Merry Day After Christmas, Type M-ers.
I hope that you’ve enjoyed time with family and friends and you are enjoying vacation days this week. Having a week off provides time to reflect and look ahead. This is the time of year when I always try to look forward and set some writing goals for the upcoming year.
A note about setting goals: They have to be obtainable. Here are mine.
Write 15 pages a week. I don’t say “write every day” because my day job runs 60+ hours a week and being a dad and husband trump everything else. But I can pound out 15 pages in four 90-minute, early morning sessions, which feels doable.
Outline. This is a challenge for me. I’m better at journaling about characters and desires/challenges than I am actually creating a chapter-by-chapter outline. I find when I do that the book veers off course anyway. But it is an exercise worth doing, so I will try.
Strive for balance. Day job + Homelife + Writing = a lot. Keep that in mind and offer self-compassion.
This is my list of goals. Maybe they’re too simple. But I like simple and straightforward.
Happy holidays from Michigan!
(Corrigan Family Christmas Tree. 9-footer. I forgot the chainsaw....)
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