Sorry
that I didn’t post anything last week. I had hoped to at least throw you a
picture from the wedding at my house last weekend, but I didn’t even get to
that, so here’s one now. (Yes, that is my backyard - aren't I blessed to live in such a beautiful spot? And that's me on the left.)
And
now that the wedding is behind me, it is time to get back at this list of
goals. I know that I haven’t worked on any of them in a long time, but I am not
going to beat myself up over it. I know that I overextended myself this summer,
but it’s time to move on. I have another long list of commitments over the next
few months – ones I can’t get out of – but I am not signing up for anything
else. My new mantra is going to be “just say no”.
So
here we have it. Green highlight is goal accomplished, yellow highlight is goal
at least worked on, red lettering is goal not even attempted.
A. WRITING
1. Finish another edit of my novel, “The Truth
Beyond the River.” Still only through chapter 20.
2. Continue tweaking my book proposal / query, as
needed for each literary agent I intend to contact next. Nadda.
3. Write nine chapters on my next novel, which I
am giving the working title of “New Old Spies.” Nadda
again.
4. Write two inspirational pieces for the
page-a-day calendar at my work. I actually did pick out some quotes for it, so I’m going to take
the yellow highlight while I can.
5. Write two posts per week for my other blog, “The Dino Chronicles”. I only posted one.
B. REACHING
1. Send proposals / queries to the next