To Schedule, or Not To Schedule

Me in my natural writing habitat -- unwashed, post-run, at Panera

I've been blogging for — wow — over a year now (first post last JUNE!), but I'd be lying if I said I have it down to a science.

One thing I've been really bad about is scheduling posts.  I tend to do my posts the night before they post.  Partially this is procrastination, but even when I have time to sit and schedule, I tend not to, in case something comes up that's new and relevant?

I realize I could always unschedule a scheduled post for breaking news, but then I wonder if the scheduled post will still be relevant after I push it off.

Of course, by not scheduling, I tend not to post at all when things get too busy, or when I go away.

So here's my question for you bloggers out there: do you do your posts in bulk, scheduling them in advance, or do you post pretty close to when the posts go live?  And if you do schedule them, how far in advance do you do so?  A week?  More than a week?  And if you do schedule far in advance, do you find yourself rearranging posts a lot for breaking news, or interesting things that happen in the meantime?  What has been the most successful blogging routine for you?