This is something like a new start for me. I have spent the last few months scattered all over between:

– Three different projects, two of which are doing good so that���s a relief

– Brainstorming, researching, and taking an endless amount of notes for my second book

– Reading an insane number of books of every genre; Fiction, Fantasy, YA, Biography, Memoirs, and Non Fiction from Self-Help/Improvement to Entrepreneurship

– Going through all sorts of promotion ideas for my first book, I Am Not A Barbie, and trying to figure out what is best.

Obviously, I am not putting 100%�� effort on anything because I do not take the time to really focus on any of these main points. So lately I sat back and thought real hard because I had to decide on one thing to put all my energy on for now. When this is done and I have achieved the goal that I have set for myself, only then will I allow myself to move on to the next. I know this may seem simple, and I have read about this over and over again in countless ���success��� books, but for someone like me it takes a lot of discipline.

So number one on�� my list right now is promoting my book. Easy decision – it���s already written and published – and I am really low on $$ for the rest. Though in all honestly – authors will relate here – being a writer with ideas I spend my time thinking and jotting down notes in my notebook that I carry around. Or in my phone, for that matter. Also, reading is a drug. There is no way I am going to bed at night without reading first! haha And my projects are already up and running, they will die if I neglect them.

A strict schedule is what I decided on. Not for the first time, but now it has gone to the point where I do not have a choice, and it���s fine because love what I do! If creating a scheduled and sticking to it is the hardest part of my every day, then I suppose my life ain���t so bad��� My life is actually pretty awesome!!!

Stick around for my schedule and updates on how I���m coping.

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