Showing posts with label Time management. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Time management. Show all posts

Saturday, November 19, 2016

Time Management and How Badly I Suck at It by Alicia Dean

Well, look at me, late again with my post. No surprise there. I'm constantly running in circles, chasing my tail, trying to keep my head above water. And, if three cliches in a row don't tell you how overwhelmed I am, nothing will. :) Here is a brief snapshot of my tasks/duties/life:

I work a full-time outside the home job
I am a writer (or so I think...)
I edit for The Wild Rose Press (and have 20 plus projects currently in my schedule)
I freelance edit
I run an author promo loop, Authors Helping Authors
I coordinate our OKRWA International Digital Awards Contest
I am now webmistress for OKRWA
A multi author newsletter
I try to do some marketing, including a few FB Pages I maintain
I regularly blog

So...yeah, that's all I can think of at the moment. But you know, that's probably plenty. LOL. Of course, that obviously doesn't include social events, family and friends, etc. Guess what gets pushed to the back burner? If you said my own writing, you are correct. I know ways I could make better use of my time; get up two hours earlier than necessary, stop playing around on the internet, stop creating new projects that take up my time, and watch less TV. Also, I bought this book called 5,000 Words per Hour, Write Faster, Write Smarter - I'm not sure if it's truly helpful, I've barely begun reading it, because, well, I don't have the time. :) Here's the link if you want to check it out:

https://www.amazon.com/000-Words-Per-Hour-Smarter-ebook/dp/B00XIQKBT8/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1479570374&sr=8-1&keywords=5+000+words+per+hour

I also hired an assistant. She has been through some difficulties lately and hasn't been able to do as much as we'd planned, but I'm sure we'll get on track with that soon.

Other than the things I mentioned, any suggestions for making better use of my time? Do any of you have tricks you use to be more productive? (I feel like I've blogged about this before, but I looked back and didn't see it. Sorry if I'm being repetitive!)