Blog posts are more than tweets or likes - you have to find a topic and spend some time writing at least a paragraph or two. This is true when you're writing a personal journal type of blog. If you're writing another kind of blog -- informational, research-oriented, etc. then it means even more involvement.
Which I discuss with my lawyer clients regularly because if it isn't a panic on finding something to write about, it's about finding the time to write the post (let's not even get started on the comments). Here's something that helps: a timer.
That's right. A timer. Any old kitchen timer will do, as will the one on your phone or your watch (ahem). However, here's one that I really like because it appears onscreen at the bottom of your window: FocusBooster.
FocusBooster is free. It's a part of a larger time management technique that you may find helpful (many do) but for now, I have to say that downloading FocusBooster and having that little timer bar counting down the seconds as you are typing away keeps you ... well ... FOCUSED.
It alarms at 25 minutes. Then you get a 5 minute count. Once that dings, you've got to restart FocusBooster.
The beauty of FocusBooster is that if you play your cards right, you'll hit that green square and get going, and before 25 minutes are up, voila! Another post on your blog.
Try it. According to Lifehacker, it's the most popular software of its kind out there right now.
1 comment:
Thanks, Reba.
I could call and say thanks, but thought I would leave this comment here (look I'm writing COMMENTS today) to add that I am using this timer right before lunch an added push that works as I have 25 min on the screen timer and must get done to meet the crew.
Good tip, Rebecca Sue.
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