New Year’s Resolutions – Make Them or Not?
Happy New Year!! New Year Resolutions?
Now there’s a dilemma. In 2017 I made what I thought was attainable resolutions, as I normally do. However, toward the end of the year due to a family member’s unexpected ongoing illness, making those goals was tough. I barely made my 50,000 words in November for Novel Writing Month. NaNoWriMo. I did muddle through making my word counts, deadlines and projects as planned, but it was tough.
I guess I’ve been lucky in that I am a planner and the plans I set in stone happen as expected. Toward the end of 2017, for the first time, I learned that setting long term plans and goals can be fraught with problems. Life throws curve balls that you cannot imagine until it happens.
Ever the optimist, I did make reservations for 2018 camping trips, with the knowledge that cancelling them is a possibility. The alternative of no camping reservations is unthinkable.
I have discovered that I don’t work well with the unknown. I like to have it nailed down and know where I’m going and how I’m going to get there. Which is probably why I’ve usually created my new year’s resolutions with an eye to my plans for the entire new year. Yeah, going to back that off a bit.
So here it goes. My 2018 resolutions:
Write 5,000 to 7,000 words each week.
Finish the edits for fourth book in A Demon’s Witch Series in time for a springtime release.
Finish the fifth book in A Demon’s Witch Series and the complete the sequel to Charm Me.
Finish a rough draft of my romantic suspense – book one. There will be three books in this series.
Take more time for myself and my companion animals. I did pretty good on that goal last year, but going to do better this year.
Read and enjoy more books than last year.
Think before I blurt out statements that are better left unsaid, making me a kinder, gentler person.
Clean out the closets and give away the clothes we don’t wear anymore. It’s time. LOL
Spend more time actually talking to people rather than letting my fingers do the talking. (More verbal communication and less electronic) LOL
Exercise more! This is a tough one for me that’s why I’m not setting a specific goal trying for 3 times a week.
How about you? What resolutions will you make for 2018? Did you make your 2017 goals? Or if you don’t make resolutions, why not. Leave your answers in the comments, please. Welcome to 2018, what I wild ride it may be!
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Posted in My Say What Blog and tagged 2018 goals, Authors, Long Term Goals, New Year, Resolutions, Word Count, writing by Tena Stetler with 4 comments.
I’m like you, Tena. I like to plan and know what’s ahead. I struggle with sudden changes. Good luck with meeting your resolution goals. Day two and I’ve already broken one of mine. Sigh. Maybe next year? Happy New Year.
Oh, no. How did you break one already? We’ll see how this year goes, thats for the support. here we go!!
Mine all have to be based on the diabetes. I plan on doing more walking and exercises to help better control my diabetes
Walking and exercise is on my list too. Just doesn’t seem to be enough hours in the day! LOL Have a great weekend.