Planning Is a Good Thing
If you’ve been reading this blog lately, you know I’ve had several setbacks recently. Much of what I thought I’d be doing last month ended up going out the window while I dealt with stuff. I had to drop a few things in the last couple weeks. Things are better now; my dad’s doing fine and my right arm is healing, albeit slowly. and now I’m starting to catch up. Without the original plan, I’d really be lost today. But since I had a plan, I can modify it and keep going.
Luckily, I had everything ready for a teen writing workshop I’m presenting next week, so all I had to do is send out the handout for that. I have a few projects to work on now: Golden Heart entries to judge, and a guest blog post and a grant application to finish. Thank goodness I already started on the latter two, so it shouldn’t be too difficult to wrap them up in the next few weeks, knock on wood. All because I already did some prep work and planning ahead of time. For those who say, “I work better close to a deadline,” good for you. But if you start early, you won’t be so stressed when life throws you lemons and you need to make that lemonade right quick. Planning is a good thing.
What about you, are you a planner or a procrastinator? What works for you?
lynnlovegreen
I love to share my passion for Alaska and its history in my writing for young adults and their grown ups.
5 Comments
Denise
Planner and that doesn’t mean that plans always go through as usual. So I have to learn to just go with what I can finish and just finish it. I start something and sometimes it’s harder to finish certain things. Great blog post and site.
Denise
http://www.denisealicea.com
http://www.thepenmuse.net
katherine
I’m glad your doing better.
I can definitely say, I need to plan everything out and I work better with deadlines. With out a deadline or plan I will procrastinate to the end of time.
lynnlovegreen
Thanks Denise and Katherine. Planning definitely helps! 🙂
Adrienne Clarke
So glad to hear that your dad is doing better, Lynn. Your question is a timely one for me. I do try to plan, but I find I’m easily thrown off course when life gets in the way. Perserverence is key!
lynnlovegreen
Thanks, Adrienne. You recently wrote a good blog post on perseverance on Goodreads (no, she didn’t ask me to say that!) and I agree that it really helps!