There was just one issue.
When was I going to find the time between work and caring for my four young children?
Likewise, if you want to take on a big side project, consider limiting the time frame.
I aimed to write the manuscript ofJuliets School of Possibilitiesduring November.
ItsNational Novel Writing Month, when thousands of people attempt to write a novel draft in 30 days.
it’s possible for you to always make it better later.
(I wrote the book in November 2017 and edited the following year).
Use your mornings
Most people have more discipline and focus in the morning.
Most people have minimal energy at night.
you could use these truths, and little kids longer sleep needs, to your advantage.
You might also devise a go-to trick for coming up with ideas.
I brainstormed most major plot points for my book while running around my neighborhood.
Fresh air and physical activity work so well for me that anytime Im stuck I go run.
I always come back with something.
My local library has great workspaces.
Coffee shops can work.
You could borrow a friends house; you probably wont doherlaundry.
You go work on your project and your spouse goes to the gym.
So find someone to care.
Where did that time come from?
She didnt make more time.
And yet if the basement hadnt flooded, she would have claimed she was busy that week, too.
I wrote those lines; I also know this is hard.
I recall one morning that I had carved out to work onJuliet.
I could see the stack in my inbox rising fast, including some messages about not-minor matters.
But I realized that I could choose how to spend my time.
So I shut my inbox.
I did not respond to anything until 4 p.m.
The earth did not stop spinning.
My manuscript got done.
