Stretching & Creating A Mini-Future

On the home stretch with one and half days to go of coaching calls for the week and I am so looking forward to the weekend for a break.

🙂 “Stretch” is the right word because I have been stretching and pouring every ounce of energy into coaching and completing the book to meet the following timeline that was set out by my editor on May 13th.

• By Friday, May 16 – Simon to submit all source materials to Linda (including the PowerPoint presentation slides, and any articles that are referred to)
• By Friday, May 23 – Simon to submit draft of Introduction
• By Wednesday, May 28 – Simon to submit draft of Acknowledgements
• By Friday, June 6 – Simon to submit draft of workbook questions/assignments for all chapters
• By Friday, June 13 – Linda to submit edits of first four chapters
• By Thursday, June 19 – Simon to review edits of first four chapters, accept or reject all changes, and address any requests for additional content or clarification
• By Friday, June 27 – Linda to submit edits of last three chapters
• By Friday, July 4 – Simon to review edits of last three chapters, accept or reject all changes, and address any requests for additional content or clarification
• By Friday, July 11 – Linda to submit 2nd draft edits of entire book
• By Friday, July 18 – Simon to review final draft and request any changes
• By Wednesday, July 23 – Linda to complete 3rd draft edits (if necessary) and complete two separate proofreads

Whew! Just looking at all of this and noting it started on May 13th blows my mind as it is almost two months to the day.

Next week brings another “coaching off week”.

Thank goodness that the goal is to complete the workbook on Monday, July 14th and forward it to my editor and I’ll use Tuesday July 15th and Wednesday July 16th to review the editor’s editing work now that the editing on the book is complete to meet the Friday July 18th deadline.

I have a coaching day on Thursday July 17th to accommodate clients that could not fit my regular schedule for one reason or another.

Friday July 18th will be the start of a three day long weekend.

I’m just taking a break here in this Blog to create a Mini-Future in the middle of stretching to complete the book.

I have every admiration for anyone that has made the commitment to write and finish a book because it is a stretch.

I can’t wait to get back to my natural talents of coaching, marketing & speaking and having “coaching OFF weeks”.