First week in midst of disruptions...

This week is the first week of the year. The first week of actually setting my daily schedule in place, and achieving my goals.

So, what are the goals for this year?

• To create the solid daily schedule I preach to others and stick with it.
• To successfully bring out the four projects I have planned for the year.
• To create a sustainable income for my family with the writing business.

The solid daily schedule is coming around slowly. Eliminating the disruptions and getting my energy up is difficult. I'm still going through a particularly stressful time, and dealing with a domestic family disruption at home. It'll be a few months before all is said and done, so I'm going easy on myself.

First, I'm working on my energy level and motivation. Following my own advice and those teaching how to do this. Before I start my day, I exercise, eat a good breakfast, shower, and make sure the house is tidied up. Then I dive in to the work. This part isn't going too badly.

Next, I'm attempting to work in 2-4 hour blocks of time on one aspect. Normally, this is exceptionally easy for me, but doing it now is stretching it. That is due to those disruptions that will not end for a month or two. Still, I'm managing 1 to 1 1/2 hours at a time. Not too bad.

I've started a new mentoring program that will help me with the four projects of the year. I expect great things. The first is not happening today, as I hoped it would. I can't be mad about that. It's due to things out of my control at the moment. But I do plan on bringing it out soon.

The four projects are enough to create a sustainable income. I've studied well on how to promote myself, help others, copywrite for other businesses, and how to grow a sustainable business that will grow and prosper. Sustainable is the key I went for in building my online business. I did not want to get into the trap of having a product launch that booms for ten minutes, bringing in lots of dough, and then falls flat. This would mean scrambling to create another product to do the same process all over again.

In addition, I learned how to make the brick and mortar stores sustainable. Both from experience of running businesses and offices, to learning from marketing masters. This is a benefit I will pass on to my clients.