When do you write?

I’m sure I’ve written on this topic before, but somehow, I can’t find it, and if I can’t find it, that means that you can’t find it. So, I’ll tackle it again.

I’ve been thinking about this recently because I’ve been swamped with Other Work (i.e. editing, formatting, and coaching). When I’ve got a lot of work to do not only do I rely on my To Do list even more (and sadly, too frequently discover that the app I was using for this just isn’t right), but I realize that I’ve really got to do more planning — or as it’s now called “time blocking.”

“Time blocking” is the new term for assigning a time and duration for every task you need to do. I think it’s great if you know how long a task will take you to complete. Sadly, I usually don’t. Not only that, but I frequently spend either a lot more time on a task or a lot less. And the one thing I hate more than anything is being told by my computer/app that it’s time to move to another task when I’m still working on the previous one.

So, I’m trying something new:

Every single morning when I sit down at my “desk” (that’s in quotes because my desk is actually my sofa) I do not allow myself to even open my computer before I’ve written.

I can do this because I write by hand. I know a lot of you write on your computer and so that really won’t work for you, but you could…