SPA Girls Podcast - EP234 - How To Write When Your Schedule Is Disrupted

<p>Disruption – the entire world is feeling it at the moment, so how can we, as writers, keep our creativity bubbling and stay focussed? It’s hard – we’re not going to deny that – but looking at your schedule and productivity in a different way can help you stay a bit calmer, get some work done and prepare for when you’re on a more even keel.</p> <p>For the Spa Girls, we’ve pivoted a wee bit to bring you Lockdown Sessions – a daily video of around 10 minutes where we just hang out, sometimes discuss self-publishing, but mostly just lift each other up with our usual cheek and bad jokes. Please join us – either on our facebook page or our new You Tube channel:  <a href= "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCckftViKM301hH_MYlFUxXA">https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCckftViKM301hH_MYlFUxXA</a></p> <p>This was a scary move for us all. We’re used to talking on our podcast now, but didn’t have the some confidence about “putting ourselves out there” on camera. Every day we do it though, we’re a little bit more relaxed, so it’s been a good thing that’s come from this disrupted New Normal, I believe (Shar). The best thing for us has been hearing from our community members and we so appreciate your comments (and Subscribes to our channel!). As an experiment, we also recorded the video of this podcast episode, so if you’d like to check that out too, please head over to our channel.</p> <p> </p> <p>Ways to help deal with a disrupted schedule:</p> <p>-Ease pressure on yourself by pushing your own deadlines (communicate them early to service providers if you can't meet them).</p> <p>-Acknowledging and accepting something has changed, and that it's ok to be off-balance.</p> <p>-Create a new schedule by looking at your circumstances and adjusting.</p> <p>-Don't beat yourself up because you are not doing the amount of work you were before things changed.</p> <p>-Find a space to work among the chaos and away from other members of your household</p> <p>-Life gets disrupted regularly and the tools / skills you figure out now will help in