Comments on: The Priority Parallax: What’s TRULY Important?

By: DeborahAD

DeborahAD — Thu, 08 Sep 2022 08:47:52 +0000

A real game-changer blog which has made me sit back and take stock of what I am doing to become a published author. Linked back to this blog on my Ko-Fi blog (DeborahAD): https://ko-fi.com/post/True-Writing-Productivity-A0A0EV7Z2

By: Victoria

Victoria — Sun, 28 Aug 2022 20:20:27 +0000

You are right on the money as usual. I have so many things to do and they are in various stages of not being done. I have a book I started and am struggling with revision. I want to finish yet I am afraid. Afraid of what? Argh! I also have a toddler and juggle with having the energy yet not the time or vise versa. I want a system that works for me! Things I miss…how the phone was just a device. Now it’s morphed into an extra appendage

By: Valerie Biel

Valerie Biel — Wed, 24 Aug 2022 15:29:36 +0000

OMG this is my life. I had this tab open on my computer for a week. I laughed all the way through, but in a kind of rueful way . . . like I probably should be doing something about the chaos and get back to my WIP which has languished all summer despite my best (mental) intentions. (Real intention to write would have to include actually opening up the word doc.) I’ll put this in my end-of-month writers’ forum article round up — but I feel like so many people need to read this right now, that I’m going to share over on FB today.

By: Hieronymus Hawkes

Hieronymus Hawkes — Tue, 23 Aug 2022 15:01:37 +0000

Great post! We are close enough to the same age that so much of this rang true for me. All the growing up stuff. I think I would have really enjoyed being your friend as a kid. Probably as adults too. =)
Priorities constantly shift as well. Sure, I’m a writer, but now my fiancé and I are starting a new business. It’s really put time in focus, because there isn’t enough to do all the things. It’s made me rethink what is important. Happiness and time spent with loved ones is number one now. I do try to let go.
A perfect vacation would be time on a beach to read in a hammock, and then maybe see a rock concert that evening after a perfect meal somewhere awesome. Writing is in there somewhere. But it’s not the most important for me. Does that make me a less “Pro” writer? Maybe. But in the big scheme, the books get written, a little slower, and maybe better, maybe not, and life is lived, and happiness is pursued.

By: Prioritizing - Meredith Bond Magical Romance

Prioritizing - Meredith Bond Magical Romance — Sun, 21 Aug 2022 09:50:28 +0000

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By: Beth

Beth — Sat, 20 Aug 2022 16:10:28 +0000

Treadmills are my bliss when I want to take a long walk & Florida is under a severe storm or heat advisory + the cost of gas prohibits migrating to air conditioned indoor options. I climb on board, turn on an audiobook & lose myself in words until my legs are tired. (Northerners, think of Florida summers the way you think of blizzards. Extreme heat + lightning will kill you just as dead)

By: Rachel Thompson

Rachel Thompson — Sat, 20 Aug 2022 14:59:52 +0000

Priorities: one can say no. I stopped regular TV watching in 85. I had better things to do. I killed face book right after I joined. I had better things to do. I won’t do social media yet. I can either write the next book or I can waste time. All those deluges of crap we were fed our entire lives don’t need to be eaten. We need not choke down social manipulation. You won’t miss anything. We gain more with books. Read enough of them and one can learn how to write one. Like Campbell said, “follow your bliss.” I don’t believe treadmills are anyone’s bliss, and if so, something is wrong.

By: Roger L Nay

Roger L Nay — Sat, 20 Aug 2022 01:26:49 +0000

I have several friends living in Grand Rapids. You look way too young to have watched Captain Kangaroo or only have three television channels to choose from. My first experience with a computer was as a fifth grader in Battle Creek, Michigan. It took two men to carry the thing to our classroom and it’s only function was playing tic tac toe. It was unbeatable.

By: notewords

notewords — Fri, 19 Aug 2022 08:08:16 +0000

Getting thrown out if the house to ‘get your nose out of that book and into the fresh air!’. Learnt to stack some books on the window sill, walk around the house to pick them up and climb a tree to read for the rest of the day.

By: Author Melissa Crismon

Author Melissa Crismon — Fri, 19 Aug 2022 04:27:06 +0000

You’re always so relatable. I finished binge watching Stranger Things and got really nostalgic. The good ol’ days.