I’m so excited to share my first published work with you! Many of you know I’ve been writing a novel, a near-future sci-fi book. It’s taking far longer than I ever expected it to take. I’m still working on it, but in the meantime I’ve got something else you can enjoy of mine! My local writer’s group has put out an anthology of short stories and poems, and a story of mine is included! Get a sneak peek here!
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8 CommentsI love the beginning of the year, and making New Year’s resolutions, and feeling excited about all the things I can accomplish in the coming year. Dreams are a beautiful thing, and I love embracing them at the start of the New Year when it feels like I have all the time in the world to make them happen. I make resolutions every year. My goals for this year are:
I begin January with big dreams, but often a few weeks later the reality hits: goals are hard. Running a business is hard. Finding time to ‘level up’ and do even more when you work fulltime and have a family is difficult. Pretty soon I start getting frustrated that I’m not meeting my goals fast enough, and that there’s too much to do and not enough time to get it all done. I mean, when my to-do list feels like it’s always getting longer instead of shorter it’s hard to stay positive.
I get overwhelmed, and start to wonder if my goals are possible and my dreams achievable.
That’s when I need to step back and remember that overwhelm is a feeling and not my actual reality.
For me overwhelm happens for a few reasons: feeling like I have too much to do and not enough time to do it, feeling like the task is too big to accomplish, and having too many options and not knowing which one to pick. Each of these problems has solutions, but when I feel overwhelmed it’s sometimes hard to remember that. I have to remind myself to step out of the loop of worrying-but-not-acting and make an actual plan. Making an achievable plan of action is the best way to get rid of overwhelm and actually meet my goals. So let’s look at each of these reasons for overwhelm and how they relate to my goals.
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Having a web presence is essential for writers today. It gives your readers a centralized place to learn about you and find your writing. If you’re a freelancer it gives editors and potential clients a place to view your clips and a way to contact you. It allows you to grow a mailing list by giving your readers a place to sign up for it. Your website is the one place on the internet that you control, and more control means more ways to grow your reader base and business.
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