As I sit here trying to get some writing work completed, I am ignoring my two children. One has been watching cartoons for the last 4 hours and the other just woke from her nap and is playing with the phone...hopefully she doesn't call overseas.
How do we busy people find time to write? With kids hanging off of our necks or fighting in the background, the only time that we can find some quiet is in the really late hours of the night. Either our children suffer or our sleep suffers.
I don't think there really is a solid answer for this. We can work when kids are napping, in bed or during quiet time. We can sneak in a few minutes of work here and there or just commit to working as soon as the kids go to bed.
But the best thing to do when determining how your day will go is to have an idea of what you want to accomplish. So, when those precious writing moments come about, you will know exactly what it is you need to do without thinking about it for five minutes (those five minutes could be spent on writing).
Got to go....I'm off to pry my child away from the T.V.
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I do some writing during my lunch break since I don't have the luxury of being a stay-at-home dad.
The rest of the time I work after my kids go to bed. If I keep the TV off, I can get a pretty amazing amount of work done.
That TV can be tempting....it's now after midnight and I'm just finishing up.
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