Week 1 of Full-Time Books: It’s a Wrap!

Today is Friday, and my first week of self-employment is coming to an end. How did it go? Busy. My timing was fairly impeccable, because this week I’ve worked on two proofreading projects, one editing project, put one book into the final stages of publication for my position with BookTrope and another BookTrope author published her debut novel under my watch. Oh – and then I wrote 10K for my own book, managed blog tours, balanced my other BookTrope authors and their work, and read books for review on CLP. And had a life. Ish. That may sound like a busy schedule, but I was happy as a clam the entire week. Even when the pressure got to me on Tuesday and I felt like I couldn’t possible read over 300,000 words in a week. Even when I didn’t go to bed at a normal time with my husband like I thought I might be able to do once leaving my full-time job. Even when Friday has come and I realize I haven’t showered since Monday…TMI? This week has been intense, I’ve been focused, I’ve worked late nights…and I feel like I haven’t worked at all. Honestly.

Sunday night, I set my alarm for 7:30, the time I would normally get up during the week to work. I thought 7:30 seemed fair, but if I felt I needed more sleep, I’d hit snooze for an hour. I woke up at 6:45 Monday morning and was so excited and antsy to get to work, I was in my computer chair by seven ready to roll. When an author I work with had an event going on at 7AM on Tuesday morning, I was up and happy at 6:30 ready for the virtual event to begin. The past few nights I haven’t gone to bed until well after midnight, but each morning I’m ready to start my work day no later than eight. I’m excited to work. I’m eager to open my emails, to check my calendar and see what is scheduled for the day. I’m doing what I love, and the saying that if you do what you love you’ll never feel like you’re working is totally, totally for real. I’m once again counting my blessings that I’m able to make my dream become a reality. I could write on this subject for another three paragraphs, minimum, but …I have to get back to work!