my slow progress toward fruition

I am feeling burnt out from making my e-magazine happen by my deadline and yet, there is always some kind of obstacles which I need to overcome; and in this case, the technical part of converting my pages into a flipping magazine. I hate to break my promises but alas, there is only so much I can do alone in a day and working 24/7 doesn't help when you are stuck. However, I am making little progress everyday and hopefully the mag can be launched in a week.

It's been a learning curve for me big time. For someone who is techno-phobic, there were many sleepless nights, tearful episodes and frustration in the last 3 months of working around the clock, trying to learn the new software and making mistakes after mistakes; all in the name of starting my own e-magazine, which is a long time dream I am determined to make into reality.

There were times when I felt like giving up. However, my challenge mindset put me back on track. I thrive on challenges after all and the fact that I have already came so far is in itself a motivation to keep going. There were days when I didn't feel like working on the project and ended up watching a DVD or went back to bed but that is what my body was telling me: do something different or rest up before I get physically ill. Sometimes I shrink my objective of the day to tiny goals which doesn't seem too overwhelming and plough on

The sea is rough but it is important to stay the course if I really want to get to the end result. For a scanner, the project can become stale after a while and it is easy to become restless  and bored. To keep my eyes firmly planted on the horizon, here are some of the things which help me stay the course:

• be crystal clear about where I am going and why I want to get there
• try to enjoy the process even though I dislike technology
• ask for help
• find the fun part
• cut myself some slack 
• work in moderation
• show up everyday

Yes, I wanted to see the end product fast but sometimes the only thing we can do is to just face the direction that we want to go, and keep moving, even at snail pace. I know deep in my heart that I am on my way to the finishing line and if I keep doing the little that only I can do, the outcome would be phenomenal!