This post reminds me of the year that my Word of the Year was Complete. I had many unfinished projects that I was tired of seeing undone. With the consistent reminder, I got a great many of them done. Plus I used a few 30 day challenges.
I loved your latest piece! It’s incredibly motivating and relatable. Your story about the power of setting a timeline for personal projects is exactly what I needed to hear. Thank you for the inspiration!
This is so powerful. The time it takes to complete things often takes way less time than we think. It's the ruminating and guilt that make the project loom larger. I see this time and again with clients. When they finally activate, they typically are amazed at how much quicker things got completed.
We can drag out the finish line or set some deadlines (even self-imposed ones) and get that sh*t done.
I had this EXACT thought the other day. Outlining chapters for proposal feels secondary to more important "things" like pitching freelance work and updating socials etc. But WHAT IF someone asked for my proposal? What would I give them? How long would it take to hash it out? I love procrastinating. I do my best work with a gun to the head. I need to pretend an agent has asked me, right? Thanks for the reminder. Your posts feel very serendipitous lately. XO
(responding to both of your comments right now, you're on my mind!)
I have this thought all the time, and think it's baked into our DNA and the work environments we're used to -- I worked in deadline-driven newsrooms where if something didn't have a deadline, it didn't exist! So how do I expect to magically transform my method of "doing work" when that is what I know? Creating our own deadlines often doesn't have the same OOMPH, but I'm always here for some accountability if that might be useful -- just email me when you want to get something done, I'll put it on my calendar, and you'll know someone else is thinking about it, too. :)
This post reminds me of the year that my Word of the Year was Complete. I had many unfinished projects that I was tired of seeing undone. With the consistent reminder, I got a great many of them done. Plus I used a few 30 day challenges.
What a GREAT word of the year! "Complete" even feels so much better than "Finish," for some reason. Thank you for sharing this!
Complete felt more like accomplishing something vs Finish felt like a chore.
I loved your latest piece! It’s incredibly motivating and relatable. Your story about the power of setting a timeline for personal projects is exactly what I needed to hear. Thank you for the inspiration!
So glad this resonated with you, Jon.
This is so powerful. The time it takes to complete things often takes way less time than we think. It's the ruminating and guilt that make the project loom larger. I see this time and again with clients. When they finally activate, they typically are amazed at how much quicker things got completed.
We can drag out the finish line or set some deadlines (even self-imposed ones) and get that sh*t done.
Oh, the RUMINATING!! That's exactly right. Here's to getting that sh*t done -- once and for all.
the perfect timeframe for a "completion"" sprint... kicked off by a 10x10 starer ;-)
It all works together!!
Two weeks for those lingering projects: final proofing for submitting, final draft for beta readers. All doable with discipline. Thank you!
Please let me know when you hit your goal!
I had this EXACT thought the other day. Outlining chapters for proposal feels secondary to more important "things" like pitching freelance work and updating socials etc. But WHAT IF someone asked for my proposal? What would I give them? How long would it take to hash it out? I love procrastinating. I do my best work with a gun to the head. I need to pretend an agent has asked me, right? Thanks for the reminder. Your posts feel very serendipitous lately. XO
(responding to both of your comments right now, you're on my mind!)
I have this thought all the time, and think it's baked into our DNA and the work environments we're used to -- I worked in deadline-driven newsrooms where if something didn't have a deadline, it didn't exist! So how do I expect to magically transform my method of "doing work" when that is what I know? Creating our own deadlines often doesn't have the same OOMPH, but I'm always here for some accountability if that might be useful -- just email me when you want to get something done, I'll put it on my calendar, and you'll know someone else is thinking about it, too. :)