The Hour Is Late But It’s Time To Write

I couldn’t come up with anything to write for today’s post, and that, in fact, has led to what this post will be about. Well, technically, it led to what both parts of this post will be about. It won’t be a very long post, just another late-night chat between friends.

You see, this month, I’m challenging myself to write and publish a blog post every day. Let me tell you, it feels so good to be writing again. It really does. But what it’s also doing is bringing my flaws to light. Specifically my time management flaws, or maybe it’s my productivity flaws? I’m not sure what to call it, so let me explain.

I’m not the best when it comes to staying on top and getting ahead of projects, whether that be blog posts, school assignments, a few other things, etc. I’ll have good intentions at the start, but I won’t maintain it, so after a while, I fall behind. So far this month, I haven’t missed a single day, which has been incredible. However, I know it won’t last because I don’t have a good system in place.

Why do I talk so much about systems?

I have been using that word a lot over this past month, and I did state in an earlier post that I didn’t have a sound system in place. And it’s true. Right now, I’m taking Jeff Goins’ Intentional Blogging course. I’ve had access to it for years but am only finally working through it, and ironically one of my current assignments that I haven’t completed is to create an Idea Bucket and start filling it up with ideas.

Since this is a casual chat between friends, I will have you know that I intend to fill up that Idea Bucket until it’s overflowing…tomorrow. Okay, jokes, but that’s part of why this challenge has been so good for me. It’s forcing me to realize that I need to change how I organize myself as a writer.

After the month ends, if I continue writing daily or switch to weekly posts (whether once a week or more), I need to be better prepared. I always knew that, or at least I’ve known for a long time, but as it currently stands, I didn’t put enough of a focus to make myself change. Now, I have that desire, and I just need to push through the years of bad habits to get to where I want to be.