I'm really good at distracting myself with "other important work tasks."  For example, I opened my laptop today with the sole intention of writing this blog post. Instead, what I did first was spend about 20-30 minutes going down the tech rabbit hole to try and figure out how to get my RSS feed to automatically send my subscribers a new email every time I post. 

I thought I had it down, I researched and found the steps - but my platform doesn't speak the same language as the steps I found and I'm at a loss. Multiple google searches and chat bot sessions later, I'm no further and it's Saturday, so I have to wait until Monday to talk to a real person.

All that is to say that my initially thought of "Oh, I'll set this up before I post the blog so my subscribers get it" instead of sticking to my original intention to open my laptop and write set me up for a common pattern I've had where I'm rushing to get the thing I intended to do done because I got distracted by other tasks....

In the car this morning, I ran through some possibilities of what I might write about today. One of the things I often think about but never seem to execute is planning my writing topics. I have visions of this neatly organized thematic table with quotes, ideas, and calls to action pulled together for months of content.

Maybe this is a dream of yours, too? Whether for a consistent blog, or for your social media marketing and visibility we know that structure and organization will allow us to show up more consistently (if that's your goal), will allow your readers and viewers to feel more held (and if we're lucky, even excited about what's coming next), and it allows you to do some work in bulk, schedule posts ahead of time, and have a little more freedom for other parts of your writing or entrepreneurial life.

But when forming a new habit, or reigniting an old one like I am, it's also important to not pile on too many perfectionist tendencies. I didn't make that nice organized...