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These are some tools to help you get organized and stay organized while blogging.
I’m so sorry I haven’t found any magical tools or methods to help you work instead of just stare at a blank screen lost in a daze of writer’s block too tired to function void of all possible motivation other than introductory cocaine, but I wouldn’t recommend it because of adverse side effects like addiction and losing everything you love. You might try coffee. Maybe a small hike in nature? Diet and exercise. Are you dehydrated?
Don’t forget to hydrate when typing ferociously at the computer screen!
But I can recommend the following to help you get organized: Tools to keep track of the things to do, note taking tools, and time management. I actually don’t think anything on this page is an affiliate link. But I’ll keep the disclaimer up there in case that changes 😉
Just keep in mind that people are different. In the Myers Briggs Personality Test, one of the personality things it measures is judging vs perceiving. Judging people are highly organized people who love schedules, to do lists, planning, pre-planning, STRUCTURE, etc. Perceiving people thrive in spontaneity and creative chaos. Most people are somewhere in between, some more extreme than others… But sometimes, forcing a perceiving person into a judging lifestyle counteracts with their Chi. So you want to focus on what works best for you and your style.
It might help to ask yourself what does Get Organized mean to you? Because for some people, it’s color coding their tasks, and for others, it’s just being able to find the thing you’re looking for before you die of old age.
Get Organized Tools
♥♥ Trello: Project Management: Plan, write to-do lists, collaborative tools for working with teams…
♥♥ Taskade: Make lists / or headline and text notes, save pictures… with chrome extension that allows each new tab to show your taskade.
Airtable: Spreadsheet and database. They offer free and priced services
Take Notes
Diigo: Helps with research to collect, annotate, organize, and share information found on the web. They offer free and priced services.
Evernote: Track notes, clip from the web easily, and write your own notes
Scrivener: It’s kind of old school looking, but it’s a super easy way to track research and write large projects like a novel. It has a free trial, and beyond that, it’s affordable.
Time Management
♥♥ Forest App: Stay Focused and Increase Productivity with this app. You plant a virtual forest, and by working, your trees grow. Plant real trees with virtual coins you earn. Awesome!
Pomodoro Technique: This technique is a method many have found incredibly helpful for time management and getting ish done.
Rescue Time: Tracks how you spend time on your computer so you can see where you’re spending it. Free and Paid plans.
Shift: Streamline your workflow. Free and paid plans available
Go Fucking Work: It’s a marvelous app where you set time limits on your time on various websites before a screen automagically pops up and tells you to get back to work in a belligerent, drill sgt like sort of way. Perfect for people who plan to Facebook for 15 minutes and 3 hours later… It’s quite epic and brilliant.
♥ How to Create a Blogging Schedule That Actually Works: Free PDF from Lyrical Host. A sample of free things they provide their clients on a regular basis. I’m an affiliate, and I try not to put ads on this joint except for things I signed up for through an affiliate program, so if you’re interested in Lyrical Host as a hosting provider, here’s a coupon code to save 10%: BloggingLearnD.
General All Over Organization
♥ Google Docs: They have documents and spreadsheets. You can create spreadsheet schedules fairly easily. You can also share and others can edit for teams.
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