We all have those days when nothing seems to go right, when your writing is mediocre at best and work is thin on the ground. In fact, I am having one of those days (weeks?) at the moment. It is Friday – I have had a slow week workwise, the blog is plodding (to say the least) and I just feel a bit blah.
It is one of those days when I feel like asking myself if choosing this profession was the best thing to do. I know that if I look at it objectively it will become clear that it was absolutely the best thing I ever did.
If I was sitting at my desk in my receptionists office right now I would be feeling stuck. I would feel as if there was nowhere to go, nothing else I could do and that my job was just pants. That is a depressing thought. However what is really happening is quite the opposite.
I have more control now than I ever had when I was employed. I can choose to spend the morning at the library and treat myself to a cup of tea at my favourite bookstore (that is what I have done today) and I can choose to look at what I can do to turn things around. In fact having choices is worth all the down days in the world. Choices turn frowns upside down!
I have managed to come to the conclusion that my income and my success is entirely in my own hands. How well I do is simply dependant on how hard I work and I am recognising the fact that I have not been working hard enough in recent weeks. Knowing that even a few weeks of long days will result in some major results is better than the “accept your lot” attitude of the employed person.
So here is my list of things I need to get done over the next few weeks. You can all hold me to account…
- Get my writing website written and earning.
- Sort out some of the technical glitches with my blog.
- Get a program of guest posts running. (one a week?)
- Set myself a more regular schedule of blog posts.
- Pick up another client or two and get in touch with some old clients to sound them out for more work.
- Write an e-book.
- Get back into running.
The final one was added as an after-thought. I suddenly realised that work is not the be all and end all of life. I have to make time for my health and fitness. Life is all about balance after all.
What about you. Do you have some short term goals which you need to take care of? Perhaps just writing them down will help you to clear your mind and get rid of those cobwebs once and for all.