For Elin Hilderbrand, dubbed "Queen of the Beach Read," these spacious daily routines give her time: for the last thirty years, she has produced at least one beach read every summer, and for seven of those years, she delivered two books per year—all while raising four children. But her productivity alone isn’t what I find most compelling.
I could relate to some of this. Not the exercising for three hours a day (Exercise, what exercise? Although I do feel inspired by your post to build a proper routine) but the things taking a loooong time and keeping plodding along. It took four self-published books and overall seventeen years for me to get a book deal, something I’d seen some people do with no books or after three weeks or a few months of writing online. That’s a lot of people to watch over that seventeen years. Clearly the universe was trying to teach me something in that process 🤣 And then I got the book deal when I’d actually let go of wanting it and was immersed in other things. And, well, you know the rest of that story 🤣 Now I’m at this point where I’m going back to base and what I love. Relearning not to care about all of that shite that consumed me for a while and knocked my confidence.
I could relate to some of this. Not the exercising for three hours a day (Exercise, what exercise? Although I do feel inspired by your post to build a proper routine) but the things taking a loooong time and keeping plodding along. It took four self-published books and overall seventeen years for me to get a book deal, something I’d seen some people do with no books or after three weeks or a few months of writing online. That’s a lot of people to watch over that seventeen years. Clearly the universe was trying to teach me something in that process 🤣 And then I got the book deal when I’d actually let go of wanting it and was immersed in other things. And, well, you know the rest of that story 🤣 Now I’m at this point where I’m going back to base and what I love. Relearning not to care about all of that shite that consumed me for a while and knocked my confidence.