It’s the most common question I get:
How do you find the time to do everything you do?
Until now, I’ve never had a ready answer, except that I have few obligations and responsibilities outside of my own career. But after pondering the reasons, I’ve written this post over at Writer Unboxed: The Secret to Finding the Time to Write, Market, Promote, and Still Have a Life.
I offer up 5 ways YOU can find the time in the coming year to be as productive as you want:
- Decide what you’ll stop doing—and I’m not talking about turning off the TV.
- Pay someone to do stuff you don’t like.
- Say good-bye to guilt and obligation.
- Be good at what you do.
- Spend the most time on what matters most to you.
Lots more elaboration at the post. Go read.
Jane Friedman has spent nearly 25 years working in the book publishing industry, with a focus on author education and trend reporting. She is the editor of The Hot Sheet, the essential publishing industry newsletter for authors, and was named Publishing Commentator of the Year by Digital Book World in 2023. Her latest book is The Business of Being a Writer (University of Chicago Press), which received a starred review from Library Journal. In addition to serving on grant panels for the National Endowment for the Arts and the Creative Work Fund, she works with organizations such as The Authors Guild to bring transparency to the business of publishing.
More good advice from Jane. Thanks!
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Exactly! I need to get better at letting things go and outsourcing. I also need to be better at focusing my energies in the right places so that I will actually write instead of doing all the things around it.
You nailed it.
Should I could accuse you of plagiarism, or suggest that it’s just great minds thinking alike? My list looks identical to yours. And I might add (at the risk of sounding like I’m sucking up to you) that your blog is among the very few that survived #1.
LOL! Must be something in the air. Thank you, Jim.
Congratulations on the Top Blogger selection!
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