It’s a precious commodity
And it leaks
And leaks
And the days speed up and the nights as well
But what are we achieving?
So much endless weeding
And not seeing the results
Because the sewing takes time too
And there are so many weeds and they grow over night
To do
To do
To do
Is so much longer than
Done ✅
But I found a secret
5,4,3,2,1 okay you’ve heard that one 👈
But I have another
This morning I panicked because I have three projects on the go now – one with another artist – my illustrator for a children’s book series I’m doing
And I can’t let him down
And I can’t let myself down either
And between all of this
I still have to eat
And kiss my husband
And I have the same workload as I did before – just no gaps in between
Time
There isn’t enough time
Or so I thought
And I slept in this morning till 5am instead of getting up at 3.30 so my post didn’t get out and more importantly neither did my meditation and yoga and blissful early morning thinking and writing time
So
I did up a chart similar to the one in “kicking your own donkey” post to the link is back there 👆not doing it twice
And maybe you guys don’t need this but I did
Because 5,4,3,2,1 has set off a cascade of achieving in my life that I can’t pull up
So I did a time budget
And it turns out
If I get up at 3.30am and go to sleep at 10pm then I have 18 1/2 hours day of living
Which I have then broken down into things I have to do and it turns out I will have roughly 8 hours writing
Which is a big relief
Because with all the learning curves I’m on right now with software and seo and hashtags and important words (that are not words I find important btw) and search terms and best indie publishing practices and all the rest
…
I needed time – now I have it
Will I burn out? No! I have more energy than I ever had because I am doing what I love – besides that there is time for exercise time for yoga time for meditation and time for an afternoon nap all factored in – there is balance.
And that is the one thing I struggle to find
Thoughts? How do you accomplish what is important to you while fitting in all the things that are important to others?
Also I changed my profile pic – good or bad? Selfies always feel ridiculous to me so I struggle. The new one was one Steve took of me at the beach reading and I rather liked the informality.
Back to poetry tonight
