I hate to say it, but all the running around I’ve done this week caught up with me today. I was so tired by the time I got home from running errands this morning that all I could do was rest this afternoon. I didn’t even get started working on anything until about 9:30 tonight. So for today all I have accomplished is about 2/3 of the final page for my first IPK site.

The good news is that there is absolutely nowhere I have to be tomorrow, and so I will be spending the day getting caught up.

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It was another one of those days today. It’s shaping up to be one of those weeks where I don’t get a whole day to sit and do nothing but write.

Monday it was the annual stress test. Tuesday it was shopping with my boy, and while I love spending time with him, by the time he was done dragging me all over the city to check out bikes and sport shoes and all manner of other things 20-something young men like, I was wiped out and ready to sleep for a week! Today it was the eye doctor that took me out of work mode for most of the day.

I think I can breathe tomorrow. I have one errand to run in the morning, and other than that I’m not doin’ nuthin’ for nobody that doesn’t involve a yellow legal pad, and my favorite pen! In fact, if it’s a nice day (it’s raining right now) I might even take said pad and pen and park myself at the riverside cafe for the morning and work there where I can’t be interrupted.

I did finally get to start writing around 6 p.m. tonight and I worked straight through until about 10:30 with just a short break to eat dinner. I ended up shutting myself away at the writing desk in my room — away from the computer, and the tv, and all the other distractions like kid and dog. I’m actually working on a product about creativity, and I got about half the first draft written. I had hoped to get the whole thing done before I had to stop and write this post, but that was probably a little unrealistic on my part. It will be interesting to see how much more I get done tomorrow when I know I don’t have to stop and run all over the city.

That’s it for me tonight. I think I might go back in the other room and see if I can’t get the first draft finished before calling it a night.

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The first day of a new month is always exciting for me. It’s like having a clean slate, the old month and whatever you did or didn’t do is in the past, and you have the chance to set new goals and challenge yourself to achieve them. And when you screw up as often as I do when it comes to getting things done, being able to choose to start over is a really good thing.

I’ll be the first to admit that I’ve been really lax over the past little while when it comes to creating new content, whether it’s articles, blog posts, or even new products… the ability to sit my butt in a chair and do the work has failed me miserably. But that’s all about to change…

I’ve been watching Tiffany Dow and following her progress on her 30 Days of Productivity, and now her 30 Days of Making Money challenges. I’ve been amazed watching her videos and reading her blog posts about how much work she gets done in a day and how much money she makes from it. Tiffany’s success has inspired me to really get motivated and sit my butt down and get to work.

So for this month (June 2010) I’ve decided to create my own challenge — 30 Days of Creativity — where I will create at least one new piece of content every single day this month.

In a nutshell, my plan for the month is to:

a) create new info products
b) build new websites based on the IPK method
c) get comfortable with using video

I’ve got a list of half-finished projects that I want to clear off my desk, so those will be the first things I work on. They take up so much mental energy just in thinking about getting them done, that this month they’re either going to get finished or get trashed.

I also bought the Info Product Killer course a couple of weeks ago and have been slowly working through it all. I’m pretty slow at the site building so far — not because it’s hard to do, but more because of that inability to keep the body in a chair long enough to actually finish a site. So my main goal with this is to get comfortable enough with the process that I can complete a site in the few hours that the course suggests is all you need. (And yes, that’s an affiliate link and I will get a commission if you decide to purchase.)

The final thing on my list is to start working with video. I’ve done a couple of short videos for The Acorn Stash, but nothing like what I want to be able to do. It’s a huge step outside my comfort zone because I’m not a video person at all. I’d much rather read that watch, but as I keep being told, I’m in the minority these days as most people would rather watch a video than read a report.

You might have noticed that so far I haven’t said a word about making money. That’s because for this month, making money is not my priority at the moment. Of course, everything will eventually lead to some form of income because I am working at building a lasting business here, but for the moment it’s more important for me to actually get things finished and out where they can be seen and judged on their own merits rather than my own penchant for perfectionism.

I’m working at changing my mindset from one that’s based on fear of being rejected or ridiculed to one where I am confident enough in my creations to put them out and let you decide how useful they are to you.

And that’s it for me today. My son had a day off today, and that made it pretty much a write-off for getting anything really constructive done. In light of that, I’m counting this post as my first installment. I couldn’t let Day One go by without producing at least something!

Tomorrow is the day when things really start happening around here, and I’ll be back tomorrow night with a progress report!

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