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How I manage time between blogging and studies

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Vivien of Inspiration Bit is conducting a group writing project and is getting inputs from people on how they manage their time. Just thought of pouring down my thoughts.

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Rising Early
Getting up early in the morning really helps. This is the time I feel fresh and brisk, the time when I can finish learning my lessons twice fast than it usually takes to. After having spent every evening infront of the computer, early morning is that time of the day I really count on for doing my lessons. :D

Getting up early isn’t that tough for me now. It actually was. I’ve learnt to tame my brain. I tell to my inner self “I’ve to get up 5.00 a.m”. These mental commands are more reliable than alarms :D

Dividing Bigger Tasks into smaller ones
I’m not a Productivity Junkie, and I don’t like writing down a todo list either. I rougly allote time to complete lessons, and start learning. An hour for each lesson, if there are 20 pages in the lesson, 2-3 pages every 5 minutes. How’s that :D

If I’m not able to complete my lessons on time, I leave the incomplete stuff as such, and try to complete them in the weekends when I’ve loads of free time.

Blogging
I have developed a habit of keeping my inbox clean and clutter-less, reading feeds as fast as possible (folder view in Google Reader helps a lot for this) and keeping distractions like IM off when writing a post. (more here)

I’ve cut down the time I used to spend on modifying themes ;) , and I’m spending more time to write posts for my own blog, and many others where I’m a co-author/guest blogger.

Learning to say ‘No’
One thing I’ll practise even if I grow big - turning down a task if I can’t really do it, declining offers if you’re loaded with too many already. This is the best time management tip I’ve ever heard :D

Just my $0.02. How do you all manage time between blogging and your day job?

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49 Responses to “How I manage time between blogging and studies”

  1. Oh, these tips worth more than just 2 cents. If you were my son, I would’ve been very proud of you :-)
    Thanks, for this great entry, Shankar.

  2. Amazing post Shankar.

    Regarding managing my Blog and Day job - it’s very easy actually. I never work. :twisted:

  3. Great management skills you got buddy . As for me , i devote around 2-3 hours everyday on writing a post or reading feeds .

  4. Great to know more about you Shakar, its quite nice to know how you at such a young age manage your time between multiple things

  5. Sounds like you got a great system in place there buddy. Oh and you will get big, that’s a safe bet :)

  6. I have a busy schedule when the semester starts. So, I pretty much made a print out that’s color coded for the 7 days in a week where I have a set schedule for my workout, class times, and study sessions so I can see how much free time I have in between everything. And on my free time (which is very little) I can squeeze in my blogging, and anything else I want to get done!

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  8. Time Management lessons btw Blogging & studies/work by Shankar :P

    title need to be changed like that :)

  9. I work less and blog more! :twisted: :twisted:

  10. These tips used to work for me in the high school, but as I enter college, work load started pouring on my head. I could neither complete my college work, nor do anything else.

    # Learning to say ‘No’ - I guess, I read that line in one of my favorite productivity book. I can’t recall the name of that book :(

  11. very nice tips! i hope you give more tips like these

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  13. Honestly its hard to manage :( trust me and I don’t want to say that I am the only poor soul who has to manage between university and blog as a lot of senior bloggers are doing the same

    But it takes a lot of time and energy. I have a schedule set up and that is what is helping me till now. Don’t know about the future :D

  14. This is the major issue I’m facing. :( Studies vs Blogging. I’ll try to find a way out through your tips. Thanks a lot for the post.

    I usually write on weekends, and then time-stamp the posts. And reply to comments on the other days.

  15. @Shankar: Here is mine http://www.technospot.net/blogs/time-management-tip-how-i-manage-work-and-blog/

  16. @inspiration: Oh, that’s a great compliment, thank you.
    @Ashwin, Nirmal: Thank you, I guess you guys do blogging full time, and work part time :D
    @Keith: Thanks, Keith. You too have great skills :)
    @Madhur: It’s great that you can come up with good content in such a short time!
    @Brown: Hehe thanks!
    @eBusiness Haven: Looks like you manage your chores very well.
    @Thilak: Hmm… looks like I’ve to work hard when I enter college.
    @Dj Flush: Yeah, it’s very tough to manage between studies and blogging :(
    @Haris: Good tip you’ve shared with us. May be I should draft more posts in the weekends.
    @Ashish: I just checked that.

  17. I never work, always bury in Google Reader :wink:

  18. a tips that worth $200 instead of $0.02. The key of this post is located at the last point. :wink:
    Nice post, buddy!

  19. Nice post :)

  20. Hi Shankar Nice to see that you have moved to your own domain. Can we have that old link bait again. Also please let meknow more about your host and Domain service the charges and such sort of things

  21. Hi Shankar,

    I can relate to your post :).
    I am a full time home maker, a full time investor a full time student and doing my clinical rotation.
    I am cutting down my frequency in blogging but not the content . I want to keep my Dean-List status for my studies :), still want to make 200% return on my gold stocks and being there for my son to/fro from school so at the moment blogging is at the bottom of my priority. Promise myself I will come back full force (God willing) after I finish my state board :).

    Jamy

  22. @Ram: LOL, you’re addicted to feeds :P
    @Ken, Vikram: Thanks.
    @Ajith: I’ll email you soon.
    @Jamy: Wow, you seem to manage your daily jobs pretty well. Thanks for dropping by to comment.

  23. 5 am thats sometimes my sleeping time :D ..day is for fun night is for work for me :)

  24. I give studies priority and the spare time blog.Looks like I’m the only “good” boy here

  25. @Ashwini: Haha, I too give priority to studies, but still can’t resist blogging :)

  26. It must be hard to have to study when your mind goes to blogging, commenting, reading feeds… I think you are managing your blog in a great way, and if you treat your lessons in the same manner, your teachers must be proud of you.
    I wrote my entry for Vivien’s project, if you didn’t read it by now, you’ll see it when she will publish the list.

  27. No, Shankar, a lot of times I felt like I am drowning :):)

  28. thanks for your inspiraation

  29. Im so helpfulull with your post

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  31. @Jamy: Haha :)
    @Simonne: Yeah, it’s tough to study actually amidst blogging and stuff. Somehow, I manage to get a good score everytime. Thanks for dropping by, will check your entry soon :)

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  40. Good skills buddy!
    But as you grow and you complete your college and involve yourself more in higher studies, it’s a hard time out there. Anyways, I need to learn from the tips. At least, getting up early…

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  42. Hmm I finding difficult to blog now that my college has started. I need to try to follow this….

  43. @Goutam: Thanks for dropping by, do practise it :D
    @Beta3: Oh, good luck with your studies buddy :)

  44. Keeping up with the feeds in my reader has been the biggest challenge for me. I began to read them on my smart phone because otherwise I could never begin to scratch the surface.

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  47. Nice tips!….Thanks

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