Blogging..

Blogging is another way to express your feelings or give out some useful information to your audience. I enjoy switching from one blog to another, depending on my mood and what experience I have had that day. I have a variety of blogs, ranging from business orientated blogs to hobbies and passions blogs like a blog I have about my passion for China, or my earhthlings blog which has a sociao-political aspect with an entertainment twist attached to it.
You can also montetize your blogs and earn some pocket money from them or if you really get high up in the rankings you can earn a lot more as people will pay you a lot of money for advertising and writing articles.
I earn some money from articles but know I could earn more if I had more time to devote to it. I have so many different business related themes that I don't have enough hours in the day to do everything I want, it's a little impossible. It is something you can try and experiement with as you see fit.

Keeping your mind fresh.

Like I said earlier, writing at long stretches can be quite taxing on the mind and it is equally important to take care of oneself as it is to take care of one's written work.
I have to write thousands of words every day, almost seven days a week without a break. I have found a remedy though that helps me to be more productive and enjoy what I dfo more. I take regular short breaks dusring the day, either to take a walk, do some exercise, sit and chat with family or do another task that needs doing of a manual nature. This way I can ensure that my writing is always fresh and I can perform and do the work in hand that is needed for the day. In the past I used to work long non stop stretches that were not only damaging to my eyes, but also lowered my work performance and morale. This led me to be very chaotic and unorganized in my work, thus making me lose focus and getting only half of the work done.

To be disciplined.

Although writing requires a free flow approach, being disciplined is the corner stone for success. More often than not we can find ourselves in a bit of a quandary and get confused. I for one found that I had a lot of ideas but getting down to implement them was a bit of a tough one. What I personally have found very useful is jotting things down as they come to my head and making a 'to do' list in the mornings before I commence my daily work. Working from home can make us a little unorganized so being tough on ourselves a little bit does help.
For example this morning I have made a list starting with going through each blog one by one. Then on my list is checking emails etc. So when I go through jobs one by one,if I finish in time and there is a little time left over I will utilize that for any promting I may need to do, or learning something new like the forex article I was sent last night in my email.
So getting down to the crunch means being disciplined. Once you can acheive that, half the job is done.