I didn't want to spend more time doing research today (curating content from my journals), I can pick this up again next time - instead I wanted to actually start writing the book. So, my three hours were spent taking those individual entries that I've already curated from October 2019 to March 2020 and editing them into something that could be used in the book.
The idea is to retain the truth and honesty of the journal entries, and edit them in such a way that they make sense as a narrative in a book. I've moved a few things around, added more detail, joined a few entries together, and I've even inspired myself to write more in areas where I could have been more honest.
Hindsight is really useful here - reading journal entries that are months apart from each other and joining them up in a narrative is really helping me to understand how I've been feeling over the past few years. Why I was unhappy, what was making me happy, and ultimately how I've been working through it all.
That's another three hours in the Deep Work bank. Next session is Monday 19th April - I'm going to plan starting a lot earlier than 9am if possible.
It's almost 10:30am, which means it's time for a walk!
Here's an entry from 6th December 2019:
"I need to let go of the impression that I'm not successful because my business didn't work out, or that I can't look at or show an interest in other people because their business is going well. I need to move on from this. I need to let it go if I want to move forward."
The idea is to retain the truth and honesty of the journal entries, and edit them in such a way that they make sense as a narrative in a book. I've moved a few things around, added more detail, joined a few entries together, and I've even inspired myself to write more in areas where I could have been more honest.
Hindsight is really useful here - reading journal entries that are months apart from each other and joining them up in a narrative is really helping me to understand how I've been feeling over the past few years. Why I was unhappy, what was making me happy, and ultimately how I've been working through it all.
That's another three hours in the Deep Work bank. Next session is Monday 19th April - I'm going to plan starting a lot earlier than 9am if possible.
It's almost 10:30am, which means it's time for a walk!
Here's an entry from 6th December 2019:
"I need to let go of the impression that I'm not successful because my business didn't work out, or that I can't look at or show an interest in other people because their business is going well. I need to move on from this. I need to let it go if I want to move forward."