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ARE YOU DROWNING IN TO-DO LISTS?

By: Jami Gold

We probably all have to-do lists rolling out behind us like Santa Claus’s naughty-or-nice list. I know I have writing lists, editing lists, publishing lists, promotion lists, blogging lists, email lists, family lists, calendar lists, personal lists, etc.

That list of lists makes me sound super organized, right? As though I always know what I should be working on and what my priorities should be. Ha! That would assume I have time to check things off the list.

I’ve mentioned before that I’m not nearly as organized as I seem. (That’s assuming I do seem to be organized. *smile*)

“My schedule has been absolutely insane for so long that I can’t even remember when it last wasn’t insane. My inbox is a disaster where things go missing on a regular basis, my Twitter mentions are a stream of people I mean to get back to (but too often don’t), and my to-do list grows larger as I fall more behind Every. Single. Day.

I feel like I’m just barely not drowning. I joke about how my “method” is to flail randomly, but that’s not really a comfortable feeling for me.”

When I wrote that post, I was (secretly) staring down the to-do list for my publishing path, which included everything from edits and formatting to website development and learning how to put my books up for sale. Obviously, as I have two books for sale now and a third going up next month, I did manage to get things done.

So why does my to-do list never seem to relent? When I’m really focused, I get alot done, so maybe part of my problem is that I’m not as focused on my priorities as I should be.

4 Tips for Matching Our Focus to Our Priorities

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Read the full article HERE!

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If you missed my writing & marketing tweets and retweets yesterday, here they are again:

1. Do You Believe in What ifs? | Daily (w)rite http://ow.ly/Ltxnx
2. When a Writer Becomes a Target - Books & Such Literary Management http://ow.ly/LtxoD
3. Fiction University: Day Three: Analyze the Scene Structure http://ow.ly/LtxpK
4. Writer Unboxed » Writing From A Place of Fear http://ow.ly/Ltxtj
5. The 7 Stages Of Novel Revision — Veronica Sicoe http://ow.ly/Ltxv1
6. Blood-Red Pencil: Five "Show Don't Tell" Danger Zones http://ow.ly/Ltxyk
7. Your Past is a Source of Inspiration http://ow.ly/LtxAa Where does your inspiration come from as a nonfiction writer?
8. Make Your Writing Clearer: 6 Tips for Re-wording Sentences http://ow.ly/LtxCY
9. How To Organize Your Search For Literary Journals - Writer's Relief, Inc. http://ow.ly/LtxIV
10. How To Stage A Comeback: An Update | Molly Greene: Writer http://ow.ly/LtxQ5
11. How to Start a WordPress Blog in 5 Minutes - Jeffbullas's Blog http://ow.ly/LtxU1
12. Why You’re Not Writing http://ow.ly/LtxXJ Stop talking. Start doing.
13. Eleven Things You Should Know About Query Letters - Elizabeth Spann Craig http://ow.ly/Lty0e
14. How to Improve Your Amazon Book Description & Metadata | Jane Friedman http://ow.ly/Lty3k
15. Are You Drowning in To-Do Lists? | Jami Gold, Paranormal Author http://ow.ly/Lty4T
16. How To Get Difficult Books Into The Media – Kobo Writing Life http://ow.ly/Ltydi
17. Want To Spend More Time On Your Writing And Tired Of Doing It All? A Virtual Assistant Can Help | The Creative Penn http://ow.ly/LtyeP
18. BookMarketingBuzzBlog: Use Quotations To Lift Your Book http://ow.ly/Ltyhx
19. Writability: Classes I Never Thought Would Apply to My Writing Career (But Do) http://ow.ly/LtylJ
20. 5 Ways To Get a Book Deal: Guest Post by Sheena Lambert | CATHERINE RYAN HOWARD http://ow.ly/Ltyq5

Happy writing and running, Kathy