As people who create, the time spent producing something is the most valuable thing that we can do.
It takes time and energy.
If that weren’t enough…there is the time that we need to spend promoting our content. Facebook, Twitter, Youtube…they all take something from us.
However, the danger in promoting our content on these platforms is often the unproductive time we spend outside of the actual promotion.
Without too much difficulty, I am sure that you can remember the last time a quick post plug turned in to a forty five minute span of nothingness.
With primary careers, wives and children, the time that we have to create something worthwhile is limited.
So here is a little video encouragement for you.
Keep creating…and make sure to weigh in with your thoughts and suggestions!
Definitely true! Promoting take a lot away from the actual writing time that you have. My wife is kind enough to help me promote which is a great help.
You got it Eric!
Having help is a great thing…and you can also leverage technology (scheduling tweets, etc) to help lighten the load.
As long as we don’t lose our voice, or our personal touch, we should be able to promote without it sapping our time for creating.
Thanks for weighing in!
This is one reason why I’m not on Facebook. I have just so many hours in the day. Subtract my day job, time spent making dinners, taking care of my boys, doing chores around the house, doing blog posts, working on freelance projects, working on side projects of my own, checking/responding to e-mail, etc and I have very little time left. Take out the time I spend tweeting and my “free time” is even smaller. I don’t need Facebook devouring what’s left of this time.
Our time is the most precious thing we have…and it takes purpose to spend that time appropriately.
It’s a judgment call…no doubt!
Thanks for stopping by and pitching in!
At this day and age we must know how to manage our time. For dads like me who still has to take care of our kinds, time is very important.