Prioritization

Goal setting, Writing
In today's world with family, friends, work and endless media vying for your attention, it's incredibly important to make sure you prioritize the things that are important to you. I spent much of the last few months discussing how to deal with various distractions and I'm even working on an ebook based around that very subject, but before you can truly implement that advice you must choose what is most important to you. As the summer has reached its halfway point, I've been thinking about this a lot and re-evaluating my priorities for the next month. Soon enough school will start again and I'll have extremely limited time for my writing, so I need to make the most of this next month. Everyone's writing goals are different, but you can…
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Progress Report March 2013

Goal setting, Writing
Today it's time for me to be accountable, to share my progress with all of you. March has certainly been more productive than February was, but I'm not satisfied with my progress on most of my goals, and I've realized that I'm severely over committed. Falling behind on your projects is one thing. Staying behind on them is another, and it usually means one of two things: either you're over committed, or you're not really dedicated to the goals you claim to have. I've realized that I'm suffering from the former problem and I'm currently working on a plan to address that, which includes some changes here at Dianna's Writing Den. But that's a conversation for next week. Today I'm going to show you why I need to kill some…
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