What a week! It ahs been a bit of a rollercoaster and I'm grateful to still be standing. There have been good days and bad days with my health, which leads to me overdoing it trying to get things done and catch up, but then crashing the next day or two.

Luckily, there has been progress made in most areas, so it was possibly worth it? At least my house is a bit cleaner, that was absolutely necessary. 

It's hard feeling like you have all day to be productive with no job in the way, but at the same time, feel like there isn't enough time to get it all done. So I just have to take things one day at a time. Which, really is all any of us can do. And again, all things considered, I am making huge amounts of progress. 

But the results aren't tangible yet. 

That makes it hard. I think the only tangible progress this week was selling a book and getting it in the mail. 

Luckily, I have a bit of practice with nontangible results. I have been on and off a weight loss journey enough times to know not all victories are visible on the scale or even visible in the mirror. That doesn't mean there isn't progress. It can be waking up before your alarm feeling well-rested, standing up without groaning, etc. 

The same principle applies to anything else we want to do in life. Progress starts small and slow, but consistency is the key. Keep going and the results will come.

Publishing House Progress

I have had the most amazing morning so far today. I am finally making some SERIOUS progress in how to move forward with my publishing house. 

I had a meeting yesterday with someone who is helping me to build and create this business. And while I have been meeting with her since January, this is the first time that I got overwhelmed and asked myself, "What have I gotten myself into? Do I really want to do this?"

Luckily for me, the second question is irrelevant. Whether I want to or not, this is something that I feel deep in my bones that I need to do. If you are spiritual at all, to me it feels like a calling from a higher power. So want to or not, this is going to happen.

Which, again, luckily for me, knowing this and believing in a higher power, the first question is also irrelevant.

My scripture study this morning had me reading the story of David and Goliath. This publishing house is my Goliath. It is huge and terrifying, possibly mean, and feels impossible. Spoiler alert, David wins. I have access to an unbelievable amount of power and this is going to happen. Not because I want it to, I'm not sure I do. Not because of my skills, I don't have enough. 

But it is going to happen. Lucky me, I get to be along for the ride and watch miracles happen first hand.

Which THEN led me to even more really great thoughts, which I might have to share at a later date. I kind of want to spread this out and since I spent SO much time on it this morning, I need to get going on some actual projects.

SO... To Be Continued!

Structure & Consistency

 Where does the time go? How are we already halfway through JUNE? One thing I think I take for granted is that my Tourette syndrome brain leans towards also having other neurospicy traits. I know that I do better with structure, but sometimes, I just don't wanna. 

I get tired and allow myself the time to rest, because it is important and because I can. However, once I stop and rest... it can be hard to get going again. Or something will pop up and because *one thing* was interrupted, the whole day is completely shot trying to keep up with this extra, unscheduled thing. 

However, I have made some good progress on my business plan this week and have done some work for my clients that are starting the editing process and did some research into what it would look like to have an intern. Small progress this week, but a step in the right direction is still a step forward. 

This coming week, I'm hoping to have progress on my own novel. I do have a prologue and I'm super excited about it, but I need another scene for my writer's group and I need to get the story fully outlined so I have an idea of what is happening and where it is going. 

So now that I have started, the trick is to keep going. Being consistent. 

I have noticed throughout my life and from professional studies that doing just a little bit every day is actually more effective than doing things in herculean tasks. 

Which quite frankly, I find comforting. Doing the huge, difficult things are so much easier when you "eat an elephant one bite at a time" rather than trying to swallow it whole. With that being said, I'm going to go work on some of those things now!