It’s the most common question I get:
How do you find the time to do everything you do?
Until now, I’ve never had a ready answer, except that I have few obligations and responsibilities outside of my own career. But after pondering the reasons, I’ve written this post over at Writer Unboxed: The Secret to Finding the Time to Write, Market, Promote, and Still Have a Life.
I offer up 5 ways YOU can find the time in the coming year to be as productive as you want:
- Decide what you’ll stop doing—and I’m not talking about turning off the TV.
- Pay someone to do stuff you don’t like.
- Say good-bye to guilt and obligation.
- Be good at what you do.
- Spend the most time on what matters most to you.
Lots more elaboration at the post. Go read.
Jane Friedman (@JaneFriedman) has nearly 25 years of experience in the media & publishing industry. She is the publisher of The Hot Sheet, the essential newsletter on the publishing industry for authors, and was named Publishing Commentator of the Year by Digital Book World in 2019.
In addition to being a professor with The Great Courses (How to Publish Your Book), she is the author of The Business of Being a Writer (University of Chicago Press), which received a starred review from Library Journal.
Jane speaks regularly at conferences and industry events such as Digital Book World and Frankfurt Book Fair, and has served on panels with the National Endowment for the Arts and the Creative Work Fund. Find out more.