Always a problem, especially with a 7-month old and a wife that doesn't understand blogging and thinks I'm not working half the time. :) - David Risley

I'm far from being a "blogger" as I just started myself, but personally I'm having trouble putting time into it between work, photography (my main focus), and personal life. I'm curious to see how others manage their time as well. - Justin Korn

I created a schedule in GCal. I include times to read other blogs and write for my own blogs. I attempt to stick to the calendar. I was thinking of using Klok for actually timing myself, but it seems like overkill. I need GCal to notify me better (I don't have SMS right now). - Rahsheen ™

Don't all bloggers face time management issues? - Summer

Meticulous scheduling and juggling. Occasional the balls land on my head. Since I became a mom, I've somehow learned to manage to do even more than I did before. I think I sleep less. - cartoongoddess

David - I can definitely relate to the wife not understanding, she's more understanding as I bring home bigger paychecks monthly though, of course. - Patrick

Justin - we each gotta start somewhere - if you keep doing it, you'll be successful, staying focused is the hard part. - Patrick

Sorry, I don't really have time to explain. Maybe later. - Aldon Hynes

Summer- I know I suffer from information overload and thus time management dysfunction. I'm putting together an ebook on time management for bloggers, and looking for some input from the community on this issue - Patrick

Patrick: Totally agree. I'm still trying to find my voice right now :) - Justin Korn

I was taught a phrase a few years ago to help with time management, PEP. PEP stands for Personal, Educational, and Professional. Make sure each part is equally divided - and you will be in balance. Take care of your health, learn something new everyday, and help others. Balance the three and you'll always have PEP. - LPH™ and his dog P™

Well, I simply just ignore my blog until I have the time to post to it. - Rishabh Mishra (p248)

@cartoongoddess & Rahsheen - I'm beginning to think along these lines, today in church I came up with a schedule for my blogging, which even includes how many minutes I'm going to spend looking at my reader, how many adding friends on facebook / twitter, how many posting to forums / blogs, and a plan to write 1 pillar article a day, and 2-3 smaller posts. Also planning to spend about 30 minutes on stumbleupon stumbling and reviewing. - Patrick

@LPH Thanks for that tip - I'll definitely have to incorporate it into my time management overhaul, this week. - Patrick

I just stopped sleeping ;). I recently got into the whole 'GTD' concept and have found it to be a great way of managing my ridiculous juggling of two jobs and all of the craziness that it entails. I suggest downloading the audio book "Getting Things Done' by David Allen. It's fairly quick (maybe 4 hours or so) and will really help you develop a smarter way of approaching time and task management. I now use OmniFocus on my Mac and iPhone which are both great tools to implement the system. - Lon Seidman

Jason Kaneshiro - the problem I was talking about though is - there are a ton of distractions online, sometimes you almost forget to keep writing your blog posts, at least I find myself doing this...I'll spend too much time in my feed reader starring items and my time is up and I don't get to write my post, etc... - Patrick

Lon - I'll have to listen to that book. Thanks for the tip. - Patrick

Ok, I'm off to bed for now - but keep sending your suggestions I'm compiling information for some training, blog posts, podcasts, etc on blog time management. I appreciate all your comments! - Patrick

Patrick: I posted a tweet like this the other night... http://snurl.com/3284e "Getting tough to balance online and offline life. Anyone have good time management tips to share?” It's good that you've been able to stimulate some discussion and get some ideas. I'm working on my time management issues trying to prioritize things. I read a lot of RSS feeds and I'm always adding more. I found this post on Mashable to be very helpful "How to Track 500 Business Blogs in 10 Minutes a Day" http://snurl.com/32883 - Larry Kless

Aside from managing online time efficiently I'm also trying to balance my online and offline life. Jim Kukral talked about this a while back on this post.. http://www.jimkukral.com/is-your... - Larry Kless

Being one of the great mass of blogger who don't make their living from blogging, it's a constant struggle. Essentially, I'm a writer. Always have been. Writing it like breathing for me. Blogging is an outlet for that. Perhaps the best I've found. But I'm not a writer at work. It just isn't what I get paid to do. I'm not a writer at home, because writing is a solitary act, which requires separating from my family. So, I can't be a writer and be a good employee or a good husband and father, most of the time. - Terrance