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January has slipped away (or almost, depending on your time zone). Are you on track with your writing goals? Have you totally given up on your new year’s resolutions? Do you feel as if you are totally underwater and swimming against the current?

By January 15^th, most new year resolutions are history. Don’t let this happen to you.

While working with a client today, I heard stress in her voice. She said that she was feeling overwhelmed about all that she had to get done. The more she talked, the more frantic her voice became and the more her sense of overwhelm came through.

I gave her a series of steps to help her break things up into manageable chunks and think about all of them at once.

Here are the steps I took her through.

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We are

starting the last week in January. By this time a lot of people have abandoned the goals they set for the new year. Have you made any progress on your writing goals for 2009?

If you’ve fallen behind, don’t beat yourself up about it. Start where you are now to get back on track.

Author Diana Duncan sent me this quote recently. I’d never heard it, but it struck a chord with me.

Annie Dillard: Writing a book is like taming a lion – every day you stay out of the cage, it’s more dangerous to step inside.

It’s really true that writing can be like taming lions. The longer you are away from it, the harder it is to sit down and put your hands on the keyboard.

Here are a few ways to get back on track and make writing a daily habit.

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Most of the time when people find out I’m a writer, they say, “I’ve always wanted to write a book” or “I bet I could write a book” or something like that.

Next they say, “when the kids are all in school” or “when the kids start college” or “when I retire”. They all mean, “when Ifind time to write”.

85% of the population wants to write a book. But only 5% ever started a book.

Why?

Most people try to find time to write in their busy lives. That won’t happen. Writing demands that you MAKE the time to write.

Your muse requires attention or she’ll go work with someone else.

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