I really do need more hours in the day

Wonder of wonders, I'm finally getting organized. Folks who know me, say I'm very organized and together, already, but they only know part of what I manage to do, everyday. And they don't necessarily know what I've got on the horizon.

It's true - undertaking all that I'm doing is a challenge. I've got seven blogs/podcasts in development, right now, and I'm still looking for a full-time job in the meantime. The holidays are right around the corner, and I still haven't really started on my shopping. (No surprises there, it's an annual tradition for me to wait till the last minute.) And on top of the blogs and podcasts, I've got print books out there to promote - and more coming that need to be published. And I've got a handful of websites that need to be tended, updated, and generally fixed. I've got a whole lot going on, a bunch of balls in the air, and only so much time to get it all done.

It's all very exciting. Very exciting, indeed. And if I didn't know better, I'd be a little freaked out, with all the work that needs to be done. But it'll all work itself out, in the end. It always does.

I think that having a lot of things going on, is actually the key to getting all of them done. Because if I spend too much time on any one project, I start thinking too much. I over-think, as they say, and I end up being a basket case about the project. I get ahead of myself, I get up in my brain, I start working out all the possible scenarious, and I end up short-circuiting myself over the few little things I've got going on.

But if I've got a lot of stuff to do, and not a lot of time to do it, I have to focus. I'm forced to focus. I can't afford not to focus. And I have to take things as they come and address the real and pressing issues, rather than getting into a lot of deep analysis and concern over one point or another (which is what I tend to do, when I have plenty of time on my hands).

With a whole lot of stuff to handle, at least I get something done -- the less time I have, the more productive, I actually am. So, all these projects actually feed off each other, and they feed my creativity.

Now, to convince my future employer that all these activities won't take away from my ability to do my 9-5 job.