Some days don’t start right. They sputter into being. The alarm clock chirps, leaving you wondering, “What is that noise? Oh. OH.” The stumble out of bed, the walk toward coffee or the closet to grab the running shoes.
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How to Manage Work when You’re a Workaholic
I tend toward the workaholic end of the spectrum. If I’m not working, I can develop a guilty conscience. I know working all the time isn’t healthy, but I’m tempted all the same.
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What to Do when There is No Plan
I’m a planner. I like systems and organization and control. It’s how I get things done.
Blogging without a Purpose
I rarely, if ever, post anything about marketing on Write Right. I may provide marketing strategy and content creation services to clients—and I have fun with both—but I don’t often write about the first on this site. I occasionally write about the second, insofar as it relates to the writing life in general. I usually avoid both.
You Work and You Wait
Some days the words come slow. The brain struggles to develop compelling strategies. On those days, I still do the work. I slog through the fuzzy brain and hope for a day, maybe not tomorrow or even next week, when the words come fast. The brain makes its connections.
11 Tips to Survive the Holidays
I work. Days without anything to fill them aren’t comforting. They cause dread. They stretch on and on and on. Vacuous, empty. A wasteland that can fill with sharp-tongued thoughts and a sense of guilt and failure.