{"id":12981,"date":"2015-09-29T08:37:11","date_gmt":"2015-09-29T13:37:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lisatener.local\/?p=12981"},"modified":"2024-09-30T08:58:45","modified_gmt":"2024-09-30T12:58:45","slug":"7-ways-to-find-time-to-write-even-if-you-have-none","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jodieburdette.net\/lisatener\/2015\/09\/7-ways-to-find-time-to-write-even-if-you-have-none\/","title":{"rendered":"7 Ways to Find Time to Write\u2014Even if You Have None"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"SAJ_6136-1\"Pretty much no one has time to write a book nowadays. And that stops most people, but not everyone.<\/p>\n

How about you?<\/p>\n

Are you neglecting your book writing?<\/p>\n

Or getting a little bit done here and there but wishing you could do more? Here are 7 tips to find time to write\u2014strategies that work well for me and my clients::<\/p>\n

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  1. Go to bed an hour early; get up an hour early.<\/strong> That’s right. No need to skimp on sleep. In fact, the early sleep will be even better for you!<\/li>\n
  2. Limit phone calls to 5 minutes<\/strong>\u2014let the\u00a0person know at the beginning of the call. You can even set a timer.<\/li>\n
  3. Make the book your first thing<\/strong>. When you work on your book for an hour first thing in the morning, you will naturally find ways to decrease other activities that are less productive.<\/li>\n
  4. Reward yourself:<\/strong> hold off on dinner out, a walk in the park or a video game until you’ve done your writing. The extra incentive can help you get it done. As in #3, when you put your book first, less important activities will naturally decrease in time.<\/li>\n
  5. Order\u00a0healthy take out<\/strong> once or twice a week or prepare large amounts and eat leftovers.\"PaperArtistOriginal_2014-07-21_16-46-56\"<\/li>\n
  6. Replace yourself on a volunteer board<\/strong>. Volunteering is a wonderful thing, but you may need a break while writing your book. One of my clients used this strategy and it worked like magic\u2014she suddenly found time to write every week.<\/li>\n
  7. Use the book writing as an excuse to eliminate\u00a0an activity that drains you.<\/strong> Some of my clients have told an exhausting friend they would not have much time for socializing during this period of book writing, others have\u00a0dropped a project that\u00a0felt like a “should” and not a passion and several of my therapist clients have\u00a0fired a difficult client who isn’t willing to do the work to heal (ah, what a relief!).<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Have a tip to share? Please share what helps you\u00a0find time to write.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Pretty much no one has time to write a book nowadays. And that stops most people, but not everyone. How about you? Are you neglecting your book writing? Or getting a little bit done here and there but wishing you could do more? Here are 7 tips to find time to write\u2014strategies that work well…  Read more<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":12983,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[995,347,1681],"class_list":{"0":"post-12981","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-writing","8":"tag-find-time-to-write","9":"tag-time-to-write-a-book","10":"tag-writers-block","11":"entry"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jodieburdette.net\/lisatener\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12981","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jodieburdette.net\/lisatener\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jodieburdette.net\/lisatener\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jodieburdette.net\/lisatener\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jodieburdette.net\/lisatener\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12981"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/jodieburdette.net\/lisatener\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12981\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":279057,"href":"https:\/\/jodieburdette.net\/lisatener\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12981\/revisions\/279057"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jodieburdette.net\/lisatener\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12983"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jodieburdette.net\/lisatener\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12981"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jodieburdette.net\/lisatener\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12981"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jodieburdette.net\/lisatener\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12981"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}