How to Get into a Blogging Flow

I consider myself (currently) the best and the greatest blogger of all-time. Some thoughts on how to get into a deep state of flow via blogging:

How I Blog

Improve your typing speed

It is huuuugely advantageous to have a fast typing speed. Personally I am lucky — I can type faster than I can think. Thus no ‘bandwidth’ issues when it comes to blogging. According to typeracer.com, I am ‘certified’ at around 120 words per minute. If I have a reaaaaly good keyboard and I don’t have any typos, I have done around 150 words per minute.

So how do you improve your typing speed? Simple — learn how to ‘touch type’ (typing without looking at your keyboard). I did Mavis Beacon teaches typing when I was a kid (with my first computer, when I was in the 5th grade). I spent a loooooot of time on the computer as a kid growing up, so I just naturally got good at typing.

Keyboard shortcuts

The more hotkeys you know, the better. Just google ‘Common Keyboard Hotkeys’ for Mac, Finder, your laptop, your computer, blogging, etc … and use your hotkeys as much as humanly possible.

Standing desk

Put your laptop on top of some sort of standing area. It can be ghetto. Just hack it; MacGyver style:

My ghetto standing desk setup at home. — My ghetto standing desk at home. Laptop on top of bounty paper towels.

What laptop do I use?

New Workflow: Uploading Photos on Mac Finder as JPEG Directly to WordPress Media Library

Just get a refurbished Mac. Personally I got a maxed-out refurbished MacBook Pro (13 inch Touch Bar) which was around 1 year old (prior generation) and it has been pretty good. I am not a fan of the new keyboard, but whatever — it is plenty powerful enough and lighter and more compact. To me, the trade-off of “worse” keyboard is worth the additional power and lightness.

Blogging as publishing and self-expression

Let us consider what blogging is. Blogging is just hyper-writing.