Struggling to Find Time

How do you find the time to do something that you love when you have two kids and a full-time job.

Do I take time out of my lunch break?

Do I take it out of the limited time that I have with my kids?

Do I sacrifice sleep for it?

I already use part of my lunch break to go get my oldest from school and the other half if I am honestly usually goes to the baby. I feel like I don't get enough time with my oldest as is, so I would feel guilty if I took more time away from her. I only get four hours of sleep right now as is so I am not in a position to lose anymore and still have a chance at being semi-functional.

Goal: Write 1,000 words a day

If I manage to carve out just an hour a day to type a 1,000 words that is 365,000 words a year. That could easily be 3-4 novels. The take away is to set reasonable expectations of myself and to remember that even small steps get you to your destination eventually.

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Worried for Nothing?

Recently I was struggling worried, Am I Cut Out to be an Indie Author? Last week I started writing a new story since I was really struggling with the last concept that I had. In my first week of writing I wrote 20,000 words! That is insane, I didn't even know I was capable of putting up those types of numbers. I doubt this pace is maintainable but maybe I can get my number of books released per year up to four after all and cut the time to get to 20 books down from 10 year to 5 years. I am going to keep pushing through and try not to stress too much. I still think waiting until I have a few books ready to release before putting anything out is a good idea. That way I get into the habit and mindset of written without an expectation of return on investment.

Dreams on Hold

They say there is a time and place for everything. Sadly no just isn't the right time to chase this dream. Hopefully the economy will get better and I will be able to have the free time again to work on my writing. Right now I need to pick up a second job on top of everything I am already doing to help cover expenses. Ideally this only last for about six months, but I don't know for sure. The dream is there. It isn't dead it is just on hold once again.

Ups and Downs to word count

The first seven days of writing my new story I put down 23,000 words. Then a lot of life happened and I had four straight days of 0 words. Thankfully I had been crushing it that first week and am still where I need to be a with the stretched goal pass of 1,500 words a day. Before I was excited by just how much I was able to get done and was even think that I may be able to finish faster than the 54 day stretch goal. That was always a miracle goal though. My reasonable deadline for myself is 90 days. This way I can write three books a year and use the remaining days on editing and marketing. I am learning to be patient with myself and that my production isn't always going to be linear.

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