A Day In the Life of a Blogger
People are very surprised when I tell them that I have all these blogs and the first question out of their mouth is, "How do you manage it all?" One of the reasons I get so much done compared to many people is that I don't have any kids, so that leaves a great deal of open time for me!
Well, I decided to take one day out of my life and keep track of everything I do just to see how I spend most of my time. This is just one day out of my life...
8:00 am - Wakeup, meditate, have breakfast, and watch about 10 minutes of the Today show. I normally don't watch the show, but I heard that James Ray was going to be on.
8:57 am - Work on my book
9:35 am - Check email, moderate comments, and read article, "A Miracle Set in Stone". It inspired me to write about overcoming beliefs, so I started writing down notes for a future post at The Good Life
10:38 am - Checked "Customer Service" folder in my Google feedreader to see what everyone is talking about and to find any inspiration for articles on my customer service blog. Start writing...
11:42 am - Took a break from writing customer service article to Twitter. Find out about Singapore Airlines' A380 cabins
12:00 pm - Go back to writing customer service article. Revised it and looked for picture to include in post...Published!
Well, I decided to take one day out of my life and keep track of everything I do just to see how I spend most of my time. This is just one day out of my life...
8:00 am - Wakeup, meditate, have breakfast, and watch about 10 minutes of the Today show. I normally don't watch the show, but I heard that James Ray was going to be on.
8:57 am - Work on my book
9:35 am - Check email, moderate comments, and read article, "A Miracle Set in Stone". It inspired me to write about overcoming beliefs, so I started writing down notes for a future post at The Good Life
10:38 am - Checked "Customer Service" folder in my Google feedreader to see what everyone is talking about and to find any inspiration for articles on my customer service blog. Start writing...
11:42 am - Took a break from writing customer service article to Twitter. Find out about Singapore Airlines' A380 cabins
12:00 pm - Go back to writing customer service article. Revised it and looked for picture to include in post...Published!
12:35 - Eat lunch and go talk to my neighbor. She makes a Thai tea for me which I've never tried before. Mmmmm....1:08 - Work on book review for Sound Wealth, Sound Health
2:15 - Check mail, take dogs for a walk, and chat again with the neighbor
3:03 - Check Twitter for any replies to my "tweets"
3:12 - Continue writing the book review
4:00 - Eat a snack, watch Oprah while finalizing the book review and adding images
4:34 - Check email, respond to blog comments, and visit other blogs
5:15 - Work out, do laundry, eat dinner, and run errands
8:00 - Watch Deal or No Deal while reading tweets at Twitter and sorting through email
9:00 - Watch American Idol while browsing organic beauty websites, taking notes, and developing them into a post for Beauty Is Within.
10:50 - Work on post for The Runway Scoop. Check Twitter again...
11:53 - Write goals for next day and check out what's going on at Facebook
12:34 - Meditate and go to bed...
Overall I was pretty happy with what I accomplished this day. I realized that perhaps I spend too much time on Twitter and that I should spend no more than half an hour a day "hanging out" there. I do love the connections that I'm making though. I'm pretty new to Twitter so I'm still in that "honeymoon" phase.
Comments
Good post!
When I see that someone has a lot of blogs I'm always under the impression that they must be able write with supersonic speed (something I just haven't figured out how to do).
I was relieved to see that you spend a normal amount of time on each post.
I need to earn a certain amount each month, so I balance blogging with other freelance writing projects (which generally pay more, at least at this stage in my blogging career).
Posted by: Laura Spencer | May 5, 2008 01:58 PM
I have a similar life style too but I wake up at 1 PM and go to sleep at 4-5 AM. When I started blogging for a living, at first, it was very tough to live this kind daily routine. Now, I enjoy it.
Posted by: Razib Ahmed | May 5, 2008 02:16 PM