Those of us lucky enough to have massive amounts of time on our hands and many things that could fill those hours will understand my predicament.
I'm a Jane-of-all-trades-Mistress-of-none kinda girl. Leaving the merits and disadvantages of being either aside, suffice it to say that I don't have a laser focus on any one interest, but many varied hobbies and a long list of projects that I intend to complete with all this new found freedom (some of which will hopefully turn a penny or two or millions.)
However, the operative word here is complete. In order to make progress toward completing projects (as in actually keep up with a blog) instead of dabbling in many things, I've made a schedule. If I can come close to sticking to it, I'll be fine and hopefully accomplish something - like making a living as my own boss. It's a flexible schedule - it should be, my time is my own. There's two 3 hour blocks in the morning and afternoon that can be moved around.
To start 2010 and take advantage of being funemployed, I'm setting my alarm for 7:30 am - a reasonable hour, not atrociously early and not procrastination-late.
7:30-8:30am - morning puttering: shower, walk the dog, coffee, breakfast
8:30-9:00am - read/respond to email (now it gets tricky)
9:00-9:30am - blog (yes, I blew today, but am trading time blocks)
9:30-noon - work on assigned freelance projects
noon-1:00pm - look for new work
1:00-2:00pm - lunch, surf internet, run errands, do a quick blog post
2-5:00pm - new venture time: send our resumes, develop new projects, pitch new stories, write a blog post, i.e. indulge in projects.
I'm hoping that I'll get so engrossed in my new projects that they'll lapse into the evening because work won't be work, but something I love.
My goal is to do this four days out of every five. After all, what good would unemployment be if I didn't take advantage of midweek skiing?
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