Blog?
Tweet? Write something new? Revise current project? Go clean the house?
What to
do? What to do?
There never seems to be enough time to get it
all done and often the thing I really want to do, like write, gets put on the
back burner. Everyone says you’ll make time for the things you find important
but that’s not always true. Life often intervenes and messes up the best laid
plans.
Several
years ago I heard a financial planner say that one of the best strategies for dealing
with a tight budget is to always pay
yourself first, even if it’s only $5.00. The money saved will begin to
mount up faster than you think. While contemplating how to fit working on
my novel into my day, I recalled that advice and wondered if it would work with
time. I decided to test it out.
Right
then and there, I vowed to start my day early, between 5:30 AM and 6:00 AM, in
front of my computer, Microsoft Word opened to a file containing one of several
writing projects. During that time—my writing time—I would allow, no email, no
Facebook, no Twitter, just click open my latest project and start writing.
To
my amazement, it’s working! Those 2 to 4 early morning writing hours are adding
up. Writing projects are finally moving forward.
Pay yourself first—in writing time!
Try it and
let me know how it works for you.
4 comments:
Totally agree with you--except that I don;t think I can start writing that early in the morning. I have moved my writing-my-novel-time to first place whenever I can. It has definitely helped me produce more, that's for sure!
Sandra, you are a like-minded soul! My best hours of the day are always early, when I can keep with the discipline, that is! And I love the idea of paying yourself first. Great words of wisdom. I hope it keeps working well for you and will look forward to reading the results.
Great post! Like Carol, I'm not a morning person, but I find it is much easier to focus when I unplug from the internet.
Thanks for this post, Sandra. It's helped me look at my writing habits and do a little adjusting.
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