Thanks for sharing your strategy, @croscheille! You are definitely being very organized about this. Explains how you are able to post so diligently with all that's on your plate.
I have trouble with this time allocation as well - it seems like I can never quite fit reliable time in. Sometimes an issue will be that I want to do research before stating something or writing it out and the research takes the spare time I was using to post (which is where my Family Protection history project is right now - bound in research). There are also things like getting involved with the Writer's Block folks which I'd love to do but just can't find time for - that might be something that could fit in if I were more deliberate about scheduling.
It is my pleasure! Yes if I didn’t organize or take the time to plan you all would not see me around Steemit as much.
Are there lighter topics you can do that won’t call for tons of research? Like for instance you can do a post based on some photos you have taken or something you already have knowledge about that won’t take up a lot of your time. You could schedule to do 2 posts that require research and 2 posts that don’t. This is why I like to do photo challenges or other competitions from time to time because they don’t require as much and it gives me a break from the extensive writing.
Yes, there are other topics. I'm having to do them rather than let the blog sit quiet too long even though that's the project I'd like to get done. I accepted the 7 Day Positivity Challenge just to force myself to think of something lighter to work on every day for one week.
My impulse is always that I need to finish one project before starting another, rather than having a bunch open at once. So it goes against the grain a bit to have a few things going at once on Steemit, but it seems the only real way to be able to maintain some good content provision.
I definitely understand that. It would be hard shifting in that direction especially since you are used to getting one thing done at a time.
With Steemit, I tend to write down the things I will blog about and as the posts comes to life in my mind I write it out. I could start on one post but get multiple ideas for another. So I find myself switching back and forth and I just publish the ones that get done first.
I agree. You do have to take that approach with Steemit, having a few things on the table you’re working on. It’s so fast paced that before you know it you look up and the week is almost over. That’s great that you are starting to get into some of the challenges ;)