I have this feeling that a lot of us tend to waste time online. Since internet became a thing, more and more people are online, reading, playing, socialising , dating and the list goes on.
The nature of what I do has been shifting slowly more online, which lead me to spending all my time on the internet.
Since I discovered about Steemit 1 year ago, I have disappeared from the world. My sister thinks I have joined a cult. I got so excited, fascinated by the platform that in the first few months I used to go to bed every night at 3-4 am. I read articles, comment on them and write my own things.
The idea of Steemit has given me hope that finally I might have freedom to do what I love and have financial stability. As some of you know, I have been a Youtuber for 4 years now, creating incredible content that I give out of free and which takes hours and hours of work. I work alone, so I do everything alone. Its hard.
The concept is the same with anything you do online. Time is the most valuable thing you have. You cant get it back, you have to utilise your time correctly and you have to be organised. I wanted to share few tips with you about managing your time on Steemit and how to become more organised.
The reason why I feel I can offer this advice, is because it is very similar to what I have been doing for last 4 years on my channel . I work from home and there are many distractions. So lets start with the basics. Now get some coffee or tea and start making notes!
How to manage your time on Steemit TIPS
1. Organise your day in detail.
I meant it. Plan every hour what you are going to do. This helps to stay focused and on target. If you don’t have a plan, you don’t value your time.We all know how easy it is to just spend hours on Steemit, reading articles, voting, commenting… before you know it, you have spent 4 hours there. I am not saying don’t spend loads of time on Steemit, I am saying spend your time wisely and efficiently.
2. Set a specific time and day to write your article.
Of course everyone is different and we all write about different things, but setting specific time for an article could be a good guide. Let’s say you want to do a recipe. Set aside 2-3 hours for the writing and cooking and make sure you don’t waste anymore time.
3. Set specific time to promote your article and support others.
We all know that by commenting and reading others work, they are more likely to read your work and appreciate the time you took to comment and up vote them. Set 1-2 hours a day after you have posted your article. Then go on rocket chat and support one another. Don’t spend more than that, because you will start to annoy people.
4. Follow your favourite people and read their feed.
They are always likely to post new things, so look out for new articles. If you get in early, not only will you get curation rewards, but you might be the first person to leave a meaningful comment which might earn you some cash too. This will save you time from getting lost in thousand of articles that are posted daily.
5. Don’t get obsessed about your post.
I know a lot of you, and I have done the same, sit there for hours watching your post, refreshing every 5 min to see how many votes it got and how many comments. Instead of doing that, go and comment on other peoples posts and use your time wisely. If it is going to do well, it will. You dont need to worry about it and get obsessed. I know its painful sometimes when you spend so much time writing a post and it doesn’t get noticed. But thats how it is going to be. Eventually your posts will get noticed by someone. Consistency is a key.
6. Write down ideas you have about future posts
No matter where you are, write down ideas you have for Steemit. Think how can you let more people know about the platform. How can you spread the word? What can you do for Steemit? Write all silly and not silly ideas, because one day they will be your future posts. I have so many ideas, every day I have a new idea and they just keep coming.. I am going to post every day, and maybe even more in the future.
7. Use pointless time.
What do I mean by pointless time? Waste of time for me is when I am travelling on a plane, bus, car or waiting for someone. What do most people do when there is not much to do? Nothing. So use your valuable time in these situations and start writing, planning, trotting down ideas. Right now i am in a car on my way to the airport and I might as well utilise the time and write this post.
8. Go to bed early.
Sleep is one of the most important things. We have to sleep in order to function properly. So before you do anything, your head needs time to rest. Sitting all night and staring at the laptop wont give you any new ideas and you are more likely to be less productive, so go to bed early! ;)
I hope this helped some of you. Time is everything . Use it wisely!
Lots of Love,
Alla xox
This is so relatable. I find it really difficult to waste time on the Internet, so I look for ways and recommendations on things like "websites for wasting time on the internet" or courses that teach us how to "waste time" on the web. I'm so thankful for people who write about these kinds of things. The world is moving way too fast.
