Ideas Are Everywhere This Morning

Maybe it's the seven shots of coffee, but I'm feeling a little amped up this morning.

My day got off to an earlier-than-normal start today. I attended a social media breakfast, where I listened to experts in the field discuss their success stories for big brands like Jones Soda, Gilt and Seattle's King 5 TV news station.

As I walked from the event location to my office, hyped up on inspiration and my first three cups of coffee, my head was spinning with ideas. A mental to-do list was in the works, and I decided it was time to start making myself accountable again for, well, everything.

When this happens, I tend to try and do everything at once. And I also tend to write a blog post about it, as if that's going to keep me any more accountable. Even though it rarely works, I've decided to make a list of priorities for making life better and knocking out projects on my never-ending list of goals.

Here goes ...

1. Work on my book. This has been an on-again, off-again project for more than a couple of years. I tend to get stalled, because this is my first book. Even though I'm a writer, the idea of writing a book is overwhelming. So I stall. But now I'm going to really, really try and commit an hour a week, at the very least, to putting my fingers to the keyboard.

2. Use social media effectively. I learned a lot this morning, and I realized there's a lot more I can do with little extra effort. I already dusted off my Twitter account, and I am following the speakers from this morning's breakfast. Next up: Work Facebook, Twitter, Foursquare and LinkedIn to my advantage. Social networking works. I know this ... I just need to do it.

3. Prioritize my goals and to-do list. This should start with a calendar of some sort. I'm busy, and I often forget about my plans until right before they're about to happen. If I would just organize these thoughts on that smartphone tucked in the right pocket of my jeans, I could probably be a lot more efficient and effective.