Simple: You decide before the day whether it’s going to be a success or not
Then
at the end of the day decide whether or not it was successful.
Simple?
-NO
Truth is it is very hard to judge yourself whether the day was successful. Whatever your field, their will be landmines.
I’ll tell you about mine-field then boil down that experience and hopefully it will help you flip your houses, sell your Amway, or make sweet vapor-wave beats like Fwenzy.
I am a writer, publisher, marketer, manager, blogger, husband, nutrition enthusiast, philosopher, game theorist, mechanic and a video game addict.
I can’t do all of these everyday. There is not enough hours and as little as I sleep, my dreams are filled with workflow processes and Javascripting stacks.
But when I have my “Days off” I have to decide what will make a successful day before I go to bed the night before.
Thurs-Fri are my typical “Days off” ergo these are the days I get to pour hours into my company.
I start with a word count goal typically 2k-3k.
Some days I only get 500 words toward my finished work. Those are sad days but they happen. It’s not that I didn’t try on those days. I spent the time at the computer with Word Open, I went to the gym, I wasn’t too full or too hungry. Typically I painted myself into a corner and sense I write from the hip meaning I do very little plotting, I occasionally run into a scenario where the characters have to solve some challenge but it has to be in a believable way.
I can’t have the honest paladin steal a set of keys to free his friend who got locked up for sleeping with the captain’s daughter. I can’t just magic a solution from the barkeep who happened to be an Ex-mage. The lover can’t just turn her objections into affections because the sex scene would really slip in well here, no the characters have to be true to themselves. Because unlike real life fiction has to make sense.
When you work for yourself you decide whether or not your day was a success. But you need to measure not just yesterday but the day before and the day before that. Each day looking back with the knowledge you have now and evaluating exactly how successful that day was.
This Little Blog
has yielded not a single book sale I’m aware of. So is it worth maintaining?
Yes, Blogging helps me write by getting over myself and getting a lot of the junk out of my system. And while most days I get only a single view. Since regularly posting each week starting in March:
I’ve garnered over 20 followers, 12 of which I’m certain are real life robots
I’ve gotten over a thousand unique visitors. Two of my posts regularly appear in google search results.
I’ve even been referenced over on KiwiFarms as a source of red pill authority
-Quite the feather in my Fedora-
{Blatant Sarcasm}
{}About the Fedora{}
Now my current game-plan is no secret, Once I have Three more Novella’s in the Chamber. I’m going to push The Duke and The Dragon Hard as every read should yield my an ROI of $35. Finally writing will be profitable. Hopefully by Jun 2021 It will be my full time gig.
I have been writing for three years. And every single November has been a dead month. That’s three November’s without a single word written. What’s that random #writingcommunity stranger #NaNoWriMo is November where people write a 50k novel in a single month and my novella’s only Average 40k. Well then, FUCK YOU, -straight-en’s choker- I mean clearly my muse is busy helping others that month.
But I’ve looked at the trend and I have to say. I’m taking next November off, regardless. That’s right random citizen author I’ll be on Vacay while you’re cramming at #NaNoWriMo. Because It’s had no measurable negative impact on my writing quality or my works in progress. November is filled with family issue’s events and surprises from the woodwork. Was it a successful month? If I just looked at this past November I would say no, But since I have 2018 and 2017 to look at as well. I have a different view, Was 2019 November a success? Yes, I am quite refreshed and ready to work.
In Three Year’s I’ve written Three Books. In Four I’ll have Written Seven or Ten. If I can make this my full time- gig. I’m looking at clocking Ten a year.
When you are working for yourself, you have to take all the data step back as far as possible from where you are, so you can see both where you are going and where you came from.
Some day’s i do feel like shit because I’m not working “HARD” enough then I remember how much harder I am working now than when I started and I feel a little better. Also I my blogging skills are improving
-except for putting pretty pictures up-
{I don’t care for that level of Aesthetics}
SO has you’re day been successful?
Compared to this time last week?
This time last year?
This time last decade?
If the answer is no
What needs to change?
That is the only other question you need to ask.
With Love,
HngyHngyHppo
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