Today is the first day of a new
year, and, I don’t know about you, but 2012 is leaving with mixed
emotions. We saw one son get married to
a lovely young lady, one graduate with his AA degree, and another move in with
his boyfriend. We also saw the passing
of Teri’s mother and the end of friendships we had had for a few years. The good was great and the bad was
tragic. We survived and in some areas we
thrived while in others we crashed in emotional numbness.
For me personally, it was a year
of great change moving in exciting directions.
Some of the highlights include moving Sarah and the 8-year old into our
home, quitting my steady job for the ebb and flow of a writer’s life, and the
publishing of my first short story, Circle
of Justice. The Mess that Is Me has seen its traffic more than triple in the
last three months and I have been able to participate in some great writing
experiences and blog hops and tags. I
became more organized as a writer, even without the office I keep losing, and
more focused in my projects. Some of
these were goals I had set, such as chasing after the dream of being a
writer. Others, however, were thrust
upon me because Life decided my routine needed to be shaken up.
I believe strongly that it’s
important to set goals. If you don’t
have an idea where you’re going, then you really aren’t going anywhere. However, it’s equally important to be
flexible on your journey. Those who
stubbornly refuse to bend when Life tries to blow them in another direction
will break under the pressure. I have
learned that it is necessary to have a destination to travel toward, but I
never mark it with a permanent marker.
Instead, I use a pencil with a fresh eraser. I don’t want to miss the best because I was fixated
on the good.
So, knowing that Life may cause
me to make some changes to my well-thought out goals for 2013, I have, nevertheless,
written some down in order to determine which direction I am going to be traveling
at the beginning of this fresh New Year.
I share them with you here, so that together at the end of the year, we
can see how well I did.
Manuscripts Published
There will be, at the least, four
books published in 2013 ~ Reaping the
Harvest, which is in the hands of my editors-in-residence now, Losing Faith, an erotic novel, Surrender, the first in the Society of
Thorns erotic series, and Hey, Four Eyes!,
a collection of essays based on my growing up years. I also have a collection of Christmas essays
for November entitled, Holiday Hindsight.
Marketing
The goal here is to become better
equipped of marketing myself. This will include
a new web page and more interaction with other bloggers as well as investing
some money into new strategies.
Worry Less, Enjoy More
This covers everything. I’m not going to worry about finances as much
as I did in 2012 and enjoy the simple things in life more. I’m not going to worry about those who do not
wish to be in my life anymore for whatever reasons, and cherish those who
do. I’m not going to worry about what I
can’t control and focus more on what I can.
Personal Health
This will include physical,
emotional, and mental goals. By the end
of the year, I wish to be more fit, stronger in patience and quietness, and to
have stretched my mind by learning something new, such as the guitar or what a
socket wrench is.
Those are my goals for 2013 and I’m
determined to make them happen.
How about you? What are your goals for the upcoming
year? Share them with me and let’s help
each other reach our dreams this year.
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Awesome blog... I love Your goals and look forward to seeing and being a part of You reaching each of them!
ReplyDeleteThank you, pixie! I'm excited about the New Year.
Deleteone goal is to NOT be around when and if you tackle learning to operate power tools
ReplyDeleteTrue...very true lol
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