I promise I will not tell you that my motivation is to get all the boxes out of my house. Though I will warn you that is part of what inspires me for my motivation this morning.

It’s Monday and to be honest I tried working some of last week and Saturday and I just had such a hard time getting focused. It would sit down and the words just wouldn’t come. I had so much to do around the house, that I almost felt guilty when I was sitting down to work.

But …  work didn’t get done cause I felt guilty. Boxes didn’t get unpacked because I felt guilty I wasn’t working. It was just a viscous cycle. No matter what I did or didn’t do, it seemed I couldn’t win.

Yesterday I hit on the solution. I got about 10 boxes unpacked and put away. I wrote 5 articles and re-wrote part of Tranquintity. What turned the tide?

Well it was kinda easy, but kinda complicated.

Yesterday morning I just sat down and forced myself to write.

That’s right, I just did it. I just sat down and wrote. Now I really felt that the first thing I wrote was not quality at all, but I went back and edited and it wasn’t shabby after that.

After that first article I felt like I could write another. That felt pretty good. So I decided to take a break and tackle a box. And what do you know there went two dish packs hardly no effort at all.

That is how I spent the rest of my Sunday. An article, a box and so on. I managed to get a lot done.

What motivated me? Just the fact that if I  sat down to do it, it wasn’t as bad as I thought it would be. Once I started on the task I felt a whole lot better. Once the task was finished I felt accomplished!

Do you have something that you just can’t seem to get started. Something always getting in your way? Something you know you have to get done? Maybe several task that are sitting there lurking in your inbox making faces at you?

My advice this Monday is to just do it. Sit down and spend just 5 minutes actually working on it. Soon that 5 minutes will turn in to an accomplished project! I know you can!

And not because they mean it is the end of the week. I often work the weekends so that doesn’t work for me.

Fridays are the days I can sit back, collect my thoughts and plan for the coming week. I answer my emails, send out emails to friends and family I want to keep in touch with, and I plan for what I want to do on the weekend and for Monday Morning.

Now this Friday is a bit different. I am surrounded by boxes still. My brain seems to be going faster than the rest of me still. I seem to get further behind than surging ahead.

I need to calm my mind down to focus on my writing. My solution for this? Well of course, my Friday Focus. I am sitting down and planning. Writing down all of what I need to do. All the goals I have for the coming month. You know Tuesday is the first of July right?

A detailed list of goals and a method to get there will help with my scattered brain. It helps define my focus. Focus is a huge thing. Don’t just take my word for it. Read Alyssa’s Life From My Laptop to see how her focus is helping her define her business goals. How often do you sit down and evaluate your goals and focus? How often do you sit down and see how far you’ve gotten towards that goal?

This Friday as I clear my desk, I will be intensely looking at my focus and goals. I am going to make it a new goal to do this every Friday, so I keep that laser focus that I need!

Good Morning Everyone!  I feel I have lost so much ground, but hey at least I am here, I have my kids all here and amazingly enough all my furniture!

This move has been one minor disaster after another. But I have to count my blessings instead of my downfalls. We have made it

I have had internet on and off the whole time, but apparently not email. So if you were expecting something from me during the past 3 weeks there could be a hold up somewhere, so PLEASE let me know. I think I have the problem fixed and a back up plan as well.

Today is my first day sitting down to write. I have had no writing at all. And to boot the last project I did write I am unsure if she even got it. I feel like I have gone backwards instead of forward and am working to remedy that situation. We have started a new life and I want it to be the best.

We have a big beautiful new home. Ok so it has a few minor glitches (my dishwasher needs to be fixed for starters) but it is still more than twice the size of our old house. So at the minute it is filled with boxes, but we are remedying that one box at a time!  My bedroom is so large I have room in it for my desk and all my “stuff”. I can spread out again! We have a sun room that opens up to a big backyard with a swing set. I even have a heated garage. I guess that is important in Wisconsin.

Over all, even after all the disasters, we are where we want to be. We are excited to be starting this new adventure in our lives!