Well, I said I was going to do this...

Just thinking out loud.

Right now I'm learning that my biggest obstacles are those associated with having habits, routines, and procedures in place to... organize my activity.

The problem now IS activity. I'm inspired - big whooping doo. I have this itch to write - I'm sure you've all experienced it. But I can write it down and it gets me not a whit closer to where I want to be. Because it's just the... ramblings of a dilettante. At this point, it's not about writing.

It's about starting a career.

And to accomplish that, I need to first to get into a productive... not frame of mind - the problem is not mental. It's, slightly, mental, but it's mostly pragmatic....

Incidentally one of the things that amazes me right now is the benefit of having an object of focus. Right now, I know exactly what I am trying to accomplish and where I am trying to go. As a result, I have standard by which I can measure my actions... a rule... and this makes me ABLE to focus in the first place.

I feel as if I hae a laser-like insistence on this particular thing...

Everything in subordination to it....

Most important action items in terms of encouraging my productivity: getting in contact with people who will inspire intellectual ferment (first and most notably the chair of the Business College at UAH); and setting up an action plan for pursuing writing as a continuous activity.

Right now, everything must be subordinated to the goal of getting me writing a lot and writing for purpose, and writing with the intent of possibly seeking publication (or at least dissemination) of what I write. I.e. becoming a freelancer.

We'll see what happens....