As we head towards what promises to be the third calendar year impacted by the COVID pandemic, it’s fair to say that the changes we made in response to the start of lockdown just aren’t cutting it any more. As…
Category: Productivity
This is a crisis, baby. As I define in Time Management for Writers, a crisis is usually: Short-term Unexpected COVID19 and the related lockdown is an absolute crisis, and I’m getting a little weary of seeing the memes that use…
Fittingly, I’m writing this on the 11th anniversary of my dad’s death. That day was the start of my journey with grief, and it’s been a winding road ever since. I’ve come to believe that grief is what we feel…
The Internet is a fun place full of jokes about how so many people who were told by employers that they couldn’t work from home……. can suddenly work from home. And laughing over that idea is great. Heck knows we…
In Time Management for Writers, I describe a crisis as an unexpected and short-term situation. Could our current reality be any more of a crisis? I mean, seriously?! Who could have seen any of this coming? Our freedoms restricted, the…
In ten minutes you can scroll Facebook, or write 100 words. In ten minutes you can have a power nap, drink a glass of water, or eat a bar of chocolate. In ten minutes you can look around you and…
It’s one of the most common wishes that we authors have – to be able to write faster. Nothing sells your book like the next book being released, or so the saying goes. Here are some of my top tips…
We all know that a cluttered room leads to a cluttered mind, right? We’ve all heard that idea and can see the common sense behind it. How can you expect to focus if you’re in an environment that is messy…
One of the most common objections people raise to the idea of creating a schedule or planning their time to help them become more effective is this: Isn’t that kinda dull? A bit limiting? Doesn’t that, like, restrict me dude?…
I’ve talked on here before about the launch of my third pen name (if you include my real name, which I publish non-fiction such as Time Management for Writers under), and in this post I want to share a big…