Thank you! I'm so glad it was useful to you!! :))
I wish I could organize myself like that, but I can't. No I'm not just being defeatist, I literally can't. My brain just doesn't have the executive functions to do so. It might be possible with medication but none that I've been prescribed have yet worked for me.
Just about the only one of these I've been able to achieve reliably is 8, going to bed early. Speaking of which what time did you get to bed at last night? :-P
Hahah really? I think I've always been really organised and its a great skill i am sure you can learn. Well thats good you can do 8! But I'm sure you can do others too! just have to try and do it step at a time. I went to sleep at 12.30 am ... hahah i know but its weekend! :D
Organisational skills can be learned but they rely on your executive functions which can't. They develop over your life, they're brain functions not skills. I imagine you probably have quite high executive functions, but for someone who doesn't have them trying to learn to be organised is like a dog trying to learn to speak English.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Executive_functions
oh I see! Interesting! i guess we are all good at different things :)
Point no. 9: Unplug yourself completely from the internet from time to time :)
Great advices here! Followed and resteemed
thanks a lot darling! and yes i agree with the point 9!! detoxify from social media :D haha
Thanks! Sound advice :)
glad it helped :))
Thanks so much for the tips! I think the most difficult one for me as someone who works from home is "go to bed early." It's 5am and I've literally been lying in bed thinking about what I want to write for me next blog post. It won't be too long until people think I'm in a cult too!
I think I'm going to focus more on number one. Without planning the day it's easy to get lost in everything else life throws at you...
hahah oh no!! I've been there! literally going to bed super late! But trust me after a while you will be feeling burned out and you need your energy to sleep and focus. Yes its such a key to plan it, i mean it ... by every hour!!!
I'm glad I found Steemit. It's amazing the opportunities that are here. One can do what they love and possibly earn a living from it, using Steemit. The dream can turn into reality!
yeah glad you did and thanks i see you have been commenting! and its amazing, you are on the right path! will up vote your comment for loyalty!!
Wow ♥ ~ This is one of the best articles I've read in a long time! Thank you very much! I've added you and will resteem this ;)
aww thank you so much! that means a lot to me! its very personal and i guess people liked that !!!
Some good advice.
thanks a lot :)
I want that mug!!
And cookie 🙂
hahahahaha :P yeah i have a lot of steemit goodies!!!
There are so right and wise tips for everyone who works from home. Спасибо
Great article. Thank you so much for your tips ! Have a very nice day !
you are welcome :) I hope it helped!!
Good content @allasyummyfood Very practical advices, that I'm trying to follow from some time. And it works :) That's why I decided to follow you also :) Have a nice day!
Thanks so much! i really am glad i helped a little bit!! :)
It's very tempting to be on here all day. I'm having to cut down a bit due to work, so I may just have to follow less people. I want to keep engaging with some of them.
Yes i think its really important to follow people you like and want to see on your feed, support them and it will be returned! :)
Thank you so much for your useful tips and precious advices for they help a lot. looking forward to learning new things from you.
You are very welcome! I just think its important to have this especially if you are new to this platform! :)
Actually I was one of the first steemit members and created my account last year right after the platform's launch but i did not take advantage of it as I should have done. I am getting more interested in it now and i will give it more time :)
oh good you should :))) it takes time to build your reputation!
Great advice, instead of refreshing a page every 5 minutes or so I rather comment or read other peoples posts.
Thank you! I just say this, because I've done that and I've been there so its just waste of time and i realised i could have read and commented on other peoples work instead :) good luck :)
sleep, eat, work, steemit, sleep, eat, work, steemit...LOL Thank you for sharing. @allasyummyfood
hahahah yeah exactly thats how it goes :))) but add some fun in there too ;)
Great post! The steemit cult, second that! A great tool I found for analysing my time usage is Rescuetime, I wrote a post summing up ~4500 hours of tracking here: https://steemit.com/life/@carlnz/rescuetime-quantifying-your-most-important-asset
hahah just checked it out! pretty cool!!! thats a lot of hours to track!
It just runs in the background. For me, it's more of a backwards looking tool, like some weeks I feel like I've done heaps of work, but when I actually review the data, a lot of the time was just spent feeling busy.
hahah yeah its something that i have never tried!! i should give this a go maybe!
Wow how do i get my hands on a steem cup? Stop my and help spread the steem on my last post @ADRIANSKY
well i ordered mine online and customised it! lol
You have to get in touch with steemit customer service, your profile pic seems to be on the fritz.
oh really what does the fritz mean??
That was a bad attempt at humor @adriansky about her profile pic... it means malfunctioning. Three and a half hours sleep last night, been working since six about to get breakfast. Have yourself a wonderful day. Steem on!
oooh i see hahah
Go to bed early? i dont even have time to sleep anymore. They need to add more hours to a day. Upvoted, steem on
hahah yeah well i wish we didn't need to sleep - imagine how far would our world go if we needed few hours of sleep a day? :)
Our eternal souls will not know of sleep after we part from our costume shells. I definitely need too work on more sleep at night though.
yeah try and get at least 7 hours :))) i know you can do it ;)
I can honestly say that i cant rember the last time i have had seven hours of sleep.
yeah its not good! you have to!
Hello @allasyummyfood. I've just found you via this post and I'm a fan. The recipes are fantastic. Love the video of the Russian food tasting too. Followed.
aww thanks so much!!! glad you found me and welcome to my family :))
:-)
Thanks for your article and I agree that a lot of time is spent on steemit, especially when I'm trying to create a beautiful recipe :)
heheh yeah it all takes time but its worth it :))
Just started following you and thought this was a pretty nice post. You talk about a lot of the things I have been telling myself I need to do. Resteemed.
aww thanks a lot! I'm so glad it relates to other people, that is why i wanted to make sure i put it out there! !:))
How did you do the article from the car? Laptop, or phone? Seems a phone would be really tough to easily make nice, not having a fully functioning keyboard. I'd love a Steemit app.
hahah i do it on my laptop and then copy my stuff into here and make it pretty!! :)
You gor every point. Although im new here 2 weeks i feel the same and its good to read this article to tell my mind to slow down a bit and organise it more. Have a game plan. Thanks for the advise. Upvoted and followed!
thanks glad it was helpful to you ;)))) welcome !
Great post Alla.
I've definitely been guilty of the refresh obsession.
hahah we all do it!!! it makes sense!!
Hello welcome to steemit
I like your article and you're right we need to organize our time. My husband is already warning me not to use too much.
I joined eight months ago and then left when it was too hard to post photos. I'm back now and love it. I think that's what worries him.
Im sure its ok!! just dont spend all your days unplanned, make the most of the time and be efficient :)
thanks :) you sound like my husband.. LOL
thanks followed. Upvoted
please follow in kind.
Going to bed early. is hard for me /(
Hello @allasyummyfood! This was awesome information. We tend to waste lot of time, so we do need a schedule to get it all done. Followed! :)
yeah I'm glad i could help :)))
I love your article! You make it sound so easy.. it seems it's feasible :) I only managed to get numbers 6 and 8 correctly, but here's hoping I can tick all the boxes :)
yeah you are on the right track :))) heheh
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Glad it helped you :)))) whoop!!
I heard somewhere that an unfilled calendar will always be filled with despair. Good advice in keeping things manageable here. I like to wake up and read, meditade, exercise and then get the most important work of the day done first thing. For those people wanting to build an account here, that would mean knocking out that blog post.
yeah starting your day with exercise is the best as it sets you for the day and its also out of your way! heheh true!!
great post, I'm newbe at steemit and this helped a lot. You seem well organized tks for posting.
aww thats great and i am here to help :)))
Working online is a job like another (well maybe not as it comes with tons of freedom and NO BOSS), but like you mentioned planning and managing your time is super important to get things done! Just like in any other job!
yeah it really is and i also find online work can be a bit lonely, as you have nobody to talk to.
Good tips. I will have to put them into practice. That's why I left Steemit for the last couple months -- I was spending too much time here, mostly commenting. But then I went to make more YouTube videos. So I appreciate how much effort you put into your videos, too! I think the best thing I can do is to prioritize my writing and develop something like a content calendar, so I won't feel like I am never "done". I'll have a plan for my content and then I can stick to that, to provide my limits.
yeah youtube is a hard work, and anyone who doesnt do youtube doesnt get how hard it is, how much effort time is spent on producing one video!!! How long you been on youtube ? fact is thou steemit rewards me more than youtube!
I post in spurts, but I have about 70 videos - mostly on foraging and cooking wild plants, and gardening. Steemit definitely has higher rewards and it's a lot easier to make a post with still photos compared to video. But the YouTube audience is mostly consumers of content and they appreciate it a lot. Steemit folks are so focused on creating content that it's hard for anyone to actually take in what they are seeing, lol. I know I've changed people's lives with my YouTube channel, so it's psychologically rewarding. I'm trying to do as good as you at integrating the two!
yeah its good! and i know what you mean!!
Very good advice, I think many users will find them valuable. Thanks for sharing and I hope you have an excellent week! Big hug!
aw thank you!!! yes for sure!! hugs back!! so sweet!
This is one of the most useful articles i have come across,i have been spending most of my time on steemit it did pay a little but am sure thing will change once i follow my schedule.
Thank you so much.
Quick question how do you put sub tittles in bold?
SURE I'm so glad it was helpful! :))) you select the title and then press bold on top. You an edit your text in the editing above! :)
ooh thank you, lemme try that.
Excellent post! This is a very efficient and concise blueprint for success! Thanks for sharing this info!
As a freelance artist, structuring my time and distributing my attention evenly into different activities is 100% essential! I love that I have found steemit to share my work, but I don't want to neglect the artwork itself as a result! lol I'd love for you to check it out if you get a chance! :)
I'm about to follow you and resteem! Have a great day my friend!
~Hratch
Thanks so much, really glad this was helpful and useful to you!!! and yes make sure you follow your passion and express it in steemit!! :) I will have a look!
I love your name :) good read too!
aww thank you :) you can read it backwards :P
Posts are getting better and better :-)
aww thanks a lot :)))
Thank you for the good affirmative points! It was enjoyable to read.
you are welcome :)) glad i could help ::)
Thanks for the advice! I'm new, so it's very useful :). My brain is already going round thinking of all these new things to post.
Plus, I love food and travel, so you get a follow x
heheh awsome :) glad i could help you! and welcome to the platform you will enjoy it! :) x
Great advice @allasyummyfood. I'm new to the platform and hooked to it. So I'll bookmark this post and will keep reminding myself to not spend too much time on here. Thanks so much.
hahah yes good :)) do it!! just spend time wisely thats all im saying ;)
Great post! Excellent and very well structured content!
aww thanks so much :) glad you liked it!! :)
Thanks for the advice.
WELCOME :)
yay! Now you are making us all successful bloggers too :D
heheh girls gotta do what she has to do :P
Steemit was like some kind of crack for me at first I burnt out!!! I am enjoying being back a bit more chilled since i found my password thanks @allasyummyfood
yeah I'm the same :) dont worry take your time ! but i agree i was so addicted! hahah
We are not a cult. We are a religion. ah ha ha.
BAHHAHA :P
Very informative tips. Thanks for sharing.
Welcome :))) glad it helped!
hello!! thank you for your advice, is good, i am new in steemit!
ooh great then this should help :))) welcome!
Yes, thank you very much