What time is it? Or better yet, where did the time go?
Thank you, Romance Books 4 Us for sharing your blog with me. My name is Mary Martinez, I write romantic suspense, romance, women’s fiction, and have ventured out for one book of young adult. The YA I wrote with my three oldest grandsons. I live in Magna Utah, a little town about ten miles west of Salt Lake City. I love being in a small town but close the city. I love to read, write, and travel. I wish I didn’t have to have a day job but, alas, I do.
I’m going to discuss, or cry about the age old problem of Time Management. This is something that I’m good at in my day job and just a complete moron at home for my writing. How can this be? I had a month off from the day job and I had plans. Each day I had set a side at least an hour for promotion and two or three hours for writing.
My husband had some unexpected health issues which took a few days out of my plan. So minus three days top out of the 21 days I have had off, so far. Do I have anything to show for the promotion and/or two/three hours of writing? No, I have one week left and pretty much nothing to show for the last three weeks. Looking back over my time off the only excuse is my husband’s health. But where did the rest of the time go?
What I want to know is this… At my day job I look at my week on Monday morning and prioritize my tasks that need to be done. And yes, each day things come up and every morning of the week I adjust accordingly. At the end of the week 99% of the time, I have checked off all of my list and can leave Friday evening with a feeling of accomplishment. Why can’t I do this at home?
Have I tried the week’s list on Monday? Yes, and I do mark some off and yet by the end of the week my average is maybe 25% of what I had planned to accomplish that I actually did.
Why? What is the difference? Is it the outside forces at home, family and friends that I do not have to deal with at work? Is it because I’m more disciplined at work than I am at home? I have been seriously writing since 2002, I have tried everything I can think of, yet I do great during the day at my day job and fall short at home.
Any words of wisdom for me?
My latest book is the 5th book of the Beckett Series: Profit: Utopia the Conclusion.
Matt Beckett is the Chief Financial officer for World Banking Association (WBA). Over a year ago an agency known as the HEAD group tried to take over the WBA. Matt's sister, Reagan Beckett, a member of a Federal Special Task Force took out one of the key players, a serial killer known as the Headman. Now the founder of HEAD, Andrew Phillips, is back and ready to finish what he'd started with a new and dastardly key player from the Dark web.
Matt doesn’t have any desire to be involved in any cloak and dagger stuff. He’d rather leave that to the other law enforcement Beckett’s. Unfortunately, it doesn't look like he'll have a choice.
Bryn Connelly is the Chief Audit Executive also for the WBA. She had been one of the Headman's targets and thought her days of danger were over. However, she finds herself working with laid back Matt Beckett, much to her dismay.
Matt couldn’t be more delighted when Reagan informs him he'll be working the lovely Bryn. He’s been trying to catch her eye for five years, now. However, their sleuthing quickly lands them in a precarious position.
It’s up to Matt and Bryn to finish what Reagan and her team started, but can he win the lovely Bryn and save the day? Or will he lose her forever if the WBA falls into the wrong hands?
Thank you, again, for having me today!
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