The Importance of Routine

By Terry Whalin @terrywhalin



These days are different. During
two days this past week, I shoveled snow—not what you would expect but welcome
to spring in Colorado. With the worldwide pandemic and lock down, I've had to
use my online skills to figure out how to get food and renew prescriptions
without going inside the stores. It took some some time but I've managed to work
out these details. It's just one indicator of how our world is changing. Instead
of going to my doctor's office for an appointment, I had a session with him
online through an app on my phone. Everyone is learning new ways to get things
done in our ever- changing world.



With businesses closed, I've been
thinking about the importance of routine. Do you have a daily routine? If not, I
encourage you to use this time to develop one. For example, as an acquisitions
editor at Morgan James a key part of my regular routine is to work with authors,
answer emails, return phone calls, negotiate contracts. While much of the world
has been disrupted, I continue doing this work. Yesterday I had a phone session
with an author and her literary agent. Today I will have a couple more of these
sessions with authors. It's been a part of my routine and is something that I
continue doing.



As a part of my daily routine,
here's a running list of some of my activities—and they are not in any
particular order or preference:



learn new ways of doing
things.



read books and write
reviews



listen to books and write
reviews



continue to post on social media




write these articles for the
Writing Life



write every day on my current
writing projects



answer emails and knock on new
doors of possibilities


These items are just a few of my
regular routines—which are mostly the same as last month and the month before
that.  My encouragement to you is to establish a routine and stick with it even
with our ever-changing world. Even if you are isolated and stuck inside, you can
get up, get dressed and still accomplish a great deal at home. Yes I've had some events
cancelled and postponed. I've had to cancel some airline trips and delay other
projects. But I've also had authors sign their contracts and move their books
forward into production with Morgan James. Also in recent weeks, I've completed
writing projects and started new ones. 




In these different times, I
encourage you to have a routine. If your business has changed or shut down for
now, look to diversity your income stream. Do you have a topic that you can
teach? Then create an online course and I have a simple product with a risk-free
money back guarantee called the Simple Membership System. Also look at affiliate income
possibilities. If yo don't know what I'm talking about then get this free Ebook I've
created. Do you have an email list? If not, create one and get this
inexpensive ebook called the List Building Tycoon to start an email list.



Long after this different period,
books will continue to be published. Magazines will need writers for articles
and online publications will need your writing. Radio shows and podcasts
continue to need guests with relevant topics. These needs continue and you can
fill them with a writer—if you are continuing your routine.



Are you continuing your routines
or starting new ones? Let me know in the comments below.






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