There are days when I willful walk past a sink full of dirty dishes. I see them but I pretend that they are not there. My real hope is that the elves living in my walls and under my floors will come out and clean the dishes instead of spending all of their time and…
Time runs out. It seems that no matter how hard I plan or how serious I am about something I eventually run out of hours in the day. Life catches me and spins me around until I am too dizzy to know which way is up and so I forget about the things that I…
Consistency is something that I am good at – but only from time to time. I struggle with being consistent from one day to the next. When I’m on then things are great but when I’m off it is then that I can’t seem to get anything right. I am still learning. My goal is…
Getting started at freelance writing each morning is simple for me. It’s getting restarted after I have taken a break to read an email, eat some breakfast or do some chores around the house that causes me to stumble. Making money as a freelance writer is only possible if I write and I can only…
There are days when I need a schedule to help me schedule my schedule and then some reminders to keep in on schedule along the way. Then there are those days when I know exactly what I need to do, when I need to do it and how long it each project will take. I…
The more I have to do then the more I can get done. It seems strange almost, but the more responsibility I have piled on my shoulders then the more tasks and chores I can complete in one day. The only thing that I can figure is that the pressure to do more keeps me…
It has not been easy. There is a limited amount of time in the day and it seems that if I slow down to kick my feet up then the day slips passed and I’m behind on the things I need to do. Finding the balance can be just as difficult and scary as walking…
“You work all the time.†My husband was tying to be sympathetic, but I wasn’t sure if it was for me or for him. My freelance writing is the only income that we currently have coming into our home. YES! I do work a lot. No, I do not work all the time. Part of…
My family schedule scheme is working out – for the most part. Sure, there have been those days when some of the to-dos rolled over to the next day. There have even been some to-dos that have been forgotten. Over the last two weeks, we have pretty much stayed on track, and the house has…