Hello Everyone! We made it past the first month of 2022! Praise the Lord! Hallelujah! Let’s kick the calendar down the road! Count Down has begun to end the year with a bang! Yes. It’s only 334 days from now. Tick-Tock!
My world has changed. The Pandemic, Church, home, family, schedule, focus, interest levels, needs, and wants! Narrowing my focus is essential. That means putting everything into a new perspective, or lens, to view from “here to there.” My goals are mine, and I will keep them for me. But many things on my plate must be done by myself and no one else. So. Pick ’em up! Put ’em down! March into the future in a control process!
Let me give you a rhyme, not so,
but written with prose, I suppose
Who knows.
The point is to share without an enormous paragraph
Suggesting places you can skip ahead.
Ever been here? You know you have.
Where you thought you’d be,
You’re definitely not.
Age, mobility, time, and focus
Blurring the edges of life
The future where I want to go, I know.
Between here and there, Watch Out!
Bottlenecks and obstacles galore reside.
It’s time to make a change.
New Focus? New routine? Here I come!
What’s about to happen?
Finally, I’m focusing on my book!
Yeah! Hip Hip Hooray!
Finally, the time has come.
I pray you’ll help me along.
Moving Forward
For those of you who have encouraged me, thank you. If you have no clue, please join me. The journey of the next few weeks and months has a focus. I’m mining my blogs for a book, or two, maybe three.
As we begin this new month, I will pause daily writing for my morning thoughts. I will repost some favorites, and ask some favors, so please stay tuned each day.
I have friends and compatriots who have helped me find a path. I’ll share more about the company later; I’m learning to take steps. Though baby in size, great strides abound, as I utilize some important Keys they preach.
Keys:
- Run Your Own Race
- Don’t Skip Ahead
- Follow the system and trust the process
Okay. I’m running my race, not jumping ahead, which I’m prone to do, following their system and trusting the process they’ve defined. Using their checklist means I must change my focus based on what they know. They’ve been down this path quite a few times!
Focus
- Laser focus on getting the rough draft done!
- Nothing matters more than getting the rough draft done!
- Aim for the Light at the end of the tunnel!
Action!
My first significant action was to create a Mind Map. I’ve done them many times in my path. Only the names were different. System Processing, Data Flow, Logic Map, Project Planning. Get the picture? Well, my first Mind Map was too many pages done over the past year. I had to narrow it down. The way I think, and process information is different than everyone I know. I’m unique! Celebrate!
February 2022: Mind Maps are simply a tool to get your thoughts into a diagram and written result so you can make a focus, keep your focus, and do what your focus tells you to do! Share on XHere’s Template I was encouraged to try out:
The way I work produces lists in an outline format.
Since I’m not an artist, and I would much rather type than write, I’ll use this to identify my writing process to move from here to a rough draft. Yes… It’s already in an MS Word document! That’s how I save things—Digital and not tactile. Don’t look at my office. It’s buried as a temporary storage location for some life issues in recent years. Right now? I’m at the kitchen table—my temporary office of life.
It’s not time to deal with titles, but an outline and a rough draft will be my next primary focus. Along the way is some training, coaching, thinking, writing, doing, editing, re-editing, and editing some more. I can focus later on a title, cover, and all those other pesky tasks that are so important.
Follow Me
You can help me write my book! Follow Me! I’m sharing as I go, and I’m looking for interested individuals who would read, critique, make suggestions, and refresh my memory. I’ll give you a link soon to connect with me and join my process.
Thanks!