Summer is coming and the last thing I want to do is worry about money! I want to be able to take at least one trip somewhere. I want to relax a little. I don’t mind working a bit through a trip or while I’m at the lake but I want to have enough money to be able to take a week off here and there and have a little bit of fun.
I’m realizing that is not going to happen though if I don’t get my shit together. I need to stop being soft on myself and put my fingers on the keyboard and WRITE!
It’s hard to stay focused when you work at home and don’t have a boss checking up on you. But I never liked that. The idea of having someone looking over my shoulder all the time is what sent me running from the office jobs. Being micromanaged is what made me crave the freedom of working from home.
I need to find a middle ground. A place where The Boss (me) is strict enough to make me get my work done, yet gentle enough to let me do it my way. Long as it gets done.
Ghostwriting is not my bag. It’s a short term solution to getting where I need to be. It pays the bills. I do need to keep it up for a while but the goal is to be able to eliminate it. Ideally, by the time summer comes around.
In order to ditch the ghostwriting income I need to build up income from other sources. That includes:
- writing here
- writing novels/ebooks for myself
- affiliate income
- social media
- freelancing (I’m currently only taking clients that pay a certain level in niches I’m actually interested in)
And I am looking into professional Domming online. It’s new so I’m not going to say much about it. But, yes, for pay. I’m researching and learning. We’ll see how it goes.
I’m still trying to get my health under control, too. I need someone to remind me to take my diabetes pills and slap the food out of my hands. LOL. I’m not too stressed about it. I’m getting better. I think…
Routine is still non-existent for me. Some days I lecture myself about needing to get into a routine and stick to it. Other days I think I should embrace my little ADHD brain and just accept the fact that routine is painful and I can’t seem to get into one.
But that makes working at home very difficult. I end up doing a lot of binge writing because I am always chasing deadlines. And I make them. Usually. But that makes it hard to get writing done for myself. Which makes it hard to make money!
I’m torn. I know at least one writer who does well with no routine. But most writers — even ADHD wrtiters — say a routine and a schedule are essential.