My Secret to Blogging Consistency

Do you blog? Do you sleep at night? Do you wake up in the morning? Do you get distracted easily? Do you want to be a successful blogger? Do you want to rule the blogosphere? Do you think John Chow’s face looks like a monkey’s ass?

If you answered yes to any of those questions then you have “blogarogetize”. Don’t worry about the medical term. Let me put it in simple words for you. It means that you sometimes run out of things to blog about. I’m a trained professional you can count on me! Let me tell you how you can blog daily and not run out of things to write about. This is how I do it.

Make a list! Yes, a list!

There I said it. The secret to blogging consistency. Just jot down whatever comes to your mind. Like whatever you find interesting. Any interesting site, software, issues, etc. You could write it down or type it on Notepad. Do whatever you need to. And take your time! It’s really important that you take your time. Don’t rush!

Just listen to music for a few minutes. Or watch a comedy stand-up or any funny video. That should clear up your mind and then start jotting things down.

Why do this?

I get a lot of ideas and I forget some. Like c`mon. There’s just so many things going on the web and in the tech world. How many things can you remember? Making a list helps. It helps a lot. Trust me, hommes. Later you can just go through the list and pick the most interesting topic. This is how you prevent “blogarogetize”.

UPDATE: How often you should do it?

You should try to do this every day. Or at least every other day. Don’t do it weekly because by that time I would probably forget a few things (at least I would). And keep the list around you all the time. Especially when you’re on the computer. If you find anything interesting, quickly add it. Don’t wait!

How I make the list?

I do it at night. Midnight actually. I take a pen and paper. Sit down. And just jot down things that I thought of writing about the other day and what I found interesting today. Last night I made a list of 10 topics. Not bad, huh?

Like yesterday, I saw this post on Lifehacker about Live Mesh and I got interested in blogging about it. I quickly added that to my list. You get the idea, right?

Oh and a few other things I think I should mention. I don’t listen to music while doing this and I go into semi-yoga mode while doing this (meaning there are no distractions while I’m making the list).