5 Ways I Try to Make Thursday Profitable
As a Medium Writer.
As a Medium Writer.
Refreshing snacks, the sine qua non during a period of writing, right up there with a fountain pen. Check Unsplash. I gather it all up and buckle the old journalistic seat belts.
Of course, big-time writers start winding down the week on Tuesdays, but Thursday is REALLY serious about winding it down. It's almost Friday, in other words.
1. I start planning for the weekend. That's when most of us do our writing and publishing since there are very few readers to get in the way.
2. I usually goober around and scribble on the next week or two of my calendar. It makes me feel proactive, productive, and highly charged in a forward-thinking way.
3. I make sure I have successfully carried forward my planned lists so as to, at least start thinking about them. When you have regularly scheduled lists, you can add to them when you think of something, without ever having to knuckle down and get serious about working on one.
4. If I have anything left in my checkbook, I may pay a bill or two, so I won't have anything hanging over my head over this weekend to disturb my pleasure and hardcore writing times.
5. At about noon a feeling of peaceful productivity starts to come over me and I realize that a job well done surely deserves the reward of some time off and I feel this is one tradition worthy of being observed. I may nap at this point.
So before that peaceful feeling comes over me THIS Thursday, I will let you have some ideas of our regularly scheduled features as they exist presently.
Monday — Update of all the weekend stories we published
Wednesday — Occasional Hump Day Humor
Friday — Friday Struggle Bus, including the quasi-regular “Lists on Parade,” “Newcomers, Followers, and Subscribers on Parade,” and “Previews without Trailers.”
Saturday — Update of all the best stories we published during the week, and any other insidious plans against weekend non-readers.
Many readers have requested a scheduled day to publish selfie photos of me doing yard work, me writing, me thinking, etc, but we have no real plans for that at present.
Our Gumroad regular updates haven’t made it off the drawing board yet.
Please remember all these lists, along with our “Thursday Introspection and Planning Day” are subject to change at any time, accidentally or otherwise.
Thank you for your time,
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