#avoiding procrastination

Last week’s post was a three-point article showing the path to becoming an expert writer. It’s a simple three-step process, but simple doesn’t necessarily mean “easy”. Too often, we see a system that will likely work, but almost immediately most of us come up against resistance. That’s what happened to me just this past week. How I Overcame Writing Resistance Before we get into how I overcame…

The other day, I read something where a young woman said that she did ten small habits in ten minutes every morning. I decided that I would do the same to improve some of my own habits. I started creating a list that I could do in one minute. What I realized in the process is that I don’t have to do all these things all at once. I can do them throughout the day. Plus, I can build on any of those…

The 2-minute rule

When there's a task that can be accomplished in 2 minutes or less, do it right away in stead of setting it aside for later.

The 5-minute rule

In this week's Sunday Circle: being inspired by art & music, & the value of #procrastination

I’ve joined Peter M. Ball’s Sunday Circle to help keep on task with of my writing. Follow along here or join in the fun over at Peter’s blog, Man Versus Bear. What am I working on this week? This week I’m working on a horror short story for an anthology. It was tough going at the start of the week with me deleting more words than I wrote, and I was well and truly stuck. Then I realised my…