There is nothing that can stop progress faster than the words “I’ll do that later.” That one statement is one of the largest examples of procrastination at work. Putting things off until another time is a sure way to guarantee that those same things will never be accomplished. How to End Procrastination 1. Do it…
It is so easy for me to put off a deadline when the editor tells me something along the lines of “just get it to me when you can.” Even if I give myself a definitive deadline, it just doesn’t seem to have the same effect. I need the structure. I crave the organization. I…
It dawned on me this morning that every moment of my time is spent. If I make $50 per hour and I spend two hours surfing channels of reruns then I have just spent $100 doing nothing. The shock motivated me to do a little more. I was determined to get right to work when…
There are very few writers that I know who stay ahead of the game. Most of us are running so far behind the pack that we forget there is a pack. There is something about the rush to complete a project on time AND at the last minute that just sets the freelance writer’s muse…
You can go from procrastination to schedule when you take the simple step to make a schedule that works for you. Getting it done is as simple as just doing it. This concept began starting to make sense to me after almost thirteen years of marriage. I’ll admit I’m a procrastinator by nature and I…