Looking forward to a weekend of research
I’ve been burning the candle at both ends, and sometimes also in the middle, lately.
Trying to relaunch a book coaching business. Becoming more active on social media. Blogging. Running a newsletter. Researching for my new book. Researching for a fun podcast idea I had. Planning how I want to republish my backlist. Thinking about starting an Etsy store for my artwork.
All of it made me tired. Oh, it was all interesting, but it was way too much at once.
I didn’t mean for it to happen; it just… crept up on me. I see potential in something and I get excited.
But I haven’t gotten through much of my research for anything. My backlist still remains undistributed/unavailable in the way I’d like. My podcast research ground to a halt, and I have a bunch of half-started art projects.
It’s not that I can’t finish things. I can be quite determined, but when I have too much on my plate, I start doing a little of everything and the end result is painstakingly slow progress if there’s any at all.
I started looking into my Celtic tree sign. It’s the Elder tree. Through reading more about this, I started to get the itch to simplify everything.
So, here I am, focused on my books. Oh, I’ll still make art… for me. When the mood strikes. I’m not going to consider myself an authorpreneur because doing things the way others have done them never works for me. I have to do them my own way. It’s part of my personality makeup.
And this blog? Well, it won’t have a schedule. I’ll post when I feel called to. Sometimes it will be research notes. Sometimes a poem. Sometimes an update on how my book is coming along. Other days it might be something cute my dog did — thought the best place to keep up with that is my Instagram.
Blog.
Instagram.
Books.
Focusing on three things helps me. When two of those things are about the third, that’s even better. So, I’m looking forward to tomorrow and a weekend of research. My goal will be to get through the rest of the first of a baker’s dozen of books I have.
