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		<title>Monday Motivation: Ooh, Shiny!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Apr 2008 14:51:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sarah Lewis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I struggle with focus. I love the challenge of new things, but have a bad habit of taking on too many at a time, and the result can be very stressful. Right now I have three major client projects in the works, I&#8217;m writing an ebook (due to my editor on Wednesday), and I&#8217;ve signed [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I struggle with focus. I love the challenge of new things, but have a bad habit of taking on too many at a time, and the result can be very stressful.</p>
<p>Right now I have three major client projects in the works, I&#8217;m <a href="http://www.odeskinsider.com/" title="oDesk Insider: find freelance success online">writing an ebook</a> (due to my editor on Wednesday), and I&#8217;ve signed up for Jimmy D. Brown&#8217;s <a href="http://www.infoprofitshare.com/go.php?offer=bookchiq&amp;pid=9" title="Six Figure Formula coaching">Six Figure Formula coaching</a>, which starts today. I&#8217;m also helping some friends organize and promote a 300-mile, 5-day bike ride (meeting today) and am in the middle of about six smaller client projects. Oh, yeah, and I&#8217;m supposed to be launching my new site and doing some business development work that will make my life easier down the road.</p>
<p>Aaaaauughh!</p>
<p>Today I am going to <em>focus</em> on doing just a small list of (big) things:</p>
<ul>
<li>Finish writing, entering, and first-draft-editing ebook chapters three and four, and send to my editor</li>
<li>Read and follow the first lesson of the S.F.F. course</li>
<li>Attend bike ride meeting</li>
<li>Clear inbox (48 messages, most of which require some action or response)</li>
</ul>
<p>I <em>really</em> want to add more items to that list, because I have so much more to do, but I think that&#8217;s realistically all I can handle in the next eight or nine hours. If I get it all done, I can always do more! Part of dealing with email will be communicating my slipping schedule to affected clients.</p>
<p>The big challenge will be not getting distracted. My inbox alone contains enough distractions to suck up the whole day, so I&#8217;m going to take <a href="http://www.markforster.net/blog/2008/4/1/getting-back-on-track.html" title="Mark Forster, my favorite productivity pro">Mark Forster&#8217;s approach and create a backlog</a> of non-essential items that I <em>can</em> do later (like reading other e-courses), just to get them out of my immediate view.</p>
<p>I&#8217;m also going to turn chat off for today. I&#8217;ve just started following some ladies on Twitter that I&#8217;d really like to get to know, but I&#8217;m going to have to save that for another day when I can give it my full attention.</p>
<p><em>When</em> I complete my tasks for today, I will reward myself with&#8230; um&#8230; man, I&#8217;m so mentally busy I can&#8217;t think of anything non-food-related that I want right now. Okay, I will reward myself with permission to read<em> all</em> of my neglected blog feeds, and check my blog stats.</p>
<p>Furthermore, <em>when</em> I get my finished draft of my ebook to my editor on Wednesday, I will get my hair cut on Thursday or Friday.</p>
<p>On the upside, I&#8217;ve already succeeded in clearing my clogged kitchen sink. That&#8217;s got to count for something!</p>
<p><strong>Want to jump in yourself?</strong> Just leave a comment saying what <em>you’re</em> going to do today, or post on your own blog and leave a link.</p>]]></content:encoded>
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