Things happen. That’s just the way life is. Family emergencies, home emergencies, emergency evacuations. Things happen unplanned and throw things into turmoil. But how much depends on your planning.
Unfortunately you are reading this post because my grandmother died. It sounds weird, but she had a stroke May 27th. So I wrote posts to plan for leaving suddenly, including this one. This one explains my departure and how the post will be maintained.
Blog Advantage
With blogs and website you do not have to have everything published right away. With WordPress and other blogs you can easily write several posts and leave them in draft mode. They will not publish, but you can have the posts ready for an emergency. With the posts written and prepared it does not take long to make them work for you.
You can either follow a FIFO, using the first in first out, and keep writing to keep some in reserve/ draft mode for emergencies. You could write some posts that you know will be timeless, so they can easily be used when the time is right. The second was the method I chose.
When things change
Then when I got news, I was able to use the quick edit to change the dates to “replace me.” When you click posts and edit, you can select quick edit underneath a post title to change the date and to scheduled. Pick dates that follow your normal post schedule to maintain your presence. You can also write posts and schedule them as you write.
What you will see.
For the next few days you will see posts about various services and products people offer, because they can help your business. Since these are friends, the posts were easy to write especially with worrying about both grandparents. Also a last minute ticket costs twice as much as regular airfare, especially flying into a tourist town. Please if you like the person or product I discuss, then please use the links provided and tell them I sent you. I get affiliate income.
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~ MJ Schrader
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