end of Round 3

Here we are at the end of Round 3 of ROW80. Below are my goals for the Round and how I ended up.

 Writing –

1)      My novel

a.       Do one more edit, typing up an outline for each chapter as I go. Done

b.      Spend three hours per week working on a pitch for publishers and agents. Can’t say it was three hours per week, but it was quite a few hours here and there for the last three months.

c.       Decide on a title. I think I have this one figured out, but still want to bounce it around in my head some more. These are the contenders and the winner:

The Way Home

Finding the Way Home

Where the Sky Meets the Sand

When Family Happens

Returning Home

Family Matters Most

A Mother Like That

Just Like That

2)      Blog twice a week here. Usually

3)      Blog three times a week on the Dino Chronicles. Usually

Reading –

1)      Finish reading three books - “More Than a Story”, “My Maassai Life”, “War Brides”. Finished two of them and at least started the third.

2)      Read three ROW blog posts twice a week. Usually

REACHING –

1)      Update my website once a month. Nope, but I updated it once.

2)      Submit three pieces. I submitted two.

3)      Once a week post something promoting my books or myself on each of my social media. Can’t say it was weekly, but I think twice a month was the average.

Personal –

1) Physical

a) Lose ten pounds. I’d love to say this worked out, but it’s only been about five.

                        b) Stop eating junk food and stop snacking between meals. Let’s be honest – no.

                        c) Work out more faithfully

1- Exercise four mornings a week. Sometimes.

2- Lift weights and/or run four nights a week. Hardly ever, more like once or twice.

4)      Spiritual

a)      Read my Bible every night. Ummm, I’ll highlight it in yellow, as an average of four nights per week is more than half, right?

b)      Read a devotion every day. Ummm, probably four or five nights a week, but still not enough to rate a green.

NONPROFIT –

1)      Start planning our next trip. Yes, it is in the works. We have two people for sure who want to go and another three or four maybes. And most exciting of all is that I will probably be the team leader. Cannot wait to return to Africa! We are looking at March or April. I need to find out when Easter is….

2)      Sign up for the fall round of craft shows as fundraisers. Signed up one so far. Looking for some new ones.

As usual, when I am plowing through these goals each week, I feel like I am going nowhere. Yet, when I sprinkle in that green for accomplished goals and yellow for those worked on, it doesn’t look so bad. 18 goals, 7 accomplished, 9 worked on and only 2 total fails.

Now I need to get down to business and finish off the year with even more epic accomplishments. Watch for those new goals being posted here the first of October.

How did you end up for the Round?