Productivity
5 Ways to Keep Your Writing Organized This Fall
It's tricky to keep our creative writing organized after the lazy days of summer end! The autumn season brings us into our cozy vibes era. Lit candles, knit sweaters and chai lattes provide the perfect staying-at-home ambience. But, between school, work and various...
How to Recommit to Writing After Summer Break
After enjoying endless summer days pursuing our creativity, it can be difficult to recommit to writing consistently during the busier autumn months.. As a teacher in work mode from 6 AM to 5 PM, writing while working is a struggle. If you’ve poked around this blog,...
How to Overcome Procrastination and Achieve Your Writing Goals
If you’ve read my blog post on how procrastination can be a writer’s best friend, you may be thinking, “But, Julia, it’s not for me. I can't overcome procrastination on my own. It’s really holding me back.” And, I hear you. Procrastination can disrupt our creative...
Can Active Procrastination Be a Writer’s Best Friend?
I am the Get It Done Girl in all areas of my life except writing. I despise having incomplete tasks hanging over my head. So, why does procrastination sneak up on me time and time again in my personal pursuits? Why did it take me almost three years to complete my most...
How to Quarterly Plan to Accomplish Your Writing Goals
As writers, we have big imaginations, lofty ideas, and loads of books we want to write. As writers, we also, procrastinate, quiver under writer’s block, and NEVER HAVE ENOUGH TIME! If we want to finally finish writing that novel and make moves toward its publication,...
A Weekly Reset Routine: How To Accomplish Your Writing Goals
Work commitments, family, friends- just life in general- tend to easily push our writing goals way down the to-do list. But, a writer without time to write feels unfulfilled day after day. Deciding that you’ll just get around to writing when you have time, won’t...
How to Use Clear’s Atomic Habits to Master Your Writing Routine
If you read my article on Returning to Creative Writing after a long break, you know that I cited James Clear’s Book Atomic Habits as a resource that helped me develop a sustainable writing routine. Today, I want to give you an overview of Clear’s habit-building...
How to Use Covey’s 7 Habits to Make Time for Writing
Some of us are lucky to have aligned our creative passions with our jobs. Others, not so much. The more commitment and time we put into that job, the more it seeps into our personal lives, leaving less time for our creative passions. If you’re anything like me, you...
How To Create a Writing Routine with a Full-Time Job
Maintaining a writing routine is difficult! Especially with our fast-paced lifestyles. Plus, it’s December! Also known by teachers as report cards, assessments, unit wrap-ups, fun days, and kids who’d rather be out in the snow playing month. Is my head spinning? Yes....
