Day 6 of #1000wordsofsummer 2024
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Day 6 of #1000wordsofsummer 2024
I guess what I’m trying to say is this: wannabe writers ask me all the time how I schedule my day, sometimes adding sadly: “I’d love to write, but I just don’t have the time”. Honey, none of us has the time. Maybe if you are male, and Victorian, and have a wife and servants and lock yourself in the study for several months at a go, being served bee
... See moremini-sessions that add up to hours. • Make sure each session begins in a new direction—even if that direction is artificial and heavy-handed. Try This: Set aside part of a morning, and do two to three hours on an idea you’d really like to explore. During your sessions, take no phone calls and answer no e-mail.
Mark Levy • Accidental Genius
Principle number one is to pay yourself first when it comes to time.
If you try to find time for your most valued activities by first dealing with all the other important demands on your time, in the hope that there’ll be some left over at the end, you’ll be disappointed. So if a certain activity really matters to you – a creative project, say, thou
... See moreOliver Burkeman • 4000 Weeks
