How To Push Yourself To Post Regularly On Steemit.

It is easy to lose yourself in the Steemit world of blogs with new and fresh content being pumped out every minute. It can keep you busy for hours without you even knowing how time flew by. For being a successful blogger you need to, well post on your blog regularly. Duh. Everyone knows that!

But then why does your blog page show that you posted 2 days ago or even worse 2 weeks ago!

Call it writers block or just plain laziness, but it hits everybody on Steemit at some time or the other. In this post I will give you some tips that may help you be a regular blogger - from my personal experience.

List

At the outset let me say that the most effective technique is to maintain a list of to dos that you prepare for the next day before going to bed. I make such a list everyday and on this list right on top, features creating a blog post. As I finish the tasks written in the list I tick them off - and it feels good.

You will get a sense of satisfaction(and relief) when you have ticked off items on your list as done. Now this won't happen overnight but if you stick with it for a few days it will become a habit. Do this for a few days and you will find that you tend to refer back to your list several times a day in other to make sure that you're not missing anything.

In fact you will not go to sleep before you complete all tasks on your list. Of course there may be exigencies or more urgent tasks that crop up suddenly. In that case, you can always carry forward some of your tasks for the next day.

Planning your post

Note down a topic on which you are going to write. Better still, write 4 or 5 points that you will base your post on. This will help you get started with a clear idea on what you are going to write.

Start with few words

You may not feel liking writing or typing anything sometimes - typical writer's block. The best remedy for writer's block is to open a blank document and just start typing on it. It doesn't have to be anything to do with the topic. Just type anything that comes to your mind and keep going until your mind opens up. You will find that the content for your post will start forming in your mind as you keep typing.

Once your mind opens up and the content flows out, you can also do your research if you are writing on a complex topic or about something that will need additional information.

Time

I have found that if I follow a fixed time for a daily task it has higher chances of getting done. This is because the mind is automatically alerted at that particular time and you tend to follow the same time every day. Earlier the better is the maxim preached by the time management gurus but I say that any time works, just make sure that you fix a time in the first place.

Notes

I always used to keep a small notepad handy so that I could write down an idea or possible topic that came to mind. Now I use my smartphone and I think all of them have a notepad pre-installed making it easy to note down things that you don't want to forget. Having your ideas noted down enables you to write faster instead of remembering what you had thought of earlier.

I know this question will be there in the minds of many. What if you don't have the time to write or don't write at all?

Steemit also has an audience for images, an increasing demand for videos or just simple drawings. The tips above pertain creating any post and the same discipline can be applied whether you write, draw, create videos or take photographs.

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