Time lapse

The past four months slipped by too quickly--and without a single blog post. I'm terrible about losing track of time. I suppose it's a side effect or symptom of procrastination....

Anyway, while rearranging my office furniture and sifting through the clutter, I found a quote that applies to my manuscript revision:

"When overwhelmed and confused, it is easy to quit the project. The solution is to break up the manuscript into many small easy-to-attack chunks (and never start at page one, where the hill looks steepest). Then concentrate on one section at a time and do a thorough job on each."

--Dan Poynter, self-publishing guru

Although the advice isn't new, the reminder is always reassuring, and the same strategy could be applied to my ongoing office decluttering. (I'm tempted to stash the remaining mess instead of sifting through everything!) My task for the evening: weed out magazines.