March is the month of being awesome, so I am trying to do a new thing every week in that vein. Last week I created my goals for the month and started in on all of them - with mixed success. But my overall effort pleased me (no burning out so far!) so I'm not going to detail the failures.
This week I am implementing a structured weekday work schedule. It's something I've tried in the past, but I always ended up taking a day where I said "fuck it" and spent the whole day watching TV and eating cereal straight from a box. Ugly, I know. But I think I've set myself up for a relatively painless segue into a structured workday this time because for the past month or so I've been good about working every day and - much more importantly - treating it like work.
("Work" has always motivated me. Ask any boss or teacher I've ever had; I was one of their best employees/students and they never had to wonder if I'd have something done on time or if they'd find me idly not working whenever they stopped by.)
Here is the schedule I am striving to maintain, starting today:
Wake up at 0700 - doable since this is when the boy's alarm goes off.
0700 - 0800: Make breakfast (COFFEE) and read a book.
0800 - 0900: Blog stuff / social media stuff.
0900 - 1100: Work on Holyoak Five.
1100 - 1200: Pick something in the house to clean. (I use Unfuck Your Habitat for motivation and you should too.)
1200 - 1300: Make lunch and read some more of that book.
1300 - 1500: Work on current WIP novel. (For now, Grave of the Goddess.)
1500 until the boy gets home or until I'm done: Clean the kitchen.
Wish me luck! I'm confident in my abilities to focus, but I have the worst time forming habits. I have actually put an alarm into my phone for every single one of these time frames just to keep me on task. Or, you know, cause guilt if I'm backsliding.
How's everyone else in the Write Motivation community doing with their goals? This week I hope to start making the blog rounds during my social media hour in the morning to do some cheerleading. :)
I wish my days were that structured. I'm working on it, but it's hard when your mom/grandma call you for things they need answers to right away ALL THE TIME. I need to get them to understand that writing is work, and I will call them back when I have time. Not that I'm always available. *groan*
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