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When I wrote my first novel, I used the two hours my infant spent napping to write. It worked well. I didn't place minimums or maximums. Just work on the next part of the story until the creativity runs out or the baby wakes up. Usually it was the creativity and energy first. Whew! Enough!

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Hi Sue!

In that case, it sounds like the boundaries were not set by you, but by your infant. It's great to hear that you were able to reconcile creative writing with the parenting process. What a hard worker and how inspiring for someone like me, just beginning to discover writing!

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This is a good post and when managing a team it is also important not to burn them or exhaust them. The idea is sustained excellent output rather than unsustainable incredible output followed by bad output.

Really enjoyed how you made this argument

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Thank you for your words! It's a tactic I've used on a personal level so I don't overdo it because of my enormous self-demand. Setting myself a ceiling protects me from burnout and feeling bad if I take breaks.

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En inglés? No sabía...

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¡Hola Salvador! ¿Qué no sabías?

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I so enjoy writing my daily journal, but I want to get back to my book. I think I need to set a specific time for each maybe.

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Hi David, that would be a good idea. If I were you, I would have a schedule for writing each day and try to keep that time interval as the default. If one day I feel that I am tremendously inspired, I would spend more time than the set limit, but I would only overdo it as long as inspiration strikes. If you overdo it on a daily basis and work too much, you will end up like me, exhausted and without energy for the next day. Make the process sustainable. Hi David! Thanks to you for commenting. I started using upper limits when I felt like I was overdoing my resolutions and ended up exhausted and unmotivated for the next day. That's when I found the power of limiting my results to make the process sustainable.

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