My work ethic since May has been inspired by the 1, 3, 5 List Method which has dramatically changed my writing life!
On May 18, I blogged about the 1, 3, 5 List Method and announced I had started using it 2 weeks prior to that date—May 4.
I was ready to try something new because I was tired of listing 10-20 things every day that I needed to do and only getting 1 or 2 done.
I was pulled in too many directions and overwhelmed by everything that kept piling up.
I never seemed to get caught up and never seemed to accomplish much. Every day I was drained.
First Follow Up Report
On June 2, two days shy of a full month, I posted Rusults of Using 1, 2, 3 List Method. At that time, my results were phenomenal. I'd gone from writing a few hundred words a day to over 3,000 words a day!
Second Follow Up Report
I started the 1, 3, 5 List Method on May 4. Today is July 22. I've been using this method for 79 days. Here's what I have accomplished:
On May 18, I blogged about the 1, 3, 5 List Method and announced I had started using it 2 weeks prior to that date—May 4.
I was ready to try something new because I was tired of listing 10-20 things every day that I needed to do and only getting 1 or 2 done.
I was pulled in too many directions and overwhelmed by everything that kept piling up.
I never seemed to get caught up and never seemed to accomplish much. Every day I was drained.
First Follow Up Report
On June 2, two days shy of a full month, I posted Rusults of Using 1, 2, 3 List Method. At that time, my results were phenomenal. I'd gone from writing a few hundred words a day to over 3,000 words a day!
Second Follow Up Report
I started the 1, 3, 5 List Method on May 4. Today is July 22. I've been using this method for 79 days. Here's what I have accomplished:
- Formatted my novel Jane (I'm Still Single) Jones, a romantic comedy, for the box set Sweet and Sassy Summertime, Volume 1, available now for only 99cents.
- Written a 70,000 word novel, The Key to Kristina, a mystery romance, for the box set Fortune's Favor: The Treasure, available now for only 99cents. Publishes July 24.
- Created a concept for a series called Last Chance Beach to be written by my friends from RomanceGems and me.Created the concept for the first box set collection in the series, Last Chance Beach: Summer's End, available in pre-release for only 99cents. Publishes July 24.
- Set up a publishing company, wrote contracts, signed up volunteers, set up a giveaway promotion of a free ebook, coordinated all promotion activities, answered hundreds of emails every day from the participating authors, and more things than I care to mention here.
- Wrote Hot August Night, a funny romance, for my story in Last Chance Beach: Summer's End.
- Developed the concept for the next Last Chance Beach box set which will publish in the fall.
Before 1, 3. 5 I felt like this! |
I'm amazed just listing all that, and it doesn't include the personal stuff. Rolling with the problems and worries created by COVID19.
(One of my sons and his 3 daughters caught it. The daughters are bouncing back, but my son has been having a tough time. Prayers gratefully accepted.)
I've done a tiny bit of cleaning up my environment aka housework which I abhor every day. I've also let go of the idea that I have to do all these other things that are low-priority.
Best of all, I don't feel overwhelmed and anxious for fear I might not meet a deadline. Now, I don't sign up for everything, and I don't go to bed with the nagging thought of all that I didn't get done.
I currently have 4 deadlines left between now and the end of October. In the past, I worked late and did everything possible just to ensure I met deadlines—even if I felt half-dead afterwards.
Now, when I go to my office, I know exactly what I'm going to be working on.
Now, when I go to my office, I know exactly what I'm going to be working on.
I make my 1, 3, 5 list in my day planner the night before. I list incidentals at the bottom of it. That's the things I might do if I have some lag time.
The 1, 3, 5 List Method made me a believer. I found it when I had despaired of ever being the productive writer I once was.
The 1, 3, 5 List Method made me a believer. I found it when I had despaired of ever being the productive writer I once was.
Takeaway Truth
If you're struggling, read my previous posts about how the 1, 3, 5 List Method works and give it a try.
I'm exhausted reading this!!!
ReplyDelete*lol* I was exhausted writing it, but I thouoght it might encourage someone else.
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