Running Out of Time to Write? You’ll Have More Time After THIS
How many times have you said, “As soon as THIS is done, I’ll have time to write my book?”
As soon as school ends, I’ll have time to write my book!
As soon as the kids are BACK in school, I’ll have time to write my book!
As soon as this project is over, I’ll have time to write my book!
As soon as I meet this deadline, I’ll have time to write my book!
As soon as the desk is cleaned, I’ll have time to write my book!
As soon as all the laundry is washed, folded, and put away, I’ll have time to write my book!
As soon as I move, I’ll have time to write my book!
As soon as the kids graduate, I’ll have time to write my book!
As soon as I retire, I’ll have time to write my book!
I can go on and on and on.
I’ve heard almost EVERY form of this sentence and they all have one thing in common:
NONE of them are true!
Think back into YOUR life and you’ll see what I mean:
In college I was “too busy to write” with classes, homework, daily naps, and walking EVERYWHERE.
When I worked in Dad’s tax office, I was “too busy to write” when I worked 30 hours a week from May – December. And I was “too busy to write” when I worked 60 hours a week during tax season.
When I started my business, before kids, I was “too busy to write” as I did client work, marketed my new business, and posted on Facebook a million times a day.
When I had Small Thing, my first baby, I was “too busy to write” as I sat for HOURS on the couch nursing him, or balanced him on my lap (nursing) while I was at the computer doing client work.