Zack Lim writes:

Hi Marc,

Thank you for sharing this post. It never comes to my mind to have my own Downtime Plan so that I can use the time more wisely.

I will definitely try this out.

Excellent blog which contains lots of good ideas and content :)

Zack

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Shirley Bass writes:

I’m excited about this advice.

I’ve had something come up that’s put me on hold. Checking out each idea, will definitely help me speed up and pick up where I suddenly left off.

Thanks Marc!

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Angela Chen Shui writes:

Thanks for taking the time to share these great ideas that we can use to develop our Downtime Plans…

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lovie writes:

Thanks for the strategy of planning ahead before a crisis happens that’s what I call positioning yourself to be proactive rather than constantly reacting to to life changes. Since, we all know that Life happens;-).

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Antionette writes:

Thanks! This was a very useful article. I appreciate the information that you shared on how to build an editorial calendar and stay motivated. I am definitely going to review the cross promotional tools!

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Carol A Hill writes:

Thank you for some good ideas to utilize while
waiting to get back to submitting articles if there
is a problem. It applies to me at this time. Like they say in East Texas-“Kain’t do nuthin nohow
while it’s rainin outside”

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Candice writes:

thank you for this article! one never expects things to fall apart, but they do. this really makes one aware that there should be a plan. thank you for the great advise.

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Lance Winslow writes:

Interestingly enough, I have a “down time” list of things to do. Mine consists of going through my stack of newspaper clippings, and trade journals. And reading them for article ideas. I do this for the same reason that many women keep a paperback book in their purse or why guys leave a book in their car.

There is this saying; “A gentleman is never bored” and I’d often wondered about, and even written about “What if?” scenarios, as in what if the entire Internet crashed or the power went out for 2-weeks or longer. In times of natural disaster this is more than possible. In CA we have Earthquakes, wildfires, and other such problems, but no location is completely free from some type of weather related event, flood, ice storms, lightning, or Hurricane, Earthquake, or whatever, maybe some bizarre thing happens and a router goes out or your ISP goes caput?

Everyone should consider this. Sometimes interruptions create a CRISIS, but every Chinese person knows that the symbol for crisis in their written language is a duopoly, it comes from two symbols; Danger and Opportunity.

I enjoyed this philosophical quote, because it makes us all think. Today, young people go bizerk if they cannot log on to myspace or send a text-message or Twitter, seriously they go crazy, and even most adults get very out of character if they cannot check their emails. RELAX PEOPLE!

Use that time for something positive, you just have to have a plan, like this post states, and be able to rapidly switch gears. That’s what I do, and you know what, it works because success often goes to the most agile. And who knows what opportunities you will find in times of crisis. I always find opportunity in chaos, so should you. that’s all for now, good posting here.

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Dave writes:

How do you keep motivated when you have some downtime? thanks

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Christopher M. Knight writes:

Dave,

Motivation for me comes from knowing WHY I want to do what I do. Hope that helps… It’s very difficult to motivate yourself to do anything unless you know WHY you want to do it. ie: What’s your end outcome?

September 18, 2009 at 7:54 AM

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Shirley Bass writes:

My end outcome is staying on top of Google and other major search engines, as I build my business.

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Jeff Herring writes:

There’s a lot of truth to the country song “Waitin’ on a Woman” – learned a long time ago to use down time well to get the little 5 minute things done (and I say this with the most positive of intent, btw)

Dave – I agree with Chris about having a big enough WHY to motivate you during down time and all times…

I tell my students and members all the time that when you take action with Article Marketing and enjoy the results and benefits, that alone will keep you moving no matter your mood…

And speaking of down time, we are about to head out to the mountains for the weekend, and are NOT taking the lap tops….God Help Me….

Jeff

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robert writes:

I love writing and graphic design and have a strong passion for both. The image created in this post is the work of a genius.

Just thought I would say that during my downtime.

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David Nilsson writes:

Thanks for the ideas, never really thought much about the cross promotional tools until now.

Thanks again I’m off to check out the cross promotional tools.

David

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Grandmaster writes:

Thanks a lot for this useful and innovative information.
I will follow these in my next articles in EzineArticles. This will definitely help the writers a lot.

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