In recent years, my personal writing times have decreased in direct correlation to the amount of time spent with the family, at work, school and other various responsibilities and distractions. I actually put away my writing altogether for a considerable amount of time. However, because writing is my gift and my outlet, I had to find a way to get back to the craft.
Well, remember that list I gave at the beginning of the article? One of those time consuming items needed to go. Family and work were not an option. School was not essentially an option, but it was a possible item to remove. Distractions on the other hand seemed like the perfect item to eradicate.
I did attempt to eliminate all distractions, but soon found that it is a natural need to have some other ways to relax and enjoy life. Filling every waking hour with productivity made for a big case of the grumpies. The solution was to “schedule” distraction” time so that there would be time to write.
In order to be more successful in this effort, I created a calendar on Google Calendar so that I would know my schedule (as long as I had internet access). This process has seemed to work well as some of my distractions include web surfing and research. When I’m online, my calendar sends me notification of scheduled events and let me know when it was time for distractions and time for writing.
I encourage anyone who seems unable to find time to write to create a schedule and then commit to it.
