A couple days ago, I watched a free webinar about how to get organized and stay that way. It was what you probably think it was--a little useful information with a push to get you to buy their program. (Full disclosure—-I didn’t buy the program. Right now, that’s more than I can manage.)

A lot of what they said were things I've been doing, but they tweak it in a way that has been helpful. In particular, you make a master list of projects, choose a couple a week to work on, and break them into small pieces. The pieces are what go on your to do list, which is arranged in categories like home, work, phone calls, errands, etc. Really, they can be whatever works for you. By putting baby steps on your to do list, you’re less likely to get overwhelmed, and because you’ve listed all the steps you need to do, you always know what should come next, so it decreases procrastination.

It translates to writing, too. I'd been doing something like it already, but I hadn't been taking it far enough. That part is going to be a work in progress for a while.

If you want to watch it for yourself, you can find it here. It's about 75 minutes.