More Time Management Secrets

You DO know that speakers choose topics they most need to hear, right? This is why I'm speaking on Time Management for Part-time Writers at the Inland NW Christian Writers Conference March 16-17.

I need all the help I can get to focus, keep writing when I'm tempted to watch re-runs of Monk, and keep my booty in the chair. You too?

Here are a few tips from my syllabus: 

Make your goals realistic and measurable. Put dates on them, so you can check them off or erase them when you reach them. 

Know your distracters, so you can avoid or manage them. Mute your phone and email notification; put a Do Not Disturb sign on your door; go to the library, café or park—whatever it takes to get the muse flowing.

As a seed, give some time helping another writer accomplish his or her goals. Expect the Lord to give you a harvest of time to write.

Be accountable to someone you trust. Say, “I will start the article for Messy Moms Magazine by March 31st.” Ask them to call you and make sure you followed through.

Ask the Lord to reveal to you what deeper need in your life is overriding the need to become organized and to manage your time wisely.

Any you'd like to add?