When you want to do something but your brain doesn't. What is there to do?

Please.

Raise your hand if your brain's voices sound like this.

Okay, I'm back from my mission.
You're not a missionary, so I'm just a person.
Not the same person. A different person.
I should do something with my time.
waaaaaait. I know what! I should write a book about my missionary adventures!
Or just start writing my new ones. That's it. I have to keep a journal.
But I've been drawing loads. Maybe that's my new journal. Maybe a could sign into Art School and learn how to paint.
But that's not necessary. I can learn on Youtube and It's for free. And then I can use that money to buy canvas to paint awesome things for the living room.
But I won't see them anymore because I'm engaged and getting married in December. Maybe I should start painting for our living room. Maybe not. Yeah, forget that. Who needs to have art in their living room in their first home?
Maye a should just save that money.
I could just write about my missionary adventures!
But that isn't really calling me.
I should write another book.
Al the Traveler, 19th. Floor, or all the other stories that are drafted in old notebooks and ripped pages.
Or maybe I should be a serious writer and get a freelance writing job like the one Hafid showed me.
Or I should take college more seriously and actually study and also find a career online.
Stop planning on spending money, Gaby. You should just write about your missionary adventures.

Don't have voices in your brain? Oh. Yeah. Neither do I. I mean, that's weird.

Back on The Track

Recently I've been listening to a lot of speaches about goals. Let's say that people have very different ideas for achieving.

"Have lots of goals so you achieve some of them!" Uh, no thanks.

"Have one goal. Work on it even if you don't want to achieve it anymore!" Are you kidding me?

"Write down your goals. Put them where you can read them everyday." Not bad, will do.

"Find real motivation. Be passionate about your goals."

Touché.

I have a bunch of goals. I just haven find the real motivation to achieve them. If your goal is to loose weigth, think about the reason you want that. Thats when I realize not every goal was my idea. It was probably something I heard or sromething people normally set as goal.

Once I realize that. I discard it,  focusing on my goals.

So, this week I found out my goal is to edit my book.

And I found real motivation. What's yours?

Writing Tip #10 - The Editing Time

So, you have to edit a book. A book you just wrote.

And you have to go to work, school or both. You have to eat and you have to do it slowly because is healthier, do homework, housework, do exercise because It's very important, sleep at least 7 hours, read that lovely book you bought one day, watch you favorite T.V. Show and hang out with friends, family or people. Because you're a writer, not a hermit.

You happen to have to much to do. As a writer I know you do want to edit you book, even If you're too busy. Maybe you could do two things at once.

But.

When you edit while you do something else you don't pay full attention to it. You barely edit anything, then you'll be somehow disappointed because you're doing an awful job. And you don't want that. Don't let yourself feel that way.

So, this is a simple tip. Find the proper time to edit, and make it only for your book. No editing while eating, no social networks, stop going to the kitchen to get something sweet because you eat more than you write (Yes, I'm speaking for myself right now).

Give yourself a deadline. Make a schedule. Don't waste you time. Do something!

You book will thank you.