Finding the time to blog

If you asked a room full of bloggers what bloggy challenge they come up against fairly often, I think finding time to write would be somewhere at the top of that list. I know for me, time is my prime challenge. In the beginning, there used to be days when inspiration was an issue for me, but with everything happening both in the world and in my life, all the products that need reviewing and so on, inspiration is abundant.

Time, however, is not.

Like most of you, I have a full plate. A typical day in my life consists of getting two kids to school by 8:30 am, myself to work by 9 am, getting said kids fed, bathed, and entertained, not to mention quality cuddle time and everything that goes into that. Oh, and until a self-cleaning house is invented, that, along with groceries once or twice a week, I’m kept busy.

And then there’s the other half of my responsibilities.

So finding time to blog?  Not easy.

There are days when I’m hit so hard by some topic or issue of the day that I literally high-tail it to my computer to get it off my chest. Those are by far my best, and favorite, posts. Other times I feel like I have to update since days have come and go with no sign of life coming from me. Those moments do not always reflect my best work.

I typically am OK if several days go by without posting. If I’m pressed for time, or the mood doesn’t strike, I’d much rather leave my readers to spend extra time thinking about whatever last thoughts I put down than to desperately come up with something, anything to write about. Because not only is writing under the gun not fun, it doesn’t typically produce the finest work.

So, if you’re feeling pressed to blog because some time has lapsed, or you’ve been uninspired, take a step back and think about what you began blogging for to begin with. Get back to your roots. Instead of churning out post after post, really take some time to consider what you get out of blogging, and what you hope to achieve. Don’t just post to post.

Then find some time to sit down, take a deep breath and tell your readers what you came up with.  And before you know it, you’ll have a worthy post that took no time at all to write.

Jill Notkin blogs at The Daily Grind of a Work at Home Mom when she’s not tweeting @AlexCaseyBaby. She is also the Managing Director of MotherTalk division at Mom Central Consulting.

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