And not because they mean it is the end of the week. I often work the weekends so that doesn’t work for me.

Fridays are the days I can sit back, collect my thoughts and plan for the coming week. I answer my emails, send out emails to friends and family I want to keep in touch with, and I plan for what I want to do on the weekend and for Monday Morning.

Now this Friday is a bit different. I am surrounded by boxes still. My brain seems to be going faster than the rest of me still. I seem to get further behind than surging ahead.

I need to calm my mind down to focus on my writing. My solution for this? Well of course, my Friday Focus. I am sitting down and planning. Writing down all of what I need to do. All the goals I have for the coming month. You know Tuesday is the first of July right?

A detailed list of goals and a method to get there will help with my scattered brain. It helps define my focus. Focus is a huge thing. Don’t just take my word for it. Read Alyssa’s Life From My Laptop to see how her focus is helping her define her business goals. How often do you sit down and evaluate your goals and focus? How often do you sit down and see how far you’ve gotten towards that goal?

This Friday as I clear my desk, I will be intensely looking at my focus and goals. I am going to make it a new goal to do this every Friday, so I keep that laser focus that I need!

Good Morning Everyone!  I feel I have lost so much ground, but hey at least I am here, I have my kids all here and amazingly enough all my furniture!

This move has been one minor disaster after another. But I have to count my blessings instead of my downfalls. We have made it

I have had internet on and off the whole time, but apparently not email. So if you were expecting something from me during the past 3 weeks there could be a hold up somewhere, so PLEASE let me know. I think I have the problem fixed and a back up plan as well.

Today is my first day sitting down to write. I have had no writing at all. And to boot the last project I did write I am unsure if she even got it. I feel like I have gone backwards instead of forward and am working to remedy that situation. We have started a new life and I want it to be the best.

We have a big beautiful new home. Ok so it has a few minor glitches (my dishwasher needs to be fixed for starters) but it is still more than twice the size of our old house. So at the minute it is filled with boxes, but we are remedying that one box at a time!  My bedroom is so large I have room in it for my desk and all my “stuff”. I can spread out again! We have a sun room that opens up to a big backyard with a swing set. I even have a heated garage. I guess that is important in Wisconsin.

Over all, even after all the disasters, we are where we want to be. We are excited to be starting this new adventure in our lives!

First off can you believe there is only this monday and next and then we will be in June? Time is just whirling around us isn’t it?

My mom tells me I work best under pressure. That when the time comes closer to a deadline the better at work that I get. Well this week I hope she is right!

7 days from today the movers will arrive to pack up my household belongings. That same day I have a writing deadline. Talk about crunch time!

Do deadlines motivate you? I am not the procrastinator I know some of my family members are, but I do have to admit I do have a tendency to put things off.

That being said some of my best work has come about when I know that I just have to get it done. What is it that motivates so many of us to do our best work under the gun?

Recently chatting to a friend online I have told her that after this move I will not be so disorganized in my life and business once I move. And I really do have this as a goal. To space out both my housework and my writing work to avoid this “last minute surge of activity”. How will this affect my creativity? Will it affect my creativity?

These are all things that I am going to be looking into, and more than writing about as I face this issue in the future. Until then, how does working under pressure motivate you? or do you not work well under pressure???

Have a great week! And stay motivated!