Day 5, in a Round-about Way

Today was about time.

I already know I don’t allocate my time well.  I don’t want or need to be reminded of that fact.  And now I need to do a time map.  “Make it fun,” she says.  (“She” being Julie Hood.)

Yeah, right.

Admittedly, I’m rather cynical about the whole “fun” thing when it comes to looking at how I spend my time.  I spend way too much time goofing around, playing games on the computer, or surfing the ‘net.

So if I know that, why do I do it?  Here’s a big clue for ya:

I HATE TRANSCRIPTION!!!

I absolutely cannot be emphatic enough about that.  I can’t stand it.  I’m sick of it.  That’s one reason I’m doing this process.  To hopefully be able to organize myself enough that I can manage to get enough work/income with writing to quit the transcription.

Right now it feels like nothing more than a pipe-dream, but I know more than one person who does it so it is entirely possible.

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Day 4

There’s really only one point from today, but it’s a good one.

“Even if you miss a day, you can easily jump back into your routine.”

I’ll be going good on something, miss a day or two, and abandon ship. My inner process is always along the lines of, “I’ve screwed it up now, why bother going on?”

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I’ve had a bit of a stomachache today, so I didn’t set myself any other assignment/task.

(Today’s was rather short, so it’s tempting to go on to day 5, but I’m not going to.)

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Day 3 Points

It helps me solidify the key points relevant to me if I go through and post them as I come to them. That said, the following are courtesy, of course, of The Organized Writer:

“…[Y]ou must create the habit of using your planner. It takes about a month to establish a habit.”

“Is there anything you didn’t finish today? Make notes….”

I never make notes about things I don’t finish. Let me repeat that.

I never make notes about things I don’t finish.

Therefore, I either (1) wake up a lot at night reminding myself to finish it or (2) have a hard time going to sleep for reminding myself to do it the next day.

Hello???? Wake up call to Jen!! Making notes will eliminate a LOT of that.

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Instead of going through books scattered about this evening, I’ve been sorting my queries and clips. It’s funny (to me) how it looks like I’ve gone from no clips to having 5 clips. Sure, two of them are press releases that appeared in the paper with no byline, but they still count.

(I’m not sure, though, if the “9 Basic Tools for Making Jewelry” that I put on AssociatedContent counts.)

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Today’s Point

“Be sure your subcategories are distinct and do not overlap.” -Julie Hood, The Organized Writer

I tend to be vague when I set up any kind of category/filing system. I justify this by saying it’ll be easier to file because the categories will be broad enough that there won’t be any problem.

Um…

Wrong!

So this is the key point I’m taking away today. And I’m working on my master list. It appears I have one category as a subcategory that should probably be a main category on its own, but I can make that change later, should it be justified.

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I got the obvious trash taken out today. Tomorrow I will start on the different papers that are lying around. Some may well be trash. Some may need to be filed. We’ll see where that goes.

I am not saying it will all be done tomorrow. It depends on a number of things, of course. So there is the possibility of allowing as many days as needed for this. The same will apply when I get down to books and magazines, but I’m not going there yet.

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Key Point for Today

Courtesy of The Organized Writer by Julie Hood:

“Do what feels right and what appeals to you — not what seems to ‘be organized.’”
This is a biggy. I started the organization project last year with my sister-in-law because I thought I should. I had to “be organized.” But the way we went about it wasn’t/isn’t my way.

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Ongoing Process

As of today, I’m starting the process and following the book for The Organized Writer by Julie Hood. 

I’m planning to post a key point of the day here.  If you want to read them, fine, if not, that’s OK too.  I will put up other blog posts about something different as well, but those never have been planned and just showed up as they came to me.

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