There follows 5 hours of faffing before I decide that I preferred the theme the way it was before*
There lieth the problem amigos, I’m fickle, I’m easily distracted, I have good intentions but my head is easily turned. What I need is *deep breath* to GET ORGANISED. There I have said it. I feel that I should go and shower now, so dirtied do I feel by the mere thought of ‘making a plan’.
I need a plan. Something solid to follow. Something to tell me “TODAY YOU MUST DO THIS AND THIS” and “DO NOT FANNY ABOUT” and “CHECK YOUR EMAILS 2 TIMES A DAY ONLY”.
I know by doing so I will get precious hours of time back. I know where my weakness lies. With thirteen blogs/sites to attend to I need to be systematic. Christ I have projects I want to do, new stuff to plan and no time to do that.
Do I need a whiteboard? Did I just say that out loud? What am I turning in to? Being organised goes against everything carefree I believe in…but it must be done.
Do you have a ‘plan’, a ‘schedule’, something to adhere to? Does it work? And more importantly can you promise me faithfully that it won’t morph me into a sensible person?
I’m very carefree and unorganised too, I do sometimes, very occasionally, decide I need to try something else and I even brought myself a diary but then never got round to writing in it! I think it works for the organised type but me I just like to sit blankly staring into the computer… I don’t get alot done until the very last minute and am always rushed but…… ohh look an email….
Do you think there’s any hope for us? Can we change?!
I am exactly as you describe when writing a feature to earn a living, yet oddly focused when writing a blog post of no consequence. But I only have one blog and you own a cyber empire.
Less of a cyber empire more of an online shanty town
Your intro struck a real chord with me! That is exactly how I work… or don’t work
But I think that is what comes with a creative mind! Distraction, ideas, chaos… Although you’ve done pretty amazingly – look how much you’ve achieved! If you’ve done all that being unorganised, you will be taking over the entire world soon with the whiteboard and a little organisation!
I am by nature an organised person but when I get onto my computer, I just don’t know what happens to me! I love the cyber world but on the other hand, it sends my mind into disarray! I totally empathise and unfortunately have no trusty advice *sigh*.
Thirteen blogs? How the hell do you keep up? One keeps me busy enough.
In terms of organising I don’t plan when to post things but I do scribble down ideas as they pop into my head. I use Springpad on my phone and OneNote on my laptop for this
Mammasaurus – you are the bomb! Your website/blog empire (completely agree with @ageinmatron, this aint no shanty town) is the most inspirational load of gorgeousness and go-getter-ness. Loveallblogs is just fab, thank you for doing that. Sorry, can’t spend too long on commenting because I need to get back to my poor blog which looks shamefully bare compared to this.
Haha I literally could have written this post! I have so much to do but am so unorganised, I was thinking about writing a schedule of when I should do things but I know I wouldn’t stick to it so it would be pointless. And I am so the same with my blog themes, I spend ages sorting it out then go and change it. I get bored of them so quickly! x
I’ve just started blogging and I faff around for ages, but after the post I feel somehow cleansed!
I do have a whiteboard. It’s got last month’s posts on it. That’s how organised I am here!
I am the opposite of you, I am extremely uptight, nothing without a list. I have a whiteboard and in fact even wrote a post about organising your life with the order of the whiteboard sometime last year. I also have an app on my phone on which I have to do lists for my blog, domestic life, work, school etc. I also have days on which I usually post certain types of post. Omg I really need to loosen up a little don’t I ?
Did you really just say THIRTEEN sites?? As in… 1 3. 13 sites. WHO ARE YOU??
No really, how do you do it??
I faff about like that but my output shows, with the whole 3-4 blog posts a month that I’m coming out with about now. >_<
I've tried a whiteboard, and a filofax. Both worked great to start off with, but after a while, I just kind of forgot about them.
Actually, I got a lovely new filofax style diary that was supposed to be from july 12- july 13. Totally forgot about that till now. Whoops!
I do love my big calendar on my kitchen wall for remembering the big important things like dr's appointments, taekwondo for Zack etc! Anything else is just too much work for a Type B (ie unorganised wreck!) like me!