Congratulations on putting yours and your family needs first. I've learnt over the years after coming very close to burn out if I don't fill myself up first I'm no good to no one. If I miss a dead - line so be it, no one will die because of it, but as an ex nurse and holistic health practitioner if I wasn't functioning optimally some one might.
I find with my writing if I force it, the feminine flow is missing, it becomes a lecture or a load of drivel. So I have an aim but its flexible
Reading this made me realise how few deadlines I have now I work for myself. In my main business, every deadline is automated (or my husband does it!) and I have a writing class I have to show up for with a piece each Thursday. But apart from that, none I feel I have to keep. I wonder if I have unconsciously created this state of affairs over the years…
My television station was sold and we were building a new 2,000 foot tower - expanding our audience by 3x. My job was to advertise the coming news to tens of thousands of prospective new viewers. Whoa. Day after day deadlines of newspaper and radio ads. Overwhelming. BTW, appears to me you’ve grown up. Welcome. Write on.
Every time I said I’d be done by so-and-so date on my book, I was wrong. Something came up. I did a videocast with Yana where I talked about that and missing my posts. She let that be the focus of her remarks. And she handled it so well.
(In my case, it was knee surgery and a very ill husband.)
Congratulations on putting yours and your family needs first. I've learnt over the years after coming very close to burn out if I don't fill myself up first I'm no good to no one. If I miss a dead - line so be it, no one will die because of it, but as an ex nurse and holistic health practitioner if I wasn't functioning optimally some one might.
I find with my writing if I force it, the feminine flow is missing, it becomes a lecture or a load of drivel. So I have an aim but its flexible
Reading this made me realise how few deadlines I have now I work for myself. In my main business, every deadline is automated (or my husband does it!) and I have a writing class I have to show up for with a piece each Thursday. But apart from that, none I feel I have to keep. I wonder if I have unconsciously created this state of affairs over the years…
My television station was sold and we were building a new 2,000 foot tower - expanding our audience by 3x. My job was to advertise the coming news to tens of thousands of prospective new viewers. Whoa. Day after day deadlines of newspaper and radio ads. Overwhelming. BTW, appears to me you’ve grown up. Welcome. Write on.
Your children are only young once and so are you. Rest, everything else will be there tomorrow.
Every time I said I’d be done by so-and-so date on my book, I was wrong. Something came up. I did a videocast with Yana where I talked about that and missing my posts. She let that be the focus of her remarks. And she handled it so well.
(In my case, it was knee surgery and a very ill husband.)