When Bloggers Blog Too Much

I sometimes feel like I’m spreading myself a little thin. I recently became the National Republican Examiner, plus I have about four other blogs I update pretty regularly, including my “home blog”. This one has been sadly neglected, I’m afraid! I also spend way too much time on Twitter – turns out I have a 400-tweet-per-day habit. Is there a patch for this?

I have to admit, the Twitter habit has gotten a little out of control. I was working on a project yesterday, and kept getting distracted by life in 140 characters or less. Perhaps I should have attempted to write my synopsis 140 characters at a time – it might have gotten finished!

It’s Sunday morning, you’re up early, the house is still quiet. And, like any self-respecting blogger, you take this time to meditate, set-up your day and plan what you’ll do with the family, today. Not!

That’s what you know you should do. But, instead, you wander over to your computer, check your blog for comments, check your subscriber and traffic stats and maybe crank out a quick post or video. Then, you jump on twitter to check your timeline, follower numbers and reply to any @’s or dm’s.

A few minutes later, the kids wander out and your day really begins. Breakfast, then the day’s activities. It’s all great fun, yet, you still find yourself reveling in those random moments in the rest-room, where you linger a few extra seconds to check your e-mail, IM, twitter and stats once more on your trusty iPhone.

The above is from ProBlogger, a guest post by Jonathan Fields. It kinda resonates.

Woke up midday today – normal for a Sunday – and reached for my CrackBerry first thing. Sent some SMS messages, replied to an email, checked Twitter (naturally). I basically stayed in bed an extra hour to do this. The synopsis still isn’t written, but I’ve done two blog posts already (this will be my third). Not so much with the productive!

So I guess when I say – like I did at the start of this post – that I spread myself thin, I mean I spread myself stupid. There’s no reason why I can’t get my work done and play around on Twitter and email if I so desire. It’s all about prioritizing.

The synopsis will get done today. Just watch me.