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RE: Mission FAB: Forging the path to Success and Personal Bests

in #life7 years ago

Hi Peggy - I'm in a similar position. Apart from that I have a slimline dishwasher (had to train myself to use it though - after a lifetime of taking dishes to the sink and then washing them when the pile gets high). But I write fiction, and PLR, and I suppose my ghost writing is in the place of your Etsy.

The plan thing is key though, isn't it? Actually having one to start with can be a big step to take on some days. I spend a lot of days feeling like I am playing catch-up with myself and plans can easily go out of the window then. But I do love the planning lists where I can tick things off because I actually did them. Not many other things feel as good as that. I'm getting better at chunking tasks down so that I can actually do them - I used to write things like 'Set up Website' but now I break that down into things I can actually achieve step by step, like 'Install Wordpress', 'Delete Plugins', 'Install Theme' etc.

I'm a lot more content when I make time to meditate too, so that should be on my daily list of things. I find that meditating helps me tackle everything else. I just feel more grounded, more capable.

I wonder though about spreading my efforts too widely and thin. It's tempting to cast my net wide to see if anything will bite, but I think that the times in my life that I have seen the best results have all been when I applied myself with focus and limited the distractions and diffusions. I have to fight my ego which says loud and clear that I should be able to do anything and everything... I have to remind myself to concentrate on my core activities too.

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Nice to meet you, @powerfulwonders. Yes, as I was writing my comment, I thought about the whole spreading myself too thin thing! I would love for my fiction writing to sell better but until it does I feel like I have to do other things too. Focus is key. Some days I tell myself: You got X and Y done today. That's good. >>> And I leave it at that. I can only do so much!

This first week on Steemit has been a real lesson to me in terms of spreading myself to thinly - how ironic! Am soldiering on though, determined to build up momentum. :-)