Motivation… Part 2

I was thinking a lot on how I can motivate myself… I don’t get paid for my writing; I even might not get paid, ever.

So… what keeps me motivated?

Well this was hard for me, because even though I love writing, daily life easily takes all my time and gaming takes my spare time lol
So what to do?

These past few days I was watching a lot of YouTube on motivation and creativity. I found a young woman vloging about NanoWrimo, and she gave an advice on how to prepare for it. I have done Nano for 3 years, but still… there was something in the way she said things that made me think about how I see writing.

In the middle of her video she said something that I have long forgotten… She said that you need to get that feeling of excitement, the rush, the joy that you are about to write. Just by sitting next to your writing place and turning on your computer or opening your notebook, that this will give you the happiness that you are about to start writing, and this high feeling will give you the push and motivation that you need.

I used to have this feeling… Where did it go?

The thought of writing my novel used to give me great joy and happiness, and somewhere along the way… I’ve lost this feeling. And I know the reason I have lost it, but now… it’s much harder to get it back. So… this month, just before the camp Nano will start I set a goal to look at my writing as a special thing… an art of itself, just waiting to be unleashed… to be written.

And I started to make myself a small little place that is only for writing… <3
Now, the thought of writing starting to excite me and I just can’t wait till the next time I can sit by my desk and write… slowly, I know that the happiness and delight of writing will return, and this time… I will never lose it.

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Motivation… Part 1

Sometimes I lack the motivation I need to be able to write.

Life just sweep me off as I tend to the house chores, family needs and even gaming.

In my everyday, it’s hard to focus on my writing or editing as they are both very demanding and unlike the others, in writing I need to focus, I need silence and even mood to write. So how do you set your mood to write… in order to keep going and reach your goal… to finish what you write.

Latley I’ve been pondering a lot on this question and trying to find a way that my writing will come first of all others, and have the motivation that will last past the 3-5 days of the first high lol

So in my next post I will share what I do, and for the meanwhile I would be happy to see your comments on…
How you stay motivated to write or edit, even if life gets really busy?

Oh… Btw I’ve joined camp nanowrimo (for the first time)… if you want look me up there

I’m Jasmin66 :)

Just A Little Note

Hello all,

Today I am writing just a quick post, to update you all on how things are these past few days.

Well… after taking antibiotics for 3 weeks for my root canal, I finally finished with this and now my body is starting toi reach normality… well as much as normal can be for me lol

I gain my powers back and started to reboot my life again, cleaning every corner, organizing the house that was in chaos (still is), and above all… the cherry on top… I started to work on my novel again… HOW COOL IS THAT?

I recently found myself wanting to do the writing and even the editing and a lot more… new stories started to flood my mind again, characters started to talk to me and show me their path LOL And even started to read again

I know it will still take some time to figure it all out and return to a normal routine, but I am looking forward to that.

I will still wont write everyday here but I will post two to three times a week

Hope you are all doing good and are having a great and productive day.

Don’t forget to like, and follow and even comment <3

It’s been a hard… (A small vent and a big hope)

Yes, this past few months was hard, and trying to keep up with everything, wasn’t as successful as I hoped it would be.

To top it all I have a toothache that just turned into root canal that I just started to treat it… Treat it by regular dentist, and for me it’s a lot.

So as you can tell… life couldn’t get any better LOL

About my writing, as sad is may be… there is nothing going on there. I am lacking the motivation and the creativity to write. I hope that soon when the storm of this month will be over, life will settle in at their rightful place, and I will return to my routine, and to my writing.

This is all for now, but I hope to write to you again… And in the meantime I will just try to rest and heal, so that I can get back on the writing horse

Have a great day

Organizing My To-Do Lists

Lifehacker

Hi everyone,

I found a small slice of time… so I took out my laptop and thought of writing a post.

Today I woke up and started with my daily chores around the house, and after a good cup of coffee I’m ready for something more challenging as writing

Because my week gets so full and busy lately, it brought me to look at my to-do lists differently. I needed to prioritize them more efficiently and I try to accomplish bits of every area in my life, but it’s still hard.

Today I read in Lifehacker about time management… btw, you can find the article here. Anyway… after reading the article I realize that I already try to do my to-do’s, but this article also made see that I do them wrong LOL

They talk about the 1-3-5 rule of to do lists.

In a day you have:

1 big thing to do

3 medium things to do

5 small things to do

What I did so far was 1-3 and forgot about the 5 LOL

So I tweaked a bit with my to-do list and found a way to fit in the 5… but these 5 small things are truly small.

So here is my new to-do list when I’m out of the house, please let me know what you think:

My 1 big thing:

Go to mom and help her out.

My 3 medium things:

Write a blog posts

Make dinner

Wash the dished

My 5 small things:

Put laundry

Play GW2

Talk to my friend

Read (even just a page)

Get organized for the next day

The only thing that I can’t put here is… writing… But I thought of doing that on the days that I stay at home, as a big thing of the day…

Anyway hope this will work, and if any of you have done this in one point or another… let me know how it worked for you.

Have a great day and don’t forget to like, share, follow and comment

Coming Back :)

Hello everyone,

Sorry for the lack of posting, for so long. I am still adjusting things in my life and my daily routine and unfortunately there are a few things that I needed to put aside (or just didn’t have the energy to do them. My blog, and sadly my writing were one of those things I

I can see better the goals and what is needed to be done, and even what I want to achieve throughout my day. Little bits of goals started to form and take shape.

I know that I will soon be able to “have it all”.

After these past few weeks of valuating my time and trying to slowly organize everything, I am now certain that there aren’t enough hours to a day LOL, but I know that I can put a few minutes to something that is so important and vital for me and for my happiness.

My writing and this blog are worth my time and effort and my characters are worth to be remembered and loved. So I have to keep on writing and let them share their story with others

 *** Thank you so much Inbal for your creative mind LOL it helped a lot. ***

I will be coming back and write more posts, but not daily… and I missed reading other’s posts as well.

So keep on writing and sharing and have a great day

Blogging & Life

Hello everyone, long time no see

Been trying to do everything I need and want, but I’m still off a bit. Today I was at home, so I rested a lot and did managed to do some of the things I needed and I edited a more. My goal for tomorrow is to outline what is coming next in my book and start writing again… I missed that, a lot!

I came up with a plan for my blog, because I really want to continue with it, but just not everyday as I used to do, but I will write 3 times a week…  think it will go nicely… but I will see

I had a dream again about one of my characters, and this time he was in a different time zone, and in a different place (but still at the same world). His adventures where more adult and darker than the one I’m currently writing, but still loved the idea… so I did as a lot suggested to me, I wrote it down and maybe someday a new story will come of it.

My mom is feeling good and trying to get stronger and do what she needs in order to feel and be… better, and for that I’m very proud of her. I am going to her house about 2-3 times a week, so that I can help her in a few things she needs… if it’s by helping with her papers or house. It feels good to be able to help… and I hope and by coming to her she will see that she has support and she will fight to feel better

Other than that there aren’t many new things in my life, but trying to achieve some of my weekly goals. I do accomplish them weekly, but I need to schedule better my writing/editing time, and my blogging time… I miss them both too much.

Have fun everybody and keep strong, and be creative

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