Are You An Organised Blogger? … I’m Not!

I have a confession to make. Well actually I just made it, but here goes.

I am not the most organized person in the world.

Ok, that is an understatement, but you get the point. Creativity, new ideas, marketing, these are my strong points. Organisation and planning – not so much.

There are two types of bloggers out there in the blogosphere.

1. Those Who Plan Their Posts
2. Those Who Don’t

No prizes for guessing which category I fall into!

But before you all start having a go at me, I wanted to take a look at any benefits of being unorganized and not planning – if there are any! Obviously being organized has it’s strong points. Planning your posts also has a fair few merits. In fact I might even make a follow up post discussing these benefits (probably not, because that is being organised!)

But in all seriousness, I know I should be more organized. I know my desk should be clean. I know my months posting should be planned before the month even starts. I know my desktop should not be covered in icons. But that’s just not me – it probably should be, but at the moment it isn’t. So being the ‘glass half full’ type of optimist, I would like to take a look at a few of the benefits of being unorganized when it comes to blogging.

1. You Are Not Stuck To A Posting Schedule
   Sometimes things just come up. Whether it be something that happened at work or with friends, that really relates to to your blog. You can’t wait to tell the story, but the you remember – that will have to go on next months blogging schedule, because this month is choc-o-bloc full, with titles written and main points jotted down.
2. You Can Write While The Emotions Are Still There
   This is one of the things I love about not being organized. The fact that I can post about what is happening at the moment. The stories are fresh, the concept is fresh, what better time to write about something than when you first get it – the passion can been felt in the words you write. You can tell when people have a posting schedule, because most times the posts are very structured, very content based – but lacking emotion.
3. I Can Do What I Want, When I Want
   Personally, I can’t to day planners. I have tried – and I have failed! I get sidetracked. Sometimes because I am really enjoying what I am doing and lose track of time. Sometimes purposely, because I don’t want to do what I have scheduled. I don’t like the idea of having to write posts at 10am, followed by commenting from 11. Take a break for lunch, and start working on affiliate marketing.

   I just don’t like the idea of setting times for writing posts. Don’t you have to be inspired to write? Do organized people just automatically get inspired at 10am? I know I am taking it a bit far, but I like to write when the idea comes – spend time perfecting it, and then post it. If that happens at 8am – that is fine. 12 noon during lunch – awesome. Midnight just before I go to bed – would prefer earlier, but least I got inspired.

I know there is the chance that I will get some negative feedback on this post. People telling me that you can’t succeed unless you are organized. ‘You have to plan to succeed’. But this is just what has been on my mind today, and it got me thinking – ‘not everyone is organized, but that is ok – because then the world would be boring, and predictable.’

Let’s face it, you organized people need us unorganized ones around to keep things random, spontaneous and interesting!

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