To write or not to write. Is that the question?

Fine, I'll admit it. Most of the time I complain about not having time to write, when in fact I've just wasted four hours playing GTA. It's an amazing way to squander time you don't really have, and quite frankly, I enjoy it!
But after all the cheats have been used, and all things blowable  have been blown up, you sit in front of a blank page, wondering where all the time's gone.
Yes ladies and gents, procrastination can hunt us down, crossing the most innocent of desires, like wanting to watch the latest episode of Castle, and resulting in us cursing ourselves, saying, "Why?"

Ive realized this, too late I might add, and have set up two suitable measures to rectify the situation.

1) NO GTA!

    No GTA = no cheats, no cars, no weapons = hours saved!
    Which by extension, means keeping nothing turned on/online unless it is instrumental to your writing. Goodbye Youtube!
   

 

2)Setting aside "Writing time"

   Call it "Me time" or "Free time" or "GET THE HELL AWAY FROM ME! time", the fact of the matter is, we are creatures of habit. Schedules rule our lives, whether we want them to or not. So set a bit of time in the day, when you're on your own, don't have to walk the dog or take out the trash or go bungee jumping, and can simply sit down (or stand up, whatever's your thing) and WRITE.

Two simple but extremely effective methods to keeping procrastination at bay.

If you really have your heart set on getting your self published, this is a demon to fight. Or you might end up saying...

Not necessarily to your cousin, but you get the picture.
See what I did there?

Until next time!