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DID ANYONE CONSENT TO THE END OF AUGUST?

I, for one, did not.

This past week has been weird for me. In addition to realizing that it's already September, I'm reassessing who I am in the context of the work I do. Or maybe it's how I work?

Let me explain.

When I was teaching at OU, I had the rhythm of my day down. I knew when I had to be in a classroom, when I needed to weigh down my desk in my office, and when I could squeeze in some work on my own stuff.

I felt really productive then. I felt like I could push through and get everything on my to do list done.

Burn out? Don't know her. I got things done. I was productive!

Though, I think maybe I was just busy.

Even though I published tons of blog posts and videos, sometimes I wonder if it was worth it. I mean, it was. I have this online platform, and you're probably here because you found me via my blog or YouTube channel.

I have always loved the way I can connect with other humans via online media.

But I do know that there have been times that I've stuck to the posting schedule even when I wasn't feeling it, or didn't have anything super important to say. And at the end of the day, it's a lot of work to make online content.

It didn't always feel that way. But something snapped. I think it was last year, honestly. I just hit a wall with everything. And that was the first time that life was burning me out instead of just work being the culprit. I was just too tired to be the machine I used to be.

So, I stepped away for a bit. I regret nothing.

And now, as I settle into my new house and take stock of what I've done this year and what I would like to do, I'm shocked to find that time has passed even though I was trying to take a break.

(Clocks are the most disrespectful creatures.)

On Wednesday, in a planning co-working session with The Create Your Purpose Collective, I took some time to look at what I would like to do. I did a total brain dump á la Sarah Steckler, and made some task lists for everything I need to do.

I've been in such a defeatist mindset about my work. I've felt like there's not enough time and I'll never get anything done. But after the brain dump, I realized that I'm pretty close to hitting all those goals, and may have some time to get a jump on what I want to do for 2022.

(It feels weird to type out 2022. WE ARE LITERALLY LIVING IN THE FUTURE, GANG.)

And, as a little peek into the madness, here's a list of what I'll be doing to finish out the year:

Fiction writing: Editing The Fool, writing and editing The Magician and The High Priestess. As I've mentioned, I'm working on a novel series based on the major arcana. I'm super excited to share it with you soon!

Tarot resources: Outlining and creating an intro to tarot course, and creating a plan for a tarot membership site. I think this is going to be a lot of fun, and I've ruminating on it long enough that I just need to start working on it, so I can see how all those ideas I have play together.

Art Like a Boss: Putting the finishing touches on the Creative Project Management Guidebook and filming some masterclasses based on student requests to go with the course content.

Planners/journals: Finishing up the cover and edits for The GTFO Journal (that I started last year) and finishing up the first draft of an online content repurposing planner. And then, I'll be creating a companion course to go with the content repurposing planner.

This may seem like a lot, but a lot of it is already started, or at least outlined in a crazy amount of detail.

And when I wrote down all the tasks in my brain dump, I just felt like I could make this all happen. That's the power of seeing what you have to do and knowing the time you have.

For me, 2021 has been a year of intense burn out and chasing shiny objects. So I'm thinking of ways to fix that moving forward. I'm still setting up my office, but as soon as I figure out how I'm going to create a time management visualization tool that keeps me on track, I'll be sharing it right here.

Thanks for letting me invade your inbox! 

Marisa 

MarisaMohi.com

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