#34: Celebrate Whats Done
Show Notes\n\nSummary:\nWhen you wake up in the morning and dive into your to-do list\u2014maybe you made it the night before, maybe in the morning,\xa0or maybe you make it up on the fly\u2014isn't it\xa0gratifying\xa0to\xa0cross things off? It provides a sense of closure\u2014of satisfaction\u2014for getting something done. Then you move on to the next thing. It's a productive approach to make the list and check things off.\n\nBut the tendency we can have is to continually look ahead to what we have yet to do, and never really stop, look back, and reflect on the day and say, "Look at all I got done!"\n\nSo as writers, as we set out with a goal of writing 500 words or so many pages each day, at the end of that day it's almost like we press restart and look ahead to the next day rather than taking those few minutes to say, "Hey, I actually got that done!"\n\nToday I recommend you come up with a system to reflect at the end of the day on what you got done, so you can celebrate what's done!\n\nProductivity expert Claire Burge recommended to me an app called idonethis. The program sends you an email at the end of the day, and you reply to the email, listing what you did, as a way to document what you completed. You can look at a calendar that shows what you completed on any given day. It's helpful for people who love digital solutions, but you could keep the list just as easily in a journal, notebook or Evernote note.\xa0However you go about it, I want you to reflect on what you did, and celebrate what's done.\n\nidonethis screenshot showing completed items to celebrate\n\nEven if you don't make it all the way through your to-do list and you have to copy things over to the next day, you can still be satisfied at what you got\xa0done,\xa0and celebrate what's done.\n\nListen for the full podcast.\nResources:\n\n\tidonethis.com\n\tClaire Burge\n\tEvernote\n\t#14: Progress, Not Perfection\n\tAll the Ann Kroeker, Writing Coach podcasts since day one\n\n* * *\nYou can subscribe with iTunes\xa0and\xa0Stitcher,\xa0where I'd love to have you subscribe, rate, and leave a review. You can also\xa0use the feed with any podcast player you use.\n\nConnect with me on Twitter\xa0and\xa0Facebook, where I'm always sharing\xa0ideas to help us be more curious, creative, and productive.\n______________________________\n\nIt's January ... are you still playing?\xa0\nThis month I'm encouraging everyone\u2014anyone, especially writers and other creatives\u2014to take time out of every day to play.\n\n\n\nLearn more:\n\n\t#PlayProject Update Week Two\n\t#PlayProject Update Week One\n\tPodcast episode #31: Play a Playful Year\n\tMain Play Project Page (complete with worksheets and inspiring quotes)