Day 360...Designing the Life You Love

  

Welcome to Day 360... And designing the life you love.

Starting things a little differently today – with a quote. And not just any quote, one from Steve Jobs, a guy who clearly had vision and passion. Not only for his work but his life.

“Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking. Don’t settle. As with all matters of the heart, you’ll know when you find it.”    Steve Jobs

His life and his work. For Steve Jobs, the two were so entwined. Where work is play and play is work. That’s the perfectly synchronized spot we should all be.

But the thing is, we can’t always do the work we love - at least not how we want or when we want. This thing called life and the financial obligations that come along with it sometimes get in the way.

I have a full time day job. A job which I really enjoy. My part time gig? Well of course that’s my writing. A job I absolutely love. I’m not even sure you can call it a job. It’s my playtime. 

For me the day job pays the bills and covers my family’s medical and dental.

My writing is a calling that I’m drawn to over and over again.

Sometime soon, my writing will become my full time source of income. And then I can play all day. But until then, I make the time to do this great work that I love.

You should do the same.

Find your passion, a great work that you love and then work hard to build it into your life.

Take courses, work part time, study your craft, network, join groups, find a mentor. Do it all and slowly build it into your days. You’ll be well on your way to designing the life you love.

Here's Today's Takeaway Lesson...

"...the only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking. Don’t settle"

Here's to Being All In,

Maggie 

  

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365 Days & Counting..

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Day 359...What To Do When You Make A Mistake

Welcome to Day 359...And what to do when you made a mistake.

So in my last blog I wrote a lot about editing and how hard I found the process.

I think part of the problem for me is that I work so hard to get things right. Struggling to get just the right level of romance or suspense. Or finding that perfect word or phrase that would be so identifiable for my character.

But after 5 books I'm learning to get more comfortable with the whole editing process. 

I'm, embracing the fact that I'll re-read and rewrite the same paragraph multiple times...

And I'm not judging my original words or paragraph as a mistake - instead I now see them as exactly the spring board I needed to craft the perfect scene

It's taken a lot of angst out of the process and I find when I'm deep in editing mode, more ideas come through - the development of my characters goes deeper and a better story line emerges.

Because writing is just like life - you simply can't escape all those bumpy mis-steps along the way.  In fact it's those mis-steps that will put you on your right way. 

So I'm beginning to celebrate the process and enjoy the journey.

Hope you are too.

Here's Today’s Takeaway Lesson…

"Sometimes We Fall Down Because There's Something Down There We're Supposed to Find" 


Here's to Being All In,


Maggie 

Follow me on Twitter @AuthorMaggie #busywriterslife

Visit my website @ www.maggiecollins.net

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