I thought I would blog my dissertation process but never did. I thought I'd blog on some books I was reading....but never did. Oh, I make a grand start, posting a couple of posts. Only to be swept away by the 'busyness' of life; job, family, creative projects.
And here again, even as I ask my students to blog every week, I have fallen behind.
So how do you develop a blogging habit?
The 3 R’s of Habit
Change Every habit you have — good or bad — follows the same 3–step pattern:
- Reminder (the trigger that initiates the behavior)
- Routine (the behavior itself; the action you take)
- Reward (the benefit you gain from doing the behavior) James Clear
What kind of motivation will this take? That will be the subject of one of my posts (-:
What steps do I need to take each day to keep my commitment?
- putting it on my daily to-do list
- find a good time of day to write a post (what works best for you? early morning, morning, Noon, afternoon, evening, late at night?) I'll play with this to see which time is best for me.
- brainstorm on a list of ideas to blog about
- set aside time (put an appointment on my calendar) each day to blog
- Lastly, and this seems obvious, but is so powerful....JUST DO IT! Don't sweat the details, don't worry about perfection, just write and post and write and post and write and post!
Ok, so today, Oct. 11, 2014 I commit to blogging every day for the next 21 days. Right here on this blog.
Wish me luck!
Good luck Dr. Eli! I started blogging when I was teaching in NC, and dropped it after a couple of months. I think the hardest part is continuing on, even when it feels like no one is reading your posts! The lack of comments makes it not worth it sometimes.
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