Comments on: Under Pressure*

By: Lynn

Lynn — Wed, 23 Apr 2014 13:47:28 +0000

You’re right, Lauren, if you get to the point where you’re not enjoying what you read, then it’s time to take stock of what stays and what goes. There are only so many hours in the day and you have to prioritize. As Stacey suggested, finding time for yoga may definitely be a plus!

By: Stacey

Stacey — Mon, 21 Apr 2014 21:14:06 +0000

I can totally relate to this post from my colleague, Lauren! Worse, I keep hard copies of newspapers and magazines! I think we should schedule an office yoga session.

By: Lauren

Lauren — Mon, 21 Apr 2014 13:51:16 +0000

You know, I actually do think most of the things I flag to read end up being edifying or interesting or important or well executed (or, one hopes, all four!), but there’s still not enough time in the day! Clearly you’re pretty discerning, so it’s nice that we make the cut. Thanks!

By: Lauren

Lauren — Mon, 21 Apr 2014 13:49:52 +0000

That’s like the grown up version of clean your room or anything still on the floor is going in the trash. I like it! And it’s definitely a good idea for articles and such. How important do I really think it is if I can’t find time to read it within the first week I spot it?

By: D. C. DaCosta

D. C. DaCosta — Sat, 19 Apr 2014 13:55:12 +0000

It didn’t take long for me to cease feeling guilty about those articles (online or hard copy) that I initially thought I “should” read, because experience soon taught that most of them were not written by anyone with especial experience or knowledge, nor did they contain much that was new, convincing, or important.

For what it’s worth, this is about the only blog I follow nowadays — always something interesting to think about here.

By: Joelle

Joelle — Fri, 18 Apr 2014 21:25:58 +0000

You know, about two years ago I gave up reading blogs almost entirely. Every writer friend I know has one and it was sort of all or nothing. I read this blog (mostly because you’re my agency, but also because I usually find it interesting and/or info I need) and I read one by each of my two critique members (who don’t blog that often) and that’s it. And then I decided to stop adding to the clutter and I stopped blogging myself. If people send me links to articles I check them out right away and read or don’t read them (or sometimes I don’t check them out). If this makes me a terrible person, I’ve decided I can live with that because you know what? My brain is less cluttered for writing and for reading books. And I’m happier.

I once read in a book about how to clear off your desk (or clean up your house) to take a box, put everything from your desk in it, pick a date 2-4 weeks out, write that date on the box, and then go through it a little at a time unless that date arrives. If the date arrives, then you do the entire box that day. It really works. I think you could do that for future articles that come your way…give them a date to be read by or they’re deleted.