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Tips For Balancing Blogging And School I did one of these posts last year but that was when I could spend every day blogging. Now with the Leaving Cert coming up in 2018, I have to have a plan to get my blog together and so I can continue posting. Here are some of my tips, if you could call them that, of how I balance school and blogging.

Twitter Chats Go Out The Window

I love Twitter chats, they are great and it's a wonderful way to find new bloggers. I can count using my two hands how many chats I have participated since the start of January. It is impossible for me to find a spare hour during the week between homework, homework and other after school activities. If I do have time for a Twitter chat, I am either too tired or lazy to participate in one. During the weekends, it is slightly different. I have been able to do one or two.

Schedule Everything!

I schedule everything, my blog posts, my YouTube videos, my Tweets and my Instagram posts. The only thing that I can't schedule is Snapchat, for obvious reasons. I love being able to schedule stuff, so even if I am not on social media at that moment at least it doesn't look like I have disappeared off the face of the earth. I love to use Hootsuite to schedule stuff it is great for Twitter but it can be a bit temperamental for Instagram This year, I am trying to become more organised by having a To Do List notebook and a diary. So far they both have been great as I can write up all my to dos and whatever else is going on in my life. This has helped me find time to get some blogging done.

Set Time For Blogging

This has been one of my strategies since September. Every Friday after school, I spend 1-2 hours catching up on blog posts, reading and replying to comments, replying to emails and planning for the weekend. This helps so much as then I know what I need to do for the weekend.

Take Photos in Bulk

I used to think this was weird to do but now it is the only way I am able to get photos taken for my blog or Instagram. I take photos for the next 3 posts, I would get sick of it if I
did more, and I also do 3-4 for Instagram. This is great for if the weather is bad one weekend and you need take photos or if you were busy a particular weekend. Plan Your Posts

I like to have my posts planned for the next 2 months. I won't start them until around a month before they are published but I like to have the topic picked so I don't have to worry about what I am supposed to be doing. I don't set them in stone either, sometimes if I'm not feeling writing about something I will change it around to suit. I hope to do a blog post in the future about the planning that goes into making a blog post.

How do you balance school and blogging? Or blogging and work?
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