Do you take the fact that you come up with great ideas on a frequent basis and turn them into wonderful copy (articles, books or other writing work) for granted? Or maybe you have amazing organisational skills but, because it comes easily to you, you dismiss them as something anyone could do?

What about the things you struggle with? Do you over rate the skills needed to balance your accounts or to pick up the phone for that tricky conversation?

The more time you can spend on doing the things that you do best, the better you’ll get at doing them.

You’ll also be constantly re-energising yourself by doing something you love. But if you let all the niggly chores that you hate overtake your schedule, you’ll have no energy or time left for your writing work.

This isn’t to say that you should neglect all the things that don’t come so naturally. But identifying what needs to be done doesn’t mean you have to do everything. List all the jobs you hate doing and think about other ways you could get them done. Would hiring a virtual PA help? Or maybe you could trade services with another small business (your writing skills for their accounting, perhaps)?

Use your creativity to bring more energy into your writing business and you’ll find you have more time to relax, too…

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If you’re a writer and you don’t already have at least one computer solution, you’re likely to be wasting imagination by worrying about what you’d do if it all went wrong.

It’s something I used to worry about all the time. But now, with so many easy back up solutions (my favourite are the memory sticks), I feel much more relaxed.

When I worked in an office, while I felt frustrated when my computer got ill / died (pretty regularly!), I learned quite a lot from the IT staff just by osmosis.

Since 2004, when I started working for myself, I’ve been able to fix most problems myself but it’s reassuring to know that I have options available.

One of these is a local computer technician who has been an absolute star.

For 24/7 support (I often work odd hours), The Geek Squad are fantastic. For a small monthly subscription, they can fix things remotely and also talk me through processes so I learn, too.

And, finally, there’s a lovely local computer shop, Billericay Computers, who are very helpful and fast. When my wireless adapter died a few weeks ago, I was concerned in case the whole computer was problematic. Now, my broadband connection is better than ever.

By spending a little time researching your local options, you’ll save hours (not to mention loads of stress) when something goes wrong.

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© Eve Menezes Cunningham 2008