Robert – I’m glad you like the visuals. They’re all made in Excel using graphs and shapes and I just use the Snippet tool to capture the screen. It’s pretty surprising how flexible Excel is at making different visuals.

I’d like to echo the fact with the custom images, adds a lot of good content to the blog.

Zach – How do you make them? Are they screens of Excel spreadsheets?

Not everyone is a morning person, some people work best at different times throughout the day. I’ve just found that the mornings are when I’m personally the most productive. It can be tough to find time to blog outside of work, that’s why I find a routine is so beneficial. Best of luck with your blog 🙂

I appreciate the kind words, Patrick! Occasionally I’ll listen to the “Brain Food” playlist on Spotify instead of Noisli, but I find that constant background noise/white noise helps me focus the most. And 9 is super early for most people, so I can’t blame you man. I’m a bit of an outlier with my sleeping patterns.

Thanks for the feedback!

Thanks, Graham! I hear what you’re saying about the pressure to write and publish on the weekend. I think setting aside a specific day or even a specific time of day could definitely benefit you. And Noisli is fantastic, it completely drowns out external noise and helps you focus 🙂

I find that when I take the time to drive somewhere other than my house that it helps me get into the mindset that I’m at that place to work, not goof around. Panera is just an arbitrary place that has free Wi-Fi. Starbucks, libraries, and Barnes & Noble’s are all great too. I’ve never been able to work well from home, but that’s just me 🙂

I’ve never tried batch-writing although it sounds interesting. It seems like a great way to crank out a few articles in one day. I find that a morning routine works best for me because it trains my body to wake up at the same time each day and go through the same actions of getting ready, driving to Panera, and writing. It minimizes my decision making of when and where I’ll write.

Thanks for the feedback, Jen 🙂

I really need to turn myself into a morning person but I have such a hard time forcing myself out of bed. I do think that time would be valuable though. I also work full-time during the day so that really just leaves weekends and I find it a challenge to write when my boyfriend is home. One of my goals is to get a backlog of posts that are ready to go, but I’m still almost always only a week or two ahead. You’re inspiring me though 😉

Interesting point about Noisli. I prefer to listen to music myself, but whatever works! Also, there’s no way I’m going to bed at 9 every night. haha Way to commit though.

I typically write posts during the weekend during my days off. But it can be challenging to have the pressure to write and publish posts during the weekend. I need to try setting aside a specific time each day to see how that impacts the writing.

Thanks for sharing Noisli too! As a person that struggles to focus in busy environments, this App looks like it could really help. Have a great week!