Being busy is good, but …
Something that many freelancers dread is not having enough work. Busy is good in our wacky little world.
Of course, you can be too busy. And right now I definitely am. I think the term is under the gun. What’s in my overflowing cup? This:
My current corporate contract
Preparing for a conference in May
Writing a script and preparing slides for a presentation the week following the conference
An update to an article
Building a bit of a backlog of the weekly tips column that I write
Writing posts for this blog and the two other blogs that I contribute to
A couple of other projects which have stalled
And when I get back from the conference, I’ll have at least three podcast interviews to edit and post.
Even with a good time and task management system my problem is not enough time and too many things to do — hey, a boy’s got to sleep and eat occasionally. Normally, I can fight my way through any obstacles like this. It’s never pretty, but I reach my goal in the end. This time ’round, though, things are complicated by a bad cold which decided to happy slap me and a number of personal commitments.
How do you deal with a situation like this? Feel free to leave a comment.
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