I’m now officially back into the world where I spend zero personal time on the computer during the workday. Accordingly, I have to fit all my blogging and other social media needs into my personal prime time, when exercise, family, dog walking, house cleaning, writing, reading, and that pesky schoolwork are also competing for my attention.
As such, I’ve decided that I need to cut down on all behaviors that are a waste of time. In other words, my internet usage has to be get in and get out so that I still have time for all those wonderful things that matter more, particularly writing. I have to admit, it’s a little depressing to walk away from my writing after getting to focus so many hours a day on it, but this is the reality for most writers, so I need to make the best of it.
What are your secrets? How do you balance your writing life with your personal and work lives? Do you have specific hours that you set aside during the week for writing? Do you have any tricks for helping to minimize the amount of time spent wasted on endeavors that aren’t as important on your priority list? Plenty of people seem to write and still have rich personal and work lives… Right?!
I want my focus on work evenings to be exercise/health, dog walking, time with my husband, and writing (be it blog or novel), so I get really frustrated when I realize I’ve spent thirty minutes looking for a lost receipt or surfing through a bunch of inane chatter on Facebook. Accordingly, my goal is as little wasted time as possible. Relaxation does not count as wasted time, but too much internet usage does.
I think that’s my cue. Closing laptop now. Look forward to reading your secrets soon.
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