tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post8731801577375249910..comments2024-01-12T00:48:48.031-06:00Comments on Go Teen Writers: Too Busy To Write?Stephanie Morrillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13128389560727867719noreply@blogger.comBlogger38125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-51475641437178746942017-04-10T09:15:07.097-05:002017-04-10T09:15:07.097-05:00I should probably take some time to list out every...I should probably take some time to list out everything I do and start going through and prioritizing! Then I can figure out what I value most and try to either fulfill my commitments and say no next time around or politely back out as you said. Thank you so much for the advice!Megan S.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-20456987887583896642017-04-07T00:06:46.318-05:002017-04-07T00:06:46.318-05:00Thank you! :DThank you! :DOlivianoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-10209429278495939182017-04-06T23:02:45.878-05:002017-04-06T23:02:45.878-05:00You have two choices. You can 1) Stick with your c...You have two choices. You can 1) Stick with your commitments until they end, then say no the next time around. Or you can 2) Politely back out. Say, "I'm sorry, but I need to give you two weeks' notice on this. I'm overwhelmed right now. I took on too many things, and something has to go. Thanks for understanding." It might be difficult and you might ruffle some feathers, but in the long run, you will be happier and healthier too. Good luck, Megan! <3Jill Williamsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11943570354349667196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-28738059169250657702017-04-06T23:00:00.000-05:002017-04-06T23:00:00.000-05:00I'm so glad you're here, Lilly! Welcome. :...I'm so glad you're here, Lilly! Welcome. :-) Yes, it helps to know where writing falls on your priority list. And once you have that list, you should be able to say no easier, since you'll have the list to remind you what you're all about.<br /><br />Jill Williamsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11943570354349667196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-74062896344950945692017-04-06T22:58:31.180-05:002017-04-06T22:58:31.180-05:00It can be so hard! I totally relate. It might help...It can be so hard! I totally relate. It might help you to practice choosing between two things. Try to start small. Ice cream one or two. (It's always tempting to get both, but practice choosing!) You might also go by seasons. Choose one thing for a quarter or half a year and give it your all. Then switch and choose the other thing you love. See if switching will help you be able to do both. It might not. But as I said above, there are seasons in life, and there is no reason you cannot choose one thing now and then, in a few years, choose another.Jill Williamsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11943570354349667196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-22677995568380092732017-04-06T22:56:00.459-05:002017-04-06T22:56:00.459-05:00If you love your job, treasure that! The reality i...If you love your job, treasure that! The reality is, most authors are bi-vocational for a long time. I would be if not for my husband, and I have 18 books published. There is no guarantee that writing will pay your bills, and everyone has or will have bills to pay. So enjoy that job you love and look for ways to fit in writing. If you get to the point where you're making enough writing, then you can drop that other job and go full-time. But you've got to eat, right? It really doesn't matter what job you have to pay those bills, and if you like it, that's amazing. Lots of people have to work whatever job comes along and they're miserable, but they do it because it's a paycheck. <br /><br />There are seasons in life for everything. And I have dear friends who are multi-published who also work full-time jobs. They don't get to write as much. They have to learn to pace themselves more slowly and they schedule in writing time before or after work each day. Routine helps.Jill Williamsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11943570354349667196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-85871639365088991982017-04-06T22:51:39.097-05:002017-04-06T22:51:39.097-05:00Good, Zane! School should come first, but summer i...Good, Zane! School should come first, but summer is coming... :-)Jill Williamsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11943570354349667196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-39565865078037916062017-04-06T22:51:02.535-05:002017-04-06T22:51:02.535-05:00I'm glad it was what you needed, Amanda. :-)I'm glad it was what you needed, Amanda. :-)Jill Williamsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11943570354349667196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-41901247008942508452017-04-06T22:50:26.719-05:002017-04-06T22:50:26.719-05:00You can do it!!!You can do it!!!Jill Williamsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11943570354349667196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-89811863548327096802017-04-06T22:50:09.625-05:002017-04-06T22:50:09.625-05:00Praying you survive school, Olivia! Praying you survive school, Olivia! Jill Williamsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11943570354349667196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-55641834141439265702017-04-06T22:49:44.723-05:002017-04-06T22:49:44.723-05:00Yeah, I think I'm going to have to read it aga...Yeah, I think I'm going to have to read it again and again. LOLJill Williamsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11943570354349667196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-24912571488465926752017-04-06T18:48:31.413-05:002017-04-06T18:48:31.413-05:00Thank you for this post, Jill!
I've really be...Thank you for this post, Jill! <br />I've really been struggling with priorities lately as I have a hard time saying "no" to people. I really want writing to be a priority in my life as I love story and story has played such a huge role in my life!<br />However, I have found that I've said "yes" to too many commitments: some of them short-term, some of them long-term. What do you do when you've committed to too many things and have reached the point where you don't even have time to think?Megan S.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-88953696789214942832017-04-06T16:20:44.669-05:002017-04-06T16:20:44.669-05:00OK. I needed this post!! I'm so glad that I ...OK. I needed this post!! I'm so glad that I followed this blog a couple days ago because if I hadn't, I probably wouldn't of read it. ;) <br /><br />I like how you said to make a list of what's a priority. I don't think I'm going to make writing a job yet but I don't really want it a hobby either. I think I need to say "No" more often and not think that I have to do something just because someone asks me. <br /><br />- Lilly Shyree (alillyingodsgarden.blogspot.com)Lilly Shyreehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05681679373953700413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-1845525451346445872017-04-05T23:13:46.068-05:002017-04-05T23:13:46.068-05:00I have such a hard time prioritizing things, but a...I have such a hard time prioritizing things, but at the same time, I realize how important it is. I end up spending all my time being torn about what matters most instead and not actually coming to peace about it. Bleah.Meaghan Rutherfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17144939103660147492noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-15653752669897562017-04-05T20:24:55.850-05:002017-04-05T20:24:55.850-05:00New things are good when you can get the courage u...New things are good when you can get the courage up! I definitely value writing over theater. I chose to major in theater over writing because I thought that if I went to college I should choose the thing I would have less chance of getting a job in without a degree (theater teaching, etc). I could have just not gone to college and focused on my writing, my first love, but I felt a call to come here, at least for now. I need to put writing first, though. I really do.Bethany Baldwinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14160544671105522363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-26899868227040431182017-04-05T17:48:42.357-05:002017-04-05T17:48:42.357-05:00Ugh. I feel for you. That's a hard decision. :...Ugh. I feel for you. That's a hard decision. :\LHEnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-52905924870837365582017-04-05T17:31:46.879-05:002017-04-05T17:31:46.879-05:00I just started a new job that leaves next to no ti...I just started a new job that leaves next to no time for writing. It's really depressing because this job is one I enjoy and it uses my college degree, but I want to be published and eventually have that as a career. So now I am at a crossroads: push writing off indefinitely or seek out a completely different job.Bookishqueenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04815467506294547118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-28639714721650795992017-04-05T16:03:24.476-05:002017-04-05T16:03:24.476-05:00I got the idea from a blog, and It really works. I...I got the idea from a blog, and It really works. I love acting and I love writing, so it's a win win either way. :)<br />YES! When I'm taking a car ride or just going on a trip, I get SO many great ideas. :) <br />If it really excites me, then it's not bad at all to write it. Hmm, good ideas! Thanks Mrs. Williamson.LHEnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-89598600430218816402017-04-05T14:22:14.135-05:002017-04-05T14:22:14.135-05:00For me school has to come first, but most of my ot...For me school has to come first, but most of my other time is spent on writing and reading. Thankfully we're nearly done with school and I'll have more time to write. Mercy, I need to be writing right now! 😱Zane Joneshttp://www.simpleimpossibilities.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-4100805726614036312017-04-05T14:19:33.082-05:002017-04-05T14:19:33.082-05:00Bless this post. This is exactly what I needed tod...Bless this post. This is exactly what I needed today. I AM too busy, and that quote about being too busy to think hit me right in the noggin. Thanks for sharing, Jill. I think it's way too easy for me to forget that I have choices--both when things seem overwhelming and when I need to take responsibility and admit to myself that I CHOSE not to do something I should've done. Amanda Fischerhttp://todwellandneverleave.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-73137123819567106232017-04-05T13:55:13.207-05:002017-04-05T13:55:13.207-05:00Ah, Realm Makers... Cue the angelic chorus. It sou...Ah, Realm Makers... Cue the angelic chorus. It sounds really fun, but it's very far from home. Perhaps I can work out a way to attend, though, assuming I survive this school year.<br />Thank you for this post, Mrs. Williamson! And good luck on your new writing plan!Olivianoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-60135024921742662332017-04-05T13:26:55.832-05:002017-04-05T13:26:55.832-05:00I absolutely love Essentialism. Reading that has r...I absolutely love Essentialism. Reading that has really empowered me to organize my priorities and stand by them. You'll get through this season, Jill!Stephanie Morrillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13128389560727867719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-91476295546331430412017-04-05T13:04:56.244-05:002017-04-05T13:04:56.244-05:00Thanks for sharing, Bethany. Yeah, your teen and c...Thanks for sharing, Bethany. Yeah, your teen and college years are about discovering who you are and what you want to do with your life. And while that process continues throughout life, it's important to let yourself try other things. Because how else will you know? <br /><br />I'll add that I've struggled to be about two major writing genres. I write fantasy and I write nonfiction writing craft books and blog that too. And it's really hard to say, "Today I'm going to write" when I also have to blog. It takes two different parts of my brain. And to really do my best fiction writing, I need to be immersed. So it's when I can't get immersed into the fiction because I'm so busy that I'm grabbing an hour here and there, it's just plain hard. I'm embarking upon a new trial season in which I'm going to try and have a month of nonficiton, then three months of fiction. I'll still have to have that hour a couple days a week in which I schedule posts and reply to comments, but I'm hoping that if I've written the posts in advance, everything else will be easier and my nonfiction won't continually derail my fiction. I don't know it it will work, but I'm hopeful. It's good to try new things to see what works and what doesn't.Jill Williamsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11943570354349667196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-13932865716974152242017-04-05T12:48:46.435-05:002017-04-05T12:48:46.435-05:00I think college is an eternal burn out zone. I'...I think college is an eternal burn out zone. I'm working on so much and feeling overwhelmed half the time. For some reason I decided I could do two careers (theater and writing) but it's a hard thing. I don't want to delegate writing to only the summer but I often lack the energy and focus to do anything. On the upside, I am mashing my two things together and trying my hand at playwrighting. I think I just need to learn to value my time better and spend less of it wasting away. We will see where that takes me.Bethany Baldwinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14160544671105522363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-82485289020494473772017-04-05T12:18:07.380-05:002017-04-05T12:18:07.380-05:00That is fabulous, GJE! Aren't priorities amazi...That is fabulous, GJE! Aren't priorities amazing? They really help give you permission about where to draw healthy boundaries around your investments of time and education and practice, etc. I'm so glad you know what you want to do and what writing means to you. That is so great. And writing is a fabulous hobby too. :-)Jill Williamsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11943570354349667196noreply@blogger.com