#020: Katie Forrest – Time Management for Writers, the only constant is change, and the benefits of saying ‘yes'.

Katie Forrest is a busy wife and special needs parent, doing her best to juggle this with her work. She runs a boutique law firm, writes cosy mystery under a pen name and is obsessed with cacti. She loves solo-travelling, is a complete time management geek, and is the author of the new non-fiction book, Time Management for Writers

In this episode we go deep into:

Katie’s new book, Time Management for Writers
Importance of building habits
Why sleep sucks
How to overcome the burden of ‘doing everything’ and narrow your life down to the key things
Setting boundaries with your loved ones to prioritise your writing
Navigating difficult conversations with your partner
Managing fiction and non-fiction projects around work
Katie’s novel planning process
Benefits of saying ‘yes’ to things
How Katie prepares (or doesn’t) for speaking engagements
Embracing entrepreneurship
How Katie hones her craft before writing her books
Managing a busy life and maximizing outputs.

Katie answers questions from Patrons:

Harley Christensen: On time management... For those of us working from home and trying to make the most of our creative time, can you share some tips for setting and especially, reinforcing boundaries with our significant others who work outside the home in non-creative professions?
Harley Christensen: Tell us more about this cacti obsession. As a transplant from the Pacific Northwest (U.S.) who currently lives in Arizona among the Saguaro, Pricky Pear, and has cactus flowers growing in her backyard, I am certainly curious/interested.

Find out more about Katie:

katieforrest.com

Time Management for Writers by Katie Forrest (FB Group)

Links from the show:

Four Tendencies by Gretchen Rubin

Special thanks to:

Intro vocals: Persephone Rose

Show theme: Karl Hughes

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Thank you to my patrons:

David Hines

Harley Christensen

Jon Cronshaw

Jenn Mitchell

Innes Richens

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PT Hylton

Michael Anderle

Jerry Evanoff

Mark McClure

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