When Bonnie Fanning and I sat down to talk about being organized — or at least presenting yourself to the world as an organized, together person — our discussion was packed with practical tips for real-world working writers.
We discussed:
- Turning your past experiences into the foundations of a freelance career
- How you are NOT the only freelancer that finds it challenging to balance work and life responsibilities against the promises of the writer’s life
- Why Bonnie identifies as a scatterbrain and can’t use many of the commonly recommended organizational systems or productivity tools (you may highly relate to this if you have a creative background!)
- How charging more for what you do can solve many of your organizational challenges and stresses
- Why “outsourcing” certain aspects of project management to tools like Trello has been a game-changer for Bonnie (and perhaps you, too, could benefit by doing this!)
- How to know when you’re getting off track so you can get back to what really matters to you
- Ways to make peace with your own organizational preferences, life requirements, and habits so that you can unlock a blissful and fun writing life
Plus much, much more.
You can review the transcript of our conversation here: Jen + Bonnie Chat Focus and Organization
You can listen to the full discussion right here: