It goes a little something like this....
Hears alarm go off.
Hits snooze 5-6 times.
Finally wakes up.
Lingers in bed checking emails/social media on phone.
Takes picture of herself thinking it might look whimsical.
Immediately realizes that was a bad idea.
Drags self out of bed.
Considers trying a Pinterest hairstyle.
Fails.
Throws on random clothes.
Orders Starbucks with double shot.
Takes picture of Starbucks drink.
Shares on Instagram.
Arrives at work 10 minutes late.
Daydreams about blogging for a living.
Drives home from work checking emails.
Takes the dogs outside.
Takes picture of the sky/leaf/grass/sun.
Shares on Instagram.
Comes inside.
Plops down.
Opens laptop.
Turns on Pandora.
Checks Facebook and wittingly shares post from yesterday.
Checks through and responds to emails.
Sends a thoughtful reply to a no-reply blogger.
Curses.
Visits favorite blogs.
Leaves comments.
Wonders if/when she'll ever meet these lovely people.
Reads through several other blogs.
Finds herself fascinated with people's lives, photography, and talent.
Wonders why people even read her blog.
Checks stats and new followers to feel better.
Gets on Twitter and responds to and/or retweets mentions.
Reads a sweet tweet.
Reads a funny tweet.
Reads a helpful tweet.
Remembers why she loves blogging.
Leaves the tab open and gets started on a new post.
Decides she needs a photo.
Starts browsing Pinterest.
Gets distracted browsing Pinterest.
45 minutes later, perfect photo is found.
Spends another 5 minutes finding/linking original source for fear of copyright infringement.
Jams out to Pandora song and looks up lyrics.
Obsesses over the song and looks it up on YouTube to hear it again.
Shares it on Twitter.
Spends a half hour randomly checking out related YouTube videos.
Goes back to post and starts typing.
Feels semi-satisfied.
Starts editing, linking, formatting.
Names post something clever/borderline cheesy.
Hits preview.
Wonders why Blogger screws up the spacing so much.
Fixes spacing issues and hits preview.
Frowns at lame design.
Wonders when she's going to get new blog design installed.
Opens the "work in progress" file in Photoshop.
Loves it.
Hates it.
Gets frustrated.
Curses.
Closes out of design.
Finally schedules post.
Forgets to label it.
Labels it.
Feels extremely dehydrated.
Goes to kitchen to get a glass of water.
Tells herself she WILL do the dishes tomorrow.
Considers having another coffee.
Notices it's 10:00 PM
Says she will start doing her school work.
Takes out binder and to-do list.
Opens laptop.
Notices new emails and Twitter mentions.
Tells herself she will start as soon as she replies.
Gets distracted for another hour.
Decides it's too late to try and accomplish anything.
Pours glass of wine.
Watches favorite TV series of the moment until she passes out.
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OK, so it's totally exaggerated, but there
might be some personal truth to the above.
Confession? I'm totally sucking at real life right now.
I have 2 weeks left until graduation and I'm not feeling at all close to ready. I still have to get my portfolio perfected and ready to go. Plus I have several side jobs that need my attention.
As much as I enjoy it, blogging is taking up way too much time. In the blogosphere I feel on top of things, but in real life I'm not doing what I need to.
I'm not getting my school work done. I'm so busy worrying about pleasing everyone that I've stopped looking out for myself.
It's crunch time, and
that means enough with the distractions!
I just need to take a break for a bit. I'll still be around checking emails and popping in for a Tweet here and there. I'll also be posting some favorite oldie but goodie posts from the past for the next couple weeks.
In the mean time, I have an
amazing giveaway going on and beautiful sponsors on my sidebar to check out.
Don't worry... I'll be comin' back with a BANG! :)
