Blogging Tip #1 For The A.D.D.er
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- Blogging Tip #1 For The A.D.D.er
These tips can apply to anyone. I got the idea while reading Dr. Hallowell’s blog when he talked about getting the hang of blogging.
Some people may already know this, but for those that don’t here you go. Blogging is about writing. It’s writing when the idea hits you. It’s writing about what you know about. Even fiction is about something we have some idea about. But writing consistently every week can be difficult. I fall behind all the time.
I have 4 blogs I participate on and 2 that are just mine. This is one of them. Not to mention forums, email, etc. So how do you write consistently when you are writing so much already?
Strike while the iron is hot. By that I mean when an idead hits you. When you see something or realize something write.
You don’t have to write on your blog just then, but you should write down either the whole artical or just enough that when you come back you’ll see it. I like to use google notepad to quickly get my thoughts down. A great application for offline and online writing is ecto. It lets you write online or offline. It’s available in PC and Mac.
Let’s say you’ve just written an entire post but you don’t want to post it until later that week because you just posted. It’s a simple change to your post. Here are the steps for a wordpress blog, but it should be available for all blogs.
1. Create your post.
2. Save your post as draft.
3. Open the post up for editing.
4. In the right hand side is “Post Timestap.
5. Expand this and set it at a future date.
6. Publish.
This will then publish the posting to your blog on that particualr day.
Now you can write away without the headache of waiting or storing your idea until the next time you’re available. So strike while the iron is hot. Next week we’ll talk about another tip. Figuring out how to keep track of what you’re writing.
ps I wrote this Sunday morning.
Identifying
Do you feel like you can identify with others? Show a sense of empathy? I think a lot of people would say yes. On the same hand do you think a lot of people can identify with you? If you were me that would be a resounding NO.
I feel most days like no one gets me. That most people cannot identify with me. No matter how succesfull or well I do my job, I feel like I am not. I don’t know of many people that can identify with that. That have that question burrowing into their head. I do. But for some reason I don’t let it stop me.
I recently found someone I think I can identify with. He posts around the frequency I do and we have similar hobbies. Jeff’s A.D.D.
Sometimes I head over to the different ADHD forums, Additude magazine, or other blogs by people with ADD. Some of them seem similar but like all mental health deficiencies it varies by person. Our brains work in such an amazing way it can be so heartening to find someone you can relate with.
I love to work, to cook, to create, to solve problems, to dive in and find problems I can solve, and to help people, and to find new ways to do old things. How many of us do this? I belong to a group of men and women around the world called The BBQ Brethren. These people I can identify with. On the other hand, I wonder if they can identify with me? I put that aside and enjoy their company, even if I’ve never met most of them.
It is refreshing to read Jeff’s blogs and see what he’s seeing. Identifying. It’s a nice feeling.
Blogging Guilt
I have blogging guilt. Today I went through my list of blogs I subscribe to and found that a lot of them are active creative posters to their own blogs. During the course of reading theirs I found even more. I have neglected you LifeDoodling.com. I have left you with a defiant post about perspective on life and having A.D.D. I have left you by the wayside as I surf the web and read and learn about BBQ.
About a month ago I lost one of the true delights in my life. My smoker, Ginny. She was an investment into something that I have a true passion for. Now she is gone. To read about the disaster that threatened to leave me smokerless for 9 months go here.
Since that time I have been so hyperfocused on dealing with insurance, handling issues around getting a new one and staying connected with the BBQ community that I enjoy, I have neglected many of the other things around me.
I promise not to do so again. Please forgive my lapse.