Blog Planning - What Do YOU Do?

Blog planning is something that is on my mind often.

I think about the topics I want to post about. I try to decide when the best time to post about said topics would be. I make lists on paper. I make lists on my MacBook Pro. I cross out, and I draw arrows. It's a very confusing system I have.

The best way to plan that I have found for myself is setting up a calendar in Microsoft Word. Then, I just fill in the topics I want to post about on which days. I aim for a post every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, but that doesn't always work out.

After I have my schedule made for the month, I begin writing my posts. I do them sporadically - whenever I feel something strongly, I know it's time to write about it. Yes, I sometimes force myself to cover topics I once felt would be good and later end up not really caring about, but more often than not, I only post about topics when I feel like it. If I'm scheduled to post a recipe or book review, but I'd rather just post a life update or share photos from Instagram, I will put the recipe or book review on the back burner for a few days.

Do you have a better system for blog planning? If so, I would LOVE to hear your ideas! If I receive enough, I will make another post soon sharing the ideas and linking back to your blogs! 

Fell Off the Blogtember Challenge

Oops. I started participating in the Blogtember Challenge at the beginning of September. I thought it would make me a better,  more consistent blogger. And it did... for about three weeks. But I've I've missed an entire week.

What can I say? Life got the best of me? It did... and now I'm super sick. My throat is killing me. My head is all congested. I can only hear out of one ear presently. This is crazy.

I was PLANNING ON spending my day at my favorite little French café downtown, but I feel so miserable that I'll just stay at home and get all of the same work done... in my sweatpants.

I'm going to be working on planning out my blog posts for the next month, so we'll see how that goes. I am NOT planning one for every single day. I don't want to set myself up for failure. I'm thinking a few posts a week will be great! :)