Comments on: Taking On Too Much Can Stop You From Writing http://procrastinatingwritersblog.com/2009/07/taking-on-too-much/ Guidance for writers who struggle to get started Thu, 17 May 2012 18:58:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: When Is Procrastination Not Really Procrastination? http://procrastinatingwritersblog.com/2009/07/taking-on-too-much/comment-page-1/#comment-2262 When Is Procrastination Not Really Procrastination? Wed, 28 Apr 2010 17:37:25 +0000 http://procrastinatingwritersblog.com/?p=526#comment-2262 [...] But when is procrastination really procrastination and when is it taking on too much? [...] [...] But when is procrastination really procrastination and when is it taking on too much? [...]

]]> By: Laura Lee Bloor http://procrastinatingwritersblog.com/2009/07/taking-on-too-much/comment-page-1/#comment-448 Laura Lee Bloor Wed, 15 Jul 2009 16:54:00 +0000 http://procrastinatingwritersblog.com/?p=526#comment-448 Thanks for the shout-out Jennifer! I’ve lost track of all the times I’ve felt overwhelmed by taking on too much. For me, the remedy is actually quite simple. Normally, I have three MITs per day, but if that becomes too much, first I just take a day and do the bare minimum, which on most days is to simply go to my job, come home and make a healthy dinner and clean up. After a day of that, I build back up. I add one MIT. If it goes well for a couple of days, then I add another one. (That’s why I’ve stopped doing my three MITs at the end of each blog recently.) Because I work full-time, I hardly ever have more than three MITs. Just to go to work, exercise, make healthy meals and get as close to eight hours of sleep per night as possible leaves me with only a couple of hours of free time per night. So I recommend the MIT list, but remember not to push yourself too hard. Sometimes you won’t get everything finished, and that’s OK. You’ll get a new chance tomorrow. Thanks for the shout-out Jennifer! I’ve lost track of all the times I’ve felt overwhelmed by taking on too much. For me, the remedy is actually quite simple.

Normally, I have three MITs per day, but if that becomes too much, first I just take a day and do the bare minimum, which on most days is to simply go to my job, come home and make a healthy dinner and clean up. After a day of that, I build back up. I add one MIT. If it goes well for a couple of days, then I add another one. (That’s why I’ve stopped doing my three MITs at the end of each blog recently.)

Because I work full-time, I hardly ever have more than three MITs. Just to go to work, exercise, make healthy meals and get as close to eight hours of sleep per night as possible leaves me with only a couple of hours of free time per night.

So I recommend the MIT list, but remember not to push yourself too hard. Sometimes you won’t get everything finished, and that’s OK. You’ll get a new chance tomorrow.

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