Do
you ever feel that not adhering to a regimen is goofing off? Doing stuff you
enjoy, or just checking emails, social media sites and the like while still in
bed drinking coffee and watching the news or even a talk show in the morning is
unproductive?
I
read The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen Covey years ago but
don’t remember the woodcutter story “sawing to the point of exhaustion while
trying to take down a tree. When a man suggests that he could get done quicker
by taking a break to sharpen his saw. The woodcutter says: "I don't have
time to sharpen the saw. Don't you see I'm too busy?"
I
can relate in particular as a writer. The beast of “are you done yet?" creeps in even as
I learn how to hone my writing skills or read or worse yet do something fun.
Will this article Can You Achieve More by Doing Less? help me put away the do not procrastinate hammer? As per the article Covey suggests we nurture
ourselves and return to our tasks “refreshed, with a better attitude and more
focus.” So what constitutes nurturing? Carter suggests we find our sweet spot.
What a great concept that my SWEET SPOT is the saw! Not the sweet spot that you
might be thinking of – although that must qualify. Allowing ourselves
“uninterrupted blocks of time” to do our work after taking care of home and
family and making time to nourish our body so as not to burn out.
Today
as I go forth to find my sweet spot I write this article for my blog. Haven’t
written for my blog in over a month because I am editing and submitting my
novel to publisher and agents. Oh, how sweet it is!
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