I’ve had a
few questions about how I blog and what my process is given my strange schedule.
My schedule
isn’t all that weird to me, I’ve worked 4 on 4 off for 3 years now so I kind of
have it down to an art. The secret, for me at least, is to forget what the calendar
says. A week in my world is 4 days. So I work one week, then I’m off the
following.
When it
comes to blogging, week one is a write off. Due to me working long hours and
not being able to get much sleep, I don’t tend to write anything during my
working week. What I do tend to do during that time is write notes. Lots and
lots of notes; with anything from a basic idea, quotes to outlines for whole
posts.
My week off
runs differently depending where it follows on the traditional calendar, but
that basics are day 1 is for sleeping and catching up around the house, but
mainly catching up on sleep. Day two is normally my writing day, I wake up
early…mainly because I slept so much day 1, stay in my pjs and just write. I
try to write as much as I can that day, anywhere from 2 to 5 pieces depending how my
brain is working. Day 3 is for running errands. I’ll also use it to finish
things, either housework or blogs, whatever I failed to do when I was meant to do
it really. Day 4 is my “me day”, where relaxation is the name of the game. It’s
my day to chill out and decompressed. It’s also kind of become my unofficial social
media day… but social media is relaxing, right?
As you can
imagine, my blog tends to be behind reality due to the way I write. When I use
to be good at this and on the ball I was about a month ahead with my writing.
At the moment I’m about a week and half. That said, no matter how far in advance I
am scheduled, I like to leave gaps for things like holidays and big events so I
can sit down and write them closer to the time and really capture the feeling.
Those
pre-written post are kind of my safety net in case I get sick or get stuck with
writer's block or the most likely of all get roped into stupid amounts of
overtime. They mean, I don’t have to let you guys down, and I don’t have to
stress about finding time to write.
I hope that
answered some your questions, and shined a little light on how I work. But before
I go I will leave you with this question; do you like to plan thing in advance
or go with the flow, let me know in the comments below and as always, stay and
play safe.
Love,
The Honest
Bitch
xoxo
