Summary: My work ethic has definitely taken a nose-dive again, despite external accountability strategies – must try harder! Monday: I edited the next chapter of the spiritual book and also went through a submission package for a women’s fiction novel in detail. Dave and I also looked at extracts from another book to analyse […]
Month: October 2023
The Hermeneutics of Generosity
A while ago, Annie and I were introduced to an interesting and helpful concept – the Hermeneutics of Generosity. It was in a YouTube video by author, John Green, quoting Dr Paul Farmer, the co-founder of Partners in Health. It’s a great way of circumventing those occasions when you might otherwise get annoyed by people […]
Weeknotes – S07E42 – Yay for Freelance Flexibility
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: […]
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 […]