Overcoming Time Constraints

By Eugene Orlando

1. Time can be made if you only scrutinize your days carefully.

2. Do not volunteer for another thing, and try to get out of some of the things you have already volunteered for. How? Find others (who are not interested in writing) to take over for you.

3. Do not feel bad if you disappoint people. I doubt that there isn’t a single author’s first published work that wasn’t published through the disappointment of others. Once the work is in print, give them a complimentary copy and thank them for allowing you the time to create it. I bet they won’t bother you when you write your next book.

4. Sit down with your family and discuss with them the importance of what you are about to do. Enlist their aid in freeing up your time. Get them to take on more responsibilities. If you normally take your kids everywhere, try to arrange a car pool situation or trade off taking turns with other parents involved in your child’s activities. They could probably use some break time as well.

5. Get up earlier in the morning or stay up later at night, only don’t jeopardize getting enough sleep to do it.

6. When you do have time, post a “Do Not Disturb” sign on your door and get the family to respect it.

7. If anyone in your life complains about your writing activities, remind them how nice it will look to have a book in hand with you as the author.