Sorting through PILES OF BLOG headlines.

WATCH WHAT YOU SPEND YOUR TIME ON.

I've heard a lot of people talk about the trouble keeping up with emails here, and I think what they mean is BLOG NOTIFICATION EMAILS (so I'm using BLOG and EMAIL interchangeably here).

I can see why initially you would want to read a bit of everything here, to get a feeling for what people are blogging and reading, but to spend more than about 30 minutes a day sorting through this as purely a warm up / organization period for the day is really way too much, in my novice opinion.

MY BLOG SORTING STRATEGY:

1) Limit your time frame before you start sorting. (I read them in the bathtub, or literally set a timer. I give it 30 minutes MAX to get through all my emails - WA and otherwise - and before I start working. Otherwise it could literally take forever.)

2) I look at the headline and if after reading it I say anything to myself other than "I NEED THAT" I delete it. (CLICK! TRASH. And you will never miss it and you will never think of it again. None of those emails will materially contribute to your success.)

3) If I think I need it, I save it for a study / research time. I still only allow another hour for that daily MAX!

• If I read the blog, and IF I click LIKE, I then go up and click REMOVE ME FROM THE DISCUSSION so that I keep my NOTIFICATIONS clean and limited to things that actually involve me.
• If it's good study material I click the STAR, put a Tag on it to save in my favorites, and REMOVE FROM THE DISCUSSION, and move along to the next one.
• If the blog links to some other page, and it's a good one, that's where a TON OF TIME can be lost. I scan that too, save it as favorites, and if it's super important I just email a link to myself and a reminder to read it. If it's really important I will have to squeeze it into the schedule somewhere ... not just get sucked down the wind tunnel before I get my work done.

4) So I'm spending 90 minutes on WA stuff. THAT'S A LOT!

• What if you need to write a WA blog? I think it needs to be contained within the 90 minutes of organization, frankly, because there is SO MUCH else to do before we are successful.
• What if you need to write content for your website?
• What if you need to do training every day? I'm thinking Kyle's training is more important than what I blogged about my chicken today LOL although I will admit that is VERY important... TO ME!

I would love to hear what you all are doing in this regard. Thanks for reading. It's much appreciated!

-Alexx

By the way, here's the Shameless Chicken Update for the day.