My goal every day, no matter how crazybusy things get: push myself to do SOMETHING, even a very small something, to work on improving my craft (art or writing) longterm. Keeping track of these tiny steps in my bullet journal helps ground me during chaostimes. More about bullet journals later . . .
I don’t know about the rest of you, but I found it much more of a challenge to FOCUS on creative projects during the pandemic. Things are getting better now, but early on? Forget it. I did way too much doom-scrolling online, worried constantly about loved ones as well as . . .
Those of you who have no trouble saying no can just skip the rest of this post. Some of you, however, may be like me. I like making people happy and don’t like disappointing them. I also dislike conflict. I like helping people. So when people ask me for things, . . .
To the left: my comic for Writer Unboxed this past weekend. You can see a bigger version by clicking on the comic and going to Writer Unboxed (a GREAT site for writers, by the way, if you haven’t already visited). I have found this pattern to be increasingly the norm for me . . .
After my last get-together with my writing pal, Mahtab Narsimhan, I’ve adopted a new daily work schedule. I generally wake at about 6-6:30 a.m. and head down to my office to do e-mail, then surf for publishing news for my Market Watchcolumn while also updating @inkyelbows and other feeds on Twitter. From now . . .
Don’t know about the rest of you, but I have a tendency to let my e-mail pile up…or at least I did. This year, I’m determined to keep better control over my e-mail Inbox (or Inboxes, since I have more than one e-mail account). What I’m finding: bad e-mail organization/handling . . .