Blogging involves various tasks, but one of the most time consuming events for many bloggers is procrastinating when you just can’t seem to think of a blog post idea. You either hope an idea will come to you eventually in a random moment of inspiration, or you delve into your RSS feeds to try to find something that sparks your imagination.
The Word That Ensures 100% productivity
Routine
Example Of Routines In Physical Health:
Have you ever found that during the commercial breaks on TV you start feeling hungry despite them being every 10 minutes and find yourself repeatedly raiding the fridge even though you know you ate the last pickled pepper (or whatever) 2 trips ago?
If that’s you, then the chances are long time ago you were genuinely hungry but waited till the commercial came on to find food. After doing this enough times the body gets confused and thinks that it is the ads that are making you hungry, so you become used to rushing out to get food when the ads came on and now it has become a force of habit.
Studies show that a large part of why people become obese is because they are used to eating at certain times of day (e.g. in the ad breaks on TV). Once that time is reached again the next day the person is ‘told’ by a part of themselves to go and eat something.
How To Apply It To Blogging
I believe this also works in reverse but for the mind. If you force yourself to write a blog post every day at a set time, the first few may not be good enough to publish, but after a while your mind will automatically start coming up with creative writing ideas at that time of day. Eventually You will find that if you try doing something else at that time you wont be able to help but jot down blog post ideas that are flowing out of you.
A Common Mistake
This is why it is a bad idea to lie in bed trying to think of blog post ideas for the next day because your mind will start to think of the bed as a place to think rather than sleep, making it harder to get to sleep.
Summary
In a day without routine your mind needs constant stimulation in order to be productive. By creating an effective daily routine and sticking to it you can train your mind to do things at certain times of the day.
This post was written by Matt Jones.
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cellobella responded on 31 Mar 2008 at 4:57 pm #
Ahhh that explains a lot of things about my weight gain…
I agree with you about making habits… and you’re right… the more you do it the better you get.
Someone told me that if you do something 30 days in a row it becomes a habit.
Quentin - Home Shopping responded on 01 Apr 2008 at 11:27 am #
When I was running internationally you needed to repeat certain exercises around 180 times before you body starts to do it naturally so it’s the same with blogging I suppose, repeat enougth times and becomes habit.
Soz responded on 01 Apr 2008 at 1:33 pm #
I agree cellobella,I believe I can make the right habits…
Malte Landwehr responded on 01 Apr 2008 at 3:32 pm #
I agree. Routine is very important, especially for people working from home. You really have to force yourself to work at certain times.
seo blog responded on 01 Apr 2008 at 7:17 pm #
My ideas come to me whenever i can’t sleep so i guess you are right. Either that or it works the other way too.
LaRene responded on 02 Apr 2008 at 1:02 am #
You are so right. If you did have a certain time and place to write your blogs, our minds would work harder to be ready. It really wants to please you. So many times, we give our mind double signals and it gets confused. Once confused, it does nothing.
Mark responded on 02 Apr 2008 at 8:07 am #
Interesting approach, and one that I believe sounds logical. For the past few months I’ve been struggling through a burnout of sorts when it comes to blogging. I sit down in front of my computer and stare, waiting for the lightning bolt of inspiration to strike down upon me. Man, I hate that.
Wayne Liew responded on 03 Apr 2008 at 3:12 pm #
Sometimes, we are constantly having ideas but they come at the wrong time, catching us by surprise and by the time we wanted to start sketching the ideas out, they seem to be gone.
I guess it would be best to carry around a notebook with you or have the ideas keyed into a cellphone just to keep yourself reminded with these wandering ideas.
Olivier responded on 04 Apr 2008 at 10:59 pm #
I tend to agree… To find the inspiration, I am just sitting in front of my screen, open the wordpress admin and then it comes after few minutes…
Homebizseo responded on 18 Apr 2008 at 1:17 am #
Inspiration should not be a problem. Most bloggers make it harder than it actually is. You can write about food, walking, what tv show you watched. I have read blogs that talked about laying in bed for days and doing nothing. The amazing thing is that the blog had over 400 comments. That was amazing. Have fun with blogging.