Productivity - The Busy Writer's Notebook

Ways to Increase Productivity in Your Day: Writing Productivity Tips

August 1, 2018June 18, 2018 by Erica

Finding time to write; one of the biggest hurdles of them all. In this brief article, I want to give you some tips I’ve discovered along the way, on how to simplify life just a tiny bit, in order to make more time for writing. Try just one writing productivity tip this week, and … Read more

Change One Habit at a Time – To Become a Successful Writer

September 21, 2017September 16, 2017 by Erica

I’ve recently been reminded of the importance of not starting too many new tasks or habits at once, in order to avoid burnout, and not sticking to any of the newly formed habits. I’m tackling this myself, as I’ve recently committed to writing more each day (have pledged myself to a novel in 3 months), have started a workout challenge, have changed my diet, and am committed to continually bringing exciting content to you, my readers of this website.

So, today, I want to talk about the importance of tackling one new habit at a time. And what to do, if you’ve disregarded these words and are already doing too much at once, and how to get through and maintain all your new, very important habits.

Increase Your Free Time: Meal Planning for Busy Writers

February 2, 2018August 22, 2017 by Erica

A great way to save time each day is by having a great meal planning system in place. Today I will walk through – quickly, of course – a few options that you could do well to invest in, to help reduce time wasted on shopping, meal preparation and cooking. I will focus on three aspects, which should improve your daily productivity load:

Shopping
Meal Preparation
Cooking

This article follows on from my recent post on saving time from shorter workouts with the 8fit Pro App.

How to Write a Novel in 3 Months! 10 Minutes at a Time!

September 21, 2017August 9, 2017 by Erica

Over the next 3 months, I will test drive one of my recommended products in order to give you an up to date review and case study of the product and to see how it performs when put to the test of writing a novel in 3 months. I have a few in mind and … Read more

Need a Quicker Workout? 8fit App Review for Busy Writers

April 30, 2018August 3, 2017 by Erica

Trying to free up some extra time and increase my creativity, I’ve decided to invest more time into exercising and getting fitter. It might not seem too applicable, but if you are trying to free up time in your day to write, and you are an avid exerciser, you could be wise in looking at a different training system. There are a few short training systems out there, and I almost started my T25 training again (BeachBody), but then I saw an ad for an app I hadn’t seen or heard of before.

It’s called 8fit, and promises short – less than 10 minute Tabata workout sessions. It’s a personalized step-by-step guide with HIIT inspired training sessions and full meal planning via the handy phone or tablet app, and what follows is my personal 8fit App Review.