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An At Home Mini Writing Retreat

September 29, 2012 By: Patricia

I’m taking advantage of my husband’s bridge tournament this weekend to wrap up a few projects I’ve been working on. Interrupted only by my need for a coffee refill and Katie Cat’s need for attention, I’ve already made a big dent in my To Do List…and I still have today and tomorrow to FOCUS.

That’s what it’s all about.

1.  Make the list
2.  Set the priorities
3.  Focus

After years in the business world where multi-tasking was a good thing, I now find it counter-productive. One task at a time, one project at a time, one day at a time. That’s what works best for me.

So it’s hi ho, hi ho, it’s off to work I go. “Saturday post” can now be crossed off my list. See you on Monday.

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Comments

  1. Margot Kinberg says

    September 30, 2012 at 2:28 pm

    Pat – I hope your plan was successful. I’ve found too – I really have – that ‘one thing at a time’ is the only way I get things done.

  2. Dean K Miller says

    September 29, 2012 at 9:42 pm

    Wish I were listing as much as you. Congrats.

    Maybe I’ll cross one two items off at the NCW retreat at SDR next month.

  3. Arlee Bird says

    September 29, 2012 at 5:23 pm

    Let’s see…focus? Oh, yeah, that’s what I’m supposed to do. Now let me see…focus on what? Ah me! Maybe I’ll go write a blog post.

    Lee
    Wrote By Rote

  4. Rosalind Adam says

    September 29, 2012 at 6:20 am

    Sounds like a useful weekend of work. I might have been tempted by the Bridge though!

Meet Patricia

I read, I write, I blog, and sometimes I do the laundry and cook. My 2014 novel, Dead Wrong, was a finalist in the thriller category of the 2015 Colorado Book Awards. Wishing Caswell Dead (Five Star/Cengage, December 20, 2017) is a historical mystery set in 1830s Illinois in the fictitious Village of Sangamon. The novel was a finalist for the 2018 Colorado Book Awards for General Fiction. My most recent release, In Defense of Delia (Five Star/Cengage, November 2022), is available in hardcover and will soon be available in ebook and trade paperback. Read More…

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