Life can turn a corner any time. Mine just did. My contract job has ended, and now I have time to write and read and do some of the things I love to do. I also have to find another job. The challenge is keeping the wolves at bay well enough so that I can write and make some progress. I have millions of things that I could do with this time, and I can’t afford to let fear of the future take over and rule my thoughts and energies.
Ideally, I’d love to find a job that doesn’t take 50 – 70 hours a week of my total focus. The last one did, and my personal life and interests fell off the edge.
While I’m looking for a job, I can also work on the following:
- Queries for agents for completed YA novelSubmit flash pieces and short stories to various pubs
- Write flash
- Create application package and curricula for teaching writing to WA State schools
- Book reviews
- Blog
No shortage of work. I want to maintain a healthy daily schedule to include the list items above, as well as exercise and organizing my home. I’ve already started with my office. I have a mountain of paperwork to organize. I can’t use any of the information I have unless I can find it. Once my office is organized, I can revisit things like the information I gathered from the retreat I attended last July in
I sense that this could be a turning point for me and my career. I can see it as an opportunity rather than a hardship.
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