In software there is always a tendency to get carried away and make the most detailed plan possible. You can get a blog post setup in under 7 minutes and can write a blog post in under 5 minutes if you stuck to the basics. Do the bare minimum effort and once that’s 100% ready to go, you can go back and edit your post content or blog theme… but the most important thing is having some content ready to go.

After the rush to get to version 1.0 of a product, smart programmers add on one tiny feature at a time, then roll it out, take the bugs out… and repeat. Stupid programmers tack on feature after feature, push the finished product and cross their fingers hoping it will all work. In the same way, your blog is a work in progress. You might want a fancy theme and tons of cool plug-ins on your blog, but the content is what’s most important. You can spend a few minutes a day adding one more plug-in, but that’s a very low priority.