watched a video by Rian Doris/Flow Collective and created a spreadsheet to make the lessons actionable. You can find the video link on the second tab if you want to watch the full thing. In short: You create pockets of minimum viable certainty where you KNOW you can sustain your focus on a single task, and you train yourself to increase that pocket of time where you can so you can get more of the right things done with fewer distractions (and you keep your promise to yourself that you'll work on what you say you'll work on). #life docs.google.com/spreadsheets/…

Sleep off the anxiety and whatevers, then get back to it. The goal is to do 35 lessons for the duolingo quest and write the rest of this novel by 1:30pm MT Sunday so I can play D&D for six hours with my friends #life #freelance

By far the most unhinged thing I've said in a while. Even in context, it's still weird. #life

almost lost my wip streak because I've been writing this godforsaken book for a publisher all night but spotted it with like 5 minutes to spare. And I saved my duolingo streak 😹 #life

read article because I couldn't resist with this title #life

Take a nap in the car before going inside the coworking space to grind it out all night. #life

Dropped off kids and get a breather for 2 days #life

Let kids play fortnite & the VR while I TRY to work #life

Found a random book in KU and read through the reviews. Hey, if I can't sleep, I might as well be dragged into a fever dream. #life

Not sure why I thought drinking a pot of Death Wish Coffee 30 minutes before sleeping would be a good idea, but here we are...still awake 🫠 #life

Hide from kids in a small nook #life

Finally, the other patrons left the coworking space so it's quiet(er). #life

listen to a Linkin Park cover with throat singing #life

Drink 6 espressos and do keyword research while getting tire replaced #life #freelance

take creativity test and score higher than I thought I would considering I've been working for 20 hours straight www.datcreativity.com/ #life

check the countdown til my weekend is over and I have to get my kids...then pull myself together because there's no time to cry. #life #freelance

Horrify an Italian friend/virtual coworker with my homemade coffee #life

Go to silent reading event #life

Make✨motivating countdown timer✨ to show when I have to end the most productive time of my workweek during my "weekend" when I don't have the kids #life #freelance

Nothing. But. Facts. But dammit, I still love the language anyway 😹 #life