Summary: A heavy cold pretty much wiped out the second half of this week (hurrah for freelance flexibility taking the pressure of being ill) but Writing Club was much better this week and I got my novel back in my head in good time for starting Revision Club next week. Yay for clubs! Tuesday: […]
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Weeknotes – S04E41 – Up and Down and Around
Summary: A bit up and down this week with both paid work and my own writing – but I got re-motivated in the end. Monday: I had a huge list of stuff to get through today! I started with a long-delayed paid editing project that finally came back to me over the weekend – […]
Positive Choice
From my observations of human behaviour, I’ve noticed a lot of people struggle with resentment in their lives. Is this something that resonates with you? Do you spend a lot of time getting irritated by things you feel obligated to spend your time on? Well, perhaps there’s a way you can let go of that… […]
Productivity Through Letting Go
The brain is a weird – and sometimes quite annoying – thing… Lately, I’ve been struggling with motivation in terms of getting on with my personal creative projects. I haven’t done any knitting in months, I haven’t written a new short story since April, I’m only keeping up with podcast prep and Stanley’s online content […]
Weeknotes – S07E40 – Paid Work is Easier
Summary: Not much progress on my own project this week, but still lots of great paid work going on, and more projects in the pipeline. It’s unsurprising that it’s much easier to motivate myself to to my paid work than my own stuff… Monday: I did a sample edit for a prospective new client […]
Weeknotes – S07E39 – Productivity All Around
Summary: Pretty good week, all told. I did my usual freelance panic – oh no, all my paid projects are ending on Friday – oh wait, now I suddenly have three more! Also lots of – it’s fine if I don’t do anything productive today – okay, so now I want to do all the […]
Challenging Assumptions
Do you ever find yourself thinking or feeling something that, if you actually take stock and challenge, turns out not to be true at all? And yet your brain or your emotions present it as an instant reaction they subsequently try to convince you must be real? Usually, I find this is because […]
Weeknotes – S07E38 – Novel-tastic!
Summary: I feel really good about what I achieved this week, both on the paid front and the personal projects front (after a slot start to the week on my own writing) – lots of exciting stuff going on! Monday: I had big plans to get through a big list of stuff today – […]
Weeknotes – S07E37 – Slacking Off Is Allowed
Summary: I slacked off a bit this week – so future me is going to be annoyed with me next week! Still, I got a certain amount one and it’s important to take breaks! Tuesday: Back to work after a long weekend off! I edited a chunk of the supernatural thriller and wrote reviews […]
The Subconscious Crew
Have you ever experienced that wondrous moment when you’re focusing on a manual task, like doing the washing up or taking a shower, and an amazing idea comes to you as if from nowhere? Would you like to be able to control when this happens and what the idea is about? Well, according to […]