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8 Ways to Make the Most of Your Blogging Time
Today's episode is about how to make the most of the time you have. Juggling time to blog with other things in your life is one of the most common challenges that bloggers experience, including me. I recently got together with 5 other bloggers where we talked about this, and I've spent a lot of effort myself in trying to get better at managing my time. In today's episode, I share eight tips and strategies you can use to make fitting blogging into your life less stressful.





In This Episode
You can listen to today's episode above or in iTunes or Stitcher (where we'd also LOVE to get your reviews on those platforms if you have a moment). In today's episode:

How to work out what your life priorities are
How to work out how you're currently spending your time
How to work out what your blogging priorities are (and the 4 priorities I focus on for my blogs)
How to change your schedule to increase blogging effectiveness
Why batching your tasks is so important
How 'mental blogging' can save you time
Why setting aside time for idea generation can save you time
How to break down big jobs into small bites
How to embrace slow blogging - why less can be more
Why putting time into preparing for the next week can save you time
Why setting aside time for rest, inspiration, and well being should be a regular part of your blog schedule
Why NOW is the perfect time to review your priorities and redesign your blog and life schedule

Further Reading and Resources for 8 Ways to Make the Most of Your Blogging Time

Episode 40: 7 Productivity Tips For Bloggers (includes my ideal weekly blogging/life schedule)
Blog Wise: How to Do More with Less (ebook)
How Batch Processing Made Me 10 Times More Productive
Discover Hundreds of Post Ideas for Your Blog with Mind Mapping
Webinar Recording: 10 Things I Wish I Knew About Blogging Before I Started
Kemi's blog 

Tools I use to save time: 

To track how I spend my time - Rescue Time
Mind mapping ideas - MindNode (other bloggers also use Trello)
To do list app – wunderlist
Calendar I use from my phone, computer and watch – Fantastical 2
Writing and sorting content – Evernote
Team communication – Slack
Social media management – Meet Edgar, CoSchedule

How did you go with today's episode?
What other strategies have worked for you? I'd love to hear from you in the comments below.

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