Some days it just seems like there is more to write than time to get it written in. As I sit here typing on writing projects I notice that my clock says it is nearing 3 p.m., where did the day go? I have barely made a dent in my writing commitments for the day and already it's two hours till time I want to stop working. This just does not seem very fair. I work for myself so why can't I keep my writing on track?
I guess that's the trouble, I work for myself so when I get to a point where the writing does not seem to be going very well I wander away from it and find something else to do for a little while. Make a bed, load the dishwasher, load the washer and dryer, refold a few blankets, get food... the list goes on and on and it all boils down to me procrastinating getting work done that I have committed myself to getting done.
I need to start being a hard case on myself. Threaten to reduce my salary if I don't sit my ass down - which is true. I get paid based on my writing and my writing takes time to get done so the more time I spend actually writing the more I get paid.
Maybe I should make myself a wall chart that shows how much work I get done in one hour and then list how much I make based on how much work I get done during the day. Then force myself to stick to an 8 hour a day schedule.
If I can get even a minimum wage of $5 per hour (not sure what the minimum is at moment), but if I can tell myself I make $5 an hour writing, and dedicate myself to an 8 hour a day 5 day a week job, then before taxes and setting stuff aside for health and retirement and such I would make $200 a week. That's $800 every month. May not seem like a lot, but over a year it's $9,600 and you have to figure that I will likely be making a bit more per hour than $5 per hour.
If I can make just $8 per hour I'd be making over $1,200 a month.
Definitely time to get off my can and start assuming that time = money = earning a living.
Now I just have top find folks willing to pay me $8 (or $5 even) per hour for my writing…
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