An estimated 30 million Americans, or roughly one-fifth of the nation’s workforce, are part of the so-called Kinko’s generation, employees who spend significant hours each month working outside of a traditional office.
I do this daily, working at a coffee shop so I can stay focused on writing. As you know, it’s the one thing that you *can* skip, so if you don’t make time for it, you’ll likely put it off til’ tomorrow.
I have found that I can be completely done with all my blogs from 8-12:30. Now, I write on 6 blogs daily, 2-4 of which require multiple daily posts (depending on news). Once I pickup the kiddies at 1pm, I kinda veg with the laptop just reading mail, taking part in blogosphere convo and posting here and there.
You can see my blogging schedule here (older blogging schedule here). I also just took on a secret assignment (will fill you in when I am allowed to do so) with a video game/marketing PR firm that will take up the latter quarter of my day for a few months. The Tippins household is making arrangements for mommy to work alot more than normal during these times. Thankfully, it’s a seasonal assignment, and life can get back to ‘focus on my family’ mode again in early 2007.
Oops, off on a tangent. My main question here is, “How do you write?” Are you in an office, in your home, on the go or in a cafe? Inquiring minds want to know…
Oh, and put it in the comments instead of emailing me. I love the email, but everyone else wants to know too!
At home sitting in my PJ’s naturally
Actually I’m usually in sweats and a t-shirt, but don’t let the ladies find out or I’ll lose my readership!
I work from my home office. My day runs something like this: 6:30-7:30 – coffee and browse around the net. 7:30-8:30 – get kids 1 & 2 on the bus while kid 3 lounges. 8:30-12:30 – work on web design, maintenance and blogging. 12:30-1:30 – get kid 3 to school. 1:30-2:30 – my time to walk, shop or chill. 2:30-3:30 – back to office, check email, make a comment or two. 3:30-8:30 – activities/kid time. 8:30-9:30 get kids to bed. 9:30 – 11:30 work or watch TV. There you have it – more info than you wanted.
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Char, my schedule this year is somewhat like yours. I have to get kids to school between 7:30-8:15, then I blog at the cafe til 12:30 when it’s time to get kid1 and kid2. Kid3 and kid4 have to picked up around 3. Then, chaos ensues til 8pm. rofl
where do you write?
Practical Blogging talks about the coffee shop as an ideal place to write, based on an article in USA Today. This is a familiar idea. In fact, it’s been something of an obsession for me since I ran an article in Estates Gazette on the idea of coffee …