In addition to scheduling my time, I’ve found that creating a weekly to do list is quite helpful.

New project ideas come up, personal tasks need to be handled, and if I don’t write it down then I’ll procrastinate or forget it.

Weekly to do lists are especially useful with blogging. While I don’t plan out the exact blog topics I’m going to post about, I do plan each week when I’m going to write for the following week. This helps greatly in staying ahead of the blog.

I don’t use any fancy tools like ToDoIst, Remember The Milk, or BackPack It. I keep it simple by opening a Notepad file, typing up the tasks I need to accomplish, followed by the days I need to post on my blogs, and I save it in a folder on my computer called To Do Lists.

Every morning I open the file and see what I can check off before noon. This works because the tasks I put on this list are not time-sensitive. They can be done whenever as long as I finish them that week ends.

While the other tools may make it easier to maintain a calendar based to do list, I find that a simple file with a list of tasks makes my life easier.

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There are basically two types opinions from people who are not familiar with working from home. The first is that it must be the greatest thing to be able to lounge around all day (see: Work at Home Myths); the second is the “Oh, I could never do that” opinion.

I tend to respect the “I could never do that” opinion moreso than the other because it’s true. Working at home isn’t from everyone.

Here are some clues that you might want to consider an office job.

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Everyone wants the benefits of a blog but few people want to put in the effort to maintain it. I fully understand because if you don’t really love it, blogging begins to seem like just another old task on the to-do list.

Besides, coming up with idea after idea can get tedious after awhile. That’s why I always try to stay ahead of my blogs. By that I mean that I try to have a few blog posts post-dated so that I don’t feel as much pressure to constantly update.

Here’s how it works.

I start a blog on a normal schedule, which means I write and post on the fly. Then after awhile I’ll take a day to write 4 posts for a particular blog but I’ll date them for the next week. That puts me a week ahead and I make sure it stays that way.

Note: This blog is now on a post ahead schedule. I am writing this five days before you’ll actually read it.

If something newsworthy and time sensitive comes up then I’ll post on the fly, but otherwise I try to maintain a “post ahead” schedule for each of my blogs.

Life gets in the way of blogging, work gets in the way of blogging, motivation gets in the way of blogging, but when you put yourself on a “post ahead” schedule it becomes less of a concern; especially when you get to the point of writing 5 or 6 blogs.

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