My October schedule really is giving me some stress attacks. My life is so very different this October than last October. Last October I had just taken the plunge into the Internet world, and while it was all fun and exciting (and it still is), my main focus was on my offline work.

Now, while I’m not making enough online to justify ditching more than a small percentage of my offline deadlines (although I’ve been very grateful for the ability now to turn down work that I don’t enjoy doing), my online work is far more serious. It’s more than a mere potential - I was emailing a friend today, and I wrote to her that I can definitely see the light at the end of the tunnel.

The problem is, I need more time in my day. So I’m finally buckling down and admitting to myself that I need a routine.

I’ve always hated routines.

Oh well. I think it’s the only way I will be able to squish in three entrepreneurial ventures into the space of any given day that’s also filled with family demands. And yes, there are three. I realized that today. The offline one I’ve always been very much aware of. But today I realized that the blogging (or, as Robin Good would call it, newsmastering) is an avenue of its own, separate from the affiliate marketing.

As for a new routine, I’ve gotten as far as “have my cup of coffee”. And now I’m sidetracked with different bits of work. But I’m determined.

(I think at the core is the motto, “No more procrastination.”)