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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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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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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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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“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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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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Have you ever looked at your goals at the start of the year and wished you could just wave a magic wand and have it all happen for you? Because you know that, deep in your gut, very few of your goals will actually be met, even though you fully intend to knock yourself out
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Have you ever had weeks like mine? As soon as you decide that this week, you are going to nail your schedule, get down a staggering number of words, and finally break through the chapter that has been mocking you for the last three weeks, THAT’s when everything else in your life that you give a
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