Does anyone have the time?

Pardon me sir, do you have the time?

No, I do not have time, I am late!

But I only wanted to know what time it was!

DOES ANYONE HAVE THE TIME?

     As I sit here at the start of a new work week, I am just wondering if I have time for anything else.  So many projects, so little time to do them.  I have multiple projects that I am working on at this point in time such as the YouTube videos, blogs and I am now picking back up on a book that I started writing in 2011, I am being frustrated with the lack of time to work on them all.  

     Early last week I received the news that the customer orders were increasing, and at the same time the corporation offered a voluntary separation package to all employees.  Many took it, I did not.  I just can't see taking a buy out package without having something else lined up to go to. Sure I have my projects, but they are no career path as of now. Although, I would like for them to be.

     I watch famous YouTube channels that have millions of subscribers and know that I could do it too, if only I had the time.  In order to be successful in YouTube, one has to make stellar video and upload everyday.  Or nearly every day.  Just like Casey said in one of his videos, just keep uploading. 

     Well, I can't do that as of now because I am currently working six days a week, not by my choice, but I will continue to make videos as often as I can.  But I do have other projects that I can work on while I am at work and on my spare time at home. As I have stated a few paragraphs ago, I had started a novel in 2011 and I got just over 39,000 words into it before I had to quit.  My right hand just couldn't take it anymore, so I decided to take a break and rest my hands for a while.  Well that break ended up being close to five years. 

     Early in 2012 I received a promotion that left me with a decision to make.  I had been wanting to go back to the university for years to complete my degree, so I spent the next couple of years working on and completing that.  And then I felt like it was time to get married, and did that.  So by this time I had pretty much forgotten about the book and picked up the video cameras to start the YouTube dream.  Due to the work load at my company, making daily or even weekly videos just is not going to be possible.  Enter the blogs and books.  

     The further I went into the book when I was writing it, the more difficult it became to keep everything straight, as far as plot lines and the technology that I am writing into the story.  Another words, it was becoming messy, no matter how much I tried to organize it.  So, now that I am picking it back up, I recognized that I needed something to help me organize and make sure that the story is the very best that I could make it.  So I bought a software program designed for authors called Writeitnow 5.  So this is where I am right now, I am loading everything that I have into the program and organizing the characters, technology, plot lines and etc.  Once this is done, I will finish the outline for the rest of the book and begin writing once again. 

     This is seeming to be a perfect time to complete and publish a book.  In 2011, it would have been much more difficult.  I can now cheaply create my own book cover and have it look pretty amazing.  I now have much greater writing skills now due to the rigorous university coursework.  Amazon has made it too easy to self publish an eBook and they are paying up to seventy percent profit to the authors.  Great deal! If anyone that reads this post has had actual experience with loading your work on Amazon, please discuss it in the comment section below.  I am really interested in reading your experience with them.

     This is just me thinking out loud, planning for the future. Plan to read more about my progress on the book in upcoming Thinking Out Loud posts. This is the direction that I am going and hopefully I will be finished with book one for Christmas time this year. That is my current target date. Well, speaking of the book, I better get started. Good day everyone and please discuss, follow, subscribe, etc., you know the routine :)