Kevin Purdy

I wrote up today’s Top 10 feature on Lifehacker, Top 10 Tools to Get Blogging Done. I wrote about how tools like Tumblr, Foxmarks, and others can make getting your ideas written and posted much easier.

And, yeah, I haven’t posted anything of substance here in a long time. I have no less than five half-thought-out, one-third-written, not-quite-ready posts in draft form. Even when same-day inspiration strikes (New restaurant! New writing clip! Funny thing I found!), it always seems to dissolve when I hit the admin page on this thing, like lime juice into water (I’m really thirsty at the moment).

The biggest reason—blogging for Lifehacker makes up the bulk of my work-work these days. I’m still digging how fun it is to write on-the-fly about technology, but sitting down to write a blog during the off hours feels kind of like, I dunno, returning home from a real estate office and planning how to sell your own home. I’ve also come to realize the value of away-from-the-screen time, both for getting things done on the home front and for my eyes/mind/hands.

I’ve toyed with the idea of giving myself a topic, and a regular schedule, to write about here: Buffalo, food, maybe even blogging itself. I’ll get around to making a decision sooner than later—assuming blogging doesn’t kill me first.

… allows me to try my hand at the art and craft of productivity blogging?

Well, this, namely.

It also partially explains why I haven’t had a post up here in a while, because I’m doing my own life-hacking and working to fit all my schedules together.

I’m looking at the upcoming weekend as one of the last before holiday matters (Pop-singer-performs-Christmas-standards discs are already on sale!), work demands and yet another wedding leave me heavily obligated. I’m thinking it’s time crack out the ol’ GTD again and commit to it.

For now, me and the 20-minute nap might start getting to know one another a lot better.