A fellow storyteller recently told me that he hasn’t had the time to work on a new story. He described his hectic life, filled with legitimately meaningful activities.
Still, he wished that he had time to work on a story.
If you tell me that you’re too busy to do something that you want to do, I’m almost always going to push back on that notion. I firmly believe that there is always time to do more if you use your time strategically.
Here’s the advice I gave him (and perhaps it could help you):
Segment your life. I am always working on my next story for the stage, even if I don’t need a new story. The way I manage to do this amongst all the other things that fill my days is to assign myself a specific time to work on my stories:
In the shower and walking the dog.
Every time I take a shower or walk the dog, I’m working on my story. Without exception.
This is also how I manage to do my push up and sit ups, meditate, post a daily blog entry, communicate daily with the parents of my students, answer email, etc.
I have specific times set for these things.
