It is just a simple task; get a paper/notebook and pen (or your phone if you’re like me and glued to your phones) and write! Sometimes you’ll get ideas from the strangest things (and not just about blogging topics; I also told you how sporadic my design inspiration comes from!) You always need to be ready when inspiration sparks. And trust me, it sometimes happens at the most inconvenient times, so you need to be ready!

So, Mitchii, why is taking notes your most important blogging tip? Because of that sole reason—it’s simple! I sound like a broken record already, but let me emphasize it once again that I used to be a very unsystematic type of blogger—”I think therefore I’ll blog.” It was very immediate; I thought of an idea, wrote it, then published! Wa-lah, my inefficiency at its best! And I relied too much on my mental capacity, which is obviously not all that great compared to when I was younger. So I made amends by taking notes, which became a part of my routine!

And let’s be realistic here: just because you’re motivated to do things at the moment, it means your mind and mood will also be! These factors can be a little (or a lot) uncooperative! Sometimes I get that feeling that I want to do all sorts of stuff because I feel so motivated, but like Spongebob with his overly enthusiastic attempt to finish his essay, all he did was write the overly designed word ‘The’— things can be a little stubborn. Yes! It happens! This scenario happens to me all the time, apart from when procrastination is at its peak! A simple writing down of my ideas saved me from a blogging slump! Have you ever noticed I blog continuously even though my blog rebranded? Even if I don’t blog as frequently as I used to (because who does every day blogging like pfffffttt that wizard’s level!) I still can whip up content! OK, quality is nothing to brag about, but I’m very proud of the topics I came up with, and that because I never failed to take notes of ‘em! When I’m ready to write, it’ll flow down organically!

So yeah, if you’re going to ask me, what’s the greatest tip I can give you to maintain your blog/s? I’d say take notes! A blog is content-oriented! Ideas are what make your blog all jazzed up, so you better have that trove of ideas in your arsenal—and the simple first step to creating that is to TAKE NOTES!

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How about you? How do you manage your content ideas? Do you also take notes? Do you also think that jotting down ideas is very efficient when it comes to blogging? Leave me some lovin’ by sharing your thoughts or liking this post!