ROW80: Update

Well, since my small rant at the world in my last update things have been going much better. My schedule has cleared up and has seen me complete between 1300 and 1500 every day this week.  I am delighted.

This is down in no small part to the insightful little post on Kait Nolan's blog which you can read here, the basis was effective time management by simply making sure you do something around the house while you are waiting for the kettle to boil or for the potatoes to finish cooking etc.

I have put her words into practice and have actually noticed a large increase in my productivity, but I get quite stressed if the house is messy. Ok, I have three kids aged 4 and under, I can cope with a lot of mess but certain things like dishes or a floor in need of a vacuum gets under my skin and really breaks my focus.

I am not yet full back up to speed with my initial goals but I am much closer than I have been in weeks, and actually feel very relaxed at the moment, which for me is unusual. Plus its only 3 weeks to go and I am on a well-earned 2 week (approx) vacation.

On a note unrelated to ROW updates but linked to my writing, I have finally found a writers group I can join.

I have been longing for something like this for years. Not just because I currently don't have any friends (no joke) but because I live in a non-English speaking country and find it very hard to find others around who are not only interested in writing but offer me assistance. I have not been to any meetings yet, so I am not sure how it will pan out, but I am super excited and cannot wait until the first meeting. Me thinks this could make for another post series. 'Rumours from the Writing Circle'