I just moved into a beautiful new home. It’s 2600 square feet. Located in Orange County, CA. And has spectacular views all around.

But the internet didn’t get activated as quickly as I would have liked it to–leaving my blog to fend for itself without any new posts for the past couple of days.

It’s life changing experiences like this that teach you lessons, and I’ve learned a valuable one. Always have a backup plan so you can keep your posts flowing like you never left the computer.

One of the best ways to do this–and it worked flawlessly for my Thursday and Friday posts–is to set your post dates to something in the future instead of publishing immediately. All you have to do is click that edit button to the right of Publish Immediately, and set the date and time to your preferences. When you crank out multiple posts in a day, you can easily set them to publish when YOU want, that way you don’t have to worry about your internet going out, your computer dying, or some other cataclysmic event that could prevent you from getting your posts out there.