Managing My Time
I missed the date for writing a new entry last week. Keeping up with a blog, staying on top of my writing deadlines, starting a home business, and having a family life has been an interesting juggling act this year. When I had a regular clock-in-clock-out job, I seemed to be better organized, knowing that each moment was precious. I know that now but I really have to watch that the minutes don’t get swallowed up by non-productive activities.
I finally bought a plan book that lets me record my expected activities for each day. Not just a listing of events or appointments. The goals and objectives for that day. I taught school for so many years and always had to think about my plans for the week. What did I want to accomplish in Reading this week? What lessons/objectives should we cover in Math? I usually started from the end of the year — where we needed to finish — and then broke the lessons into manageable pieces.
Which is the way I also work on a book idea. I usually know the ending, have some ideas about the beginning, and then have to figure out the middle. With most of my completed books, I’ve rearranged chapters after the first draft was completed to help the book flow better or to show character development in a clearer fashion.
So, how do you manage your time? What else you stay on task? Or are you a floater, letting each day move forward at its own pace?
