Bradbury’s Take on Productivity
Ray Bradbury wrote 27 novels and over 600 short stories. More than eight million copies of his works, published in over 36 languages, have been sold around the world.
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PRODUCTIVITY & ORGANIZATION
The Discipline of Dancers
Discipline tends to get a bad rap these days. In productivity circles, it is equated to white-knuckling your way through tasks with iron-jawed determination, which will naturally and absolutely end in failure. In diet circles, discipline is the same as holding your teeth together, sitting on your hands and mutely shaking your head “no” when
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Just Start. That’s it.
I didn’t want to write this post. I was tempted to blow it off, because finally, finally, the book has a full head of steam and I’m just making sure the boiler stays stoked and hanging on the for the ride. There is no better feeling–no, not even that. Being in flow and creating a story has no
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The #1 Way to Guarantee You Write Every Time You Mean To
How Resistance lures you Having a finely tuned writing schedule doesn’t do diddly for your productivity if you never follow it. Saying you’re going to write for two hours after supper tonight will quell the nag in your brain for the rest of the day, but when you actually sit down at the keyboard, do
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Another Perspective On the Living Well Balance.
I seem to have referred to living well a lot lately, here on the blog and in the newsletter. I know I’m doing it to compensate for the constant barrage of “be productive!” messaging that is the theme of this site. But I’m also aware that I’m an anal productivity obsessionist, and I’m compensating for
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The Flip Side To Beating Resistance.
You can spend a lot of time teaching yourself to resist Resistance, to get your ass in the chair, to be productive. It’s a never-ending challenge. There is a flip side, though. I’m looking at it right now. If you’re following my work logs, you know that this week I’m on the mattresses, writing (well,
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How to Create A Writing Schedule You Can Live With
Do you have a list of novel ideas you wish you could turn into books sooner, rather than later? Do you spend your day dealing with bosses and kids and chores, only to get to the end of it and have no time left to write? Do you get up every morning, determined that today you
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How To Deal with Overwhelm
“I have so much to do, yet I only have the energy to eat, sleep and watch TV! What is wrong with me?” If you’ve ever found yourself diving into a carton of blueberry ripple ice cream, or (re)reading every Charles Dickens novel in a two-week binge, or any other activity that isn’t what
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The Perfect Productivity System For You.
When I hear of a new, complete productivity system, I tend to shudder a little bit. I have tried them all over the years. The last big sweeping, 100% all-in attempt I made to adopt someone else’s system was when Getting Things Done (GTD) was at the peak of its initial popularity. It was because that
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