Are You Prioritizing Your Creative Efforts?

Summary

The author, J.R. Heimbigner, is refocusing on his primary goal as a creator—writing books—and encourages other creators to prioritize their most important creative tasks by committing to work on their projects for at least 30 minutes each day for a month.

Abstract

J.R. Heimbigner, a #1 Bestselling Author on Amazon, discusses the importance of prioritizing creative efforts to align with one's goals. He shares his personal struggle with spending time on social media and other distractions instead of working on his books. Heimbigner challenges himself and other creators to dedicate daily time to their primary projects, aiming to complete the first draft of his next book within the month. He invites creators to join him in this challenge and share their progress, offering support through his various online platforms, including Medium, his website, and social media. Additionally, Heimbigner promotes his book "Transform Your Medium Stories," which provides guidance on writing and publishing, and encourages readers to engage with his content by joining the Medium community and subscribing to his articles.

Opinions

The author believes that creators often get sidetracked by less important activities like social media instead of focusing on their core creative goals.
Heimbigner emphasizes the significance of self-reflection to identify whether one's actions are truly contributing to their creative aspirations.
He expresses a renewed commitment to his book-writing goals and openly admits to previously failing to meet his own deadlines.
The author advocates for the power of consistent daily effort, suggesting that even a short period dedicated to a project can lead to significant progress.
Heimbigner is optimistic about the impact of community support and accountability, inviting creators to share their journeys and successes with him and others.
He promotes his own work and resources as valuable tools for writers and content creators, including his book and Writer's Starter Pack on Gumroad.
The author acknowledges the potential presence of affiliate links in his post, indicating transparency about marketing relationships.

Are You Prioritizing Your Creative Efforts?

If you’re not, your missing out

What is your goal as a creator? What is the most important things you could be doing to fulfill those goals? Are you actually doing those things?

I started asking myself these questions recently.

And when I answered them honestly, I realized I wasn't walking out the creative life that I wanted to be walking out.

What do I mean?

My goal as a creator is to self-publish books. Lots of them.

The most important things I could be doing to fulfill that goal is to be working on my books.

Yet, I spend more time on social media, blogging, and messing around with the latest and greatest writing fad.

So you see, I am not prioritizing my creative efforts.

What about you?

What are your goals as a creator? Is it to create $1,000 a month of passive income? Is it to become a best selling author? Is it to self-publish books? What are your goals?

How are you working toward your goals? Do you have deadlines for them? Are you spending time everyday doing the work?

What are you actually doing? Are you stuck in Twitter scroll? Do you write and write and write, but not creating toward your book or project?

I want to challenge you.

This month, I am really focusing on my book. I have a goal to finish the first draft for my next book before the end of the month.

The sad truth is that I had the same goal last month and failed. Yet, this month, I have a renewed vigor to make it happen. Especially since this new book I am working on has inspired me for another one after it.

Yet, for you, I want to challenge you to take the next 30 days and work on your project. Whatever it is, commit to at least 30 minutes everyday for 30 days and see what happens.

As part of the challenge, I would love for you to share in the comments below or write a post and share it with me on Twitter so I can share your project too!

So, what do you say? Want to make your project happen this month?

Learn more about Self-Publishing with J.R. Heimbigner on Substack!

J.R. Heimbigner is a #1 Bestselling Author on Amazon who loves helping people grow in their faith and help writers become authors. You can connect with him on Medium, his website, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn, and Substack!

Start Here!

Are there other books to read? Sure are. I have two short lists of them in my Writer’s Starter Pack on Gumroad (It’s free, you should check it out). The only other book I want to highlight is my own.

It’s called Transform Your Medium Stories.

Initially written for writers on the Medium platform, the content of this book works for any online content. And it is a great short guide to help you write and publish your first book. So grab your copy today!

Don’t Miss Out!

Also, I would like to invite you to join the Medium community where you can unlimited access to articles on Medium. Once you’ve joined the community, step into my inner circle by subscribing to all my articles (that way you never miss one).

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