A lot of people often ask me how a I manage to write on 3 different niches, 2-3 posts each, do well in school and actually have a active social life (if you consider going out 3-4 times a week active). There’s no secret to that, there is no ‘I have no time’, there is only ‘I’m to lazy to do that, so I’ll just waste my time doing something completely useless’. If that’s you, then don’t worry, I used to be the same, had hard time getting my work done, because i was doing a lot of things at once, and ending up doing a poor job at all. Then I started to organize my work and life and I became a more productive person and blogger. Here’s a few pointers on how to achieve that:

1. Set goals. Most people work a long time, concentrating on a specific project that they often forget what they were supposed to be doing in the first place. Always set your goals, weather it’s a specific traffic number a month or a specific revenue, any goal big or small has to be achieved if you set it up.
2. Concentrate. A lot of people, my self included, get distracted by all the activities around us, so it’s best to disconnect from them. That means no TV, no IM (YM, MSN,AOL etc), no music if it’s disturbing you etc. But the best tip on maintaining focus on your work I can give you, would be unplugging your internet cable, until you finish your job.
3. Don’t clutter yourself up. That basically means don’t do to many things at the same time, or you’ll wind up failing or achieving nothing in either. Take things one thing at a time, and be patient.
4. Don’t check stats! That’s right all your stats freaks out there, you’ve got to control yourself and say no to stats! I used to check my google account 20-30 times a day, now just twice: in the morning after I wake up and late at night, before I get to bead, to see how well the day went. From my experience checking stats, e-mails, and comments can be very time consuming. It’s not like your stats will grow if you check them every 3 minutes, right? Use that time to write 2-3 more posts on your blog and thus you will really have a reason to.
5. Reward yourself. This kinda goes good with the tip above. After you finish your work, it’s good to reward yourself with some kind of incentive, so that you are motivated to write more and better. This can either be materialized in checking email, stats, comments or simply a well deserved rest. Also it’s good to do the opposite: punish yourself for not doing a good job, lack of posting or other-wise, deny yourself some of the privileges you would have if you would actually completed your job. No work no gain!

The How to be a productive blogger in 5 easy steps by Tibi Puiu, unless otherwise expressly stated, is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 United States License.