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One of the things I've changed with my daily process is to keep a blank book on my desk to use as a work diary, diet record and idea keeper. I started doing this at the beginning of the year, mainly to practice my handwriting and to track my daily calorie intake. Over the last two months that's evolved into a self-motivation tool and kind of a bullet journal with short lists of things I want to write, concepts, character names etc.

It's definitely helped me focus more during my writing sessions. I've been very easy to distract from work since the pandemic began and the post-election meltdown, and it's been unbelievably difficult to concentrate. I've tried different things, but going back to daily handwritten journaling has helped the most.

Off topic, I finally had to shut down comments over on PBW after SPAMmers started flooding them -- apparrently Google isn't sending me comment moderation notices anymore, and I waste too much time manually deleting them anyway.

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nightsmusic said…
I've been using a Jibun Techo planner to write down things I need to get done, reminders on which exercise is today or tomorrow, notes, most things that come to mind. My problem is when I don't get everything done and have to move it to another day. Sometimes, if I have to move it more than once, that just adds even more stress I don't need.

I'm sorry about the spammers. I don't get why they often target blogs that have very little traffic. I would think they'd want to target really active ones with lots of readership so their crap would get 'seen' more, but what do I know?
March 2, 2021 at 4:58 AM
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