Well, I entered a free poetry contest…. not sure how it is going to turn out, but I think I have a bit of a chance. Not a big prize, but that’s not why I entered. Just working through the poem was winning enough for me. Although working through the poem put me behind on getting a poem published for the blog, so there’s that. Maybe I need to figure out a better scheduling situation. Software isn’t working… calendars aren’t working… writing ahead isn’t working… the journal I bought isn’t working…
There has to be something out there that can get me on the proper timeline. I can’t keep beating myself up for not keeping up with things I get distracted from doing. I need to keep myself on track, on more of a regular basis. But I have the hardest time with routine. I like doing things differently every day. It keeps the creative juices flowing. However, I need to keep moving forward. Keeping to a schedule if not tied to a routine.
Googling planners isn’t helpful. There are a lot of planners out there, but most of what they do I already do in Scrivner. I need something to remind me I have a task to do that isn’t a task reminder that I can ignore easily. Likely story. The more I write about this, the more ridiculous it seems. I have a plan: write a journal entry once a week and write a poem once a month. Publish the journal entries on Sundays at noon; publish the poem on the 5th at noon. I’m doing the best I can at this point with a full-time job, a family, a podcast, a novel, marketing/selling, and all the other things I somehow fit into my day.