[Image via] Early yesterday, Marie Claire tweeted a link to a group of articles they have online, on how to beat the Sunday blues. Funny, that. Lately, it feels as if every day is Sunday. Do you ever have weeks like that?
Posts Tagged ‘motivation’
January 18th, 2010
When Every Day Is Sunday
Steph Auteri 
Posted in motivation, productivity 
Tags: drive, groggy, lazy, motivation, productivity, sunday, writer's block 
4 Comments » December 17th, 2009
Getting It Done
[Photo via] I’ve been feeling a little anxious lately. I commute into an office three days a week now, leaving a lot less time for my other projects. I have a major magazine piece I’ve been meaning to tie up for months (this is what happens when my deadline gets extended). I’ve been struggling with [...]
Steph Auteri Posted in motivation, preparation, productivity Tags: energy, motivation, procrastination, productivity 5 Comments » July 31st, 2009
Link Love: July 31
Hey there guys. I have a slew of new posts coming atcha next week but, for now, here’s this week’s link love:
Steph Auteri Posted in link love Tags: examiner.com, invoicing, link love, linkage, links, motivation No Comments » July 22nd, 2009
Motivational Trick: Fear (of Letting Others Down)
The other month, I joined Freelance Success, at the urging of just about every freelance writer I know. An amazing resource for professional, nonfiction writers, the forums alone made me glad I’d finally sucked it up and paid the subscription fee. Then Susan of The Urban Muse suggested I hop in on FLX’s Summer Query [...]
March 3rd, 2009
Build Your Own: Writing Group
I’ve been missing my old writing group. We met several years ago, in Cris Beam’s From Pitch to Publish Class at New School. For at least a year, the four of us workshopped each others’ pieces, shared contacts, suggested paying markets, and basically gave each other the kicks in the ass we needed. Eventually, life [...]
Steph Auteri Posted in community, motivation, networking, writing Tags: community, motivation, networking, workshop, workshops, writers, writing, writing group 7 Comments » December 3rd, 2008
Words of Wisdom: Getting Your Ass In Gear
From Michelle Goodman’s My So-Called Freelance Life: “Take a page from Molly Crabapple and get your friends in on the act: ‘For big, long-term goals, I’ve found loudly bragging about what I’m going to do makes me do it,’ says the award-winning illustrator… ‘Otherwise, I have to face the humiliation of public failure.’ (Talk about [...]
November 19th, 2008
Writer’s Block, Ennui, and Other Barriers to Productivity
[Photo via] Aaaand I’m back, thanks to a new wireless g USB network adapter. Yes, I spent the bulk of today losing my shit as my Internet connection went down every five minutes. As a result, I was able to squeeze in three Modern Materialist posts, but not much else. But that’s not the only [...]
Steph Auteri Posted in productivity Tags: depression, distraction, ennui, motivation, productivity, writer's block 2 Comments » 
