How to Balance Blogging With Family and Work
Posted on December 8, 2007
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What do you do when life gets in the way of the truly important things?
… Like blogging and surfing for pr0n.
I know from my own experience that trivial details like going to work, and spending “quality time” with the family can really put a crimp in the time I have available for blogging.
Ideally, we would all march into the boss and say “Take this job and shove it!” Then we would get home to the spouse and say, “Take a hike! I have important blogging to do.”
Alas, very few of us are individuals of great enough courage to do it. We admire such rugged individualists from afar, and only hope that one day to be that fearless. How can the rest of us weasel out of our meaningless “responsibilities” that stand in the way of our blogging happiness?
Employment tips
- Time management – Stop going to work on time. Get a jump start on writing a post for that day, or respond to comments.
- Assertiveness – Tell your boss, “Better late than never.”
- Prioritize – Spend more time at work blogging.
- Fake it ’til you make it – Explain to your boss that you run an important website.
With any luck, your employer will take your job and shove it for you.
Family tips
- Emphasize personal development – If your kid says, “Look Dad! I got an A on my math test!” Ask how that does anything to improve your life. Explain that you already know as much math as you need to.
- Go for a walk – If your kid gets hurt, just tell him/her to walk it off. I have never known of an injury that didn’t get better with a long enough walk.
- Lead by example – If your wife complains that the roof is leaking, tell her to sit where the roof isn’t leaking, just like you are doing.
- DIY – Tell your wife if she wants the garbage taken out so bad, why doesn’t she do it herself?
- Health – What? Are her legs broken? Walk it off!
In short order, you will find that your life partner has voluntarily taken a hike.
Make it a habit
Although these tips don’t outline what to do in every possible situation, they will set you on the right path to forming important habits that will result in more free time than you ever could have imagined.
You have new-found freedom
Now, without a boss looking over your shoulder, children continuously interrupting your creative flow, or a spouse to contantly nag you about silly chores or financial difficulties, you can blog to your heart’s content.
… In between surfing for pr0n and suffering bouts of depression caused by not having a real-life human sex partner, that is.
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I don’t whether to laugh or cry.
Why would you cry, RT?
This is the best how-to article on “find more time to blog” that I’ve ever read. I’m sure your tips are highly effective.
LOL…RSS’d, Stumbled, and then some.
(Btw, the ‘humor-blogs.com’ URL is broken)
Let’s just say I have all the time in the world to blog.
Cautionary tale? Good article!
Thanks, Karen. I’m glad you enjoyed it.
SpostartDuro. I appreciate your stumbling and subscribing. The Humor-blogs link was a problem on their side. The link was fine, but the site it pointed to was under maintenance. It’s working now.
RT, you still have a job, don’t you?
Mark, indeed it is a cautionary tale. Thanks.
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Family!! Ye Gads! I knew I was forgetting something!
(Hey wait a minute, I can write a pretty good blog about this!)
Most of my blog material comes from work, and I do write most of the content while I am working. I do work hard as well, which is why people don’t mind me taking 5 or 10 minutes to write something quickly in word and put it on my memory stick. Where as the lazy sods I write about get watched like hawks, to try and stop them wasting time. I always find it best to write parts of conversations down quickly, while it is still fresh in my mind. Then when I get home from work I can just turn on my laptop, edit my posts a bit, then add them to my blog page.
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I hate when my job gets in the way of blogging. I tell my boss, “Weasel off! I have important blogging to do.” He knows to back away slowly. I think instilling fear in your co-workers is key to getting ahead. Bosses need to be knocked down a few pegs.
Great tips. Can’t wait to read more.
Oh now this is just perfect… This is one of those posts that I read and think to myself “I wish I’d have thought to say that”.
Too funny and thanks, I needed that
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