Scheduling a Post for the Future

I’m a planner.  An organizer.  A “think about things way, WAY too much in advance” kind of person.

But I also have three children under the age of 7.  Which means that no matter how often I plan and organize and think ahead, I’m always working around curve-balls thrown at me by the kiddos.  Or dodge-balls.  Yes, I’ll admit that my children like to play dodge-ball with my plans, schedule and those dreams for a little REST during their naptime.

(No, I’m not a Nana yet, but I can still blog here, right?  Thanks!)

Anywho… all of this means that I’m actually not really good at the blogging thing, because if anything gets cut from my schedule during these “games” of dodgeball,  it’s the ability to sit and think and put words together in a coherent fashion.

(In case you haven’t noticed, I’m also rather wordy.  You’d think this would help me be a prolific blogger.  Surprisingly enough, it doesn’t).

SO, the point of this post is to tell you how to PLAN in advance for those times when YOU may be dodging balls too.

The next time you are in your admin panel, writing a post, take a look to the right of the “add a new post” box.  You should see a Publish box, with a few options inside it.  One of those options is Publish immediately.  There is an “Edit” link right next to the words “Publish immediately”.  See that?

If you write a post, but want to publish it tomorrow (or next week), simply click the Edit link (BEFORE hitting the Publish button), and click on the date and time you’d like your post to appear.  This changes your Publish button to a Schedule button.  When you are ready to schedule/publish the post, just click that button.

You CAN also change the date/time of a post that has already been posted, so if you accidentally publish too soon, no worries.

And just like that, you can control the date and timing of your blog posts.

Now, if only I could figure out how to control the date and timing of my children’s naps – I’d be in great shape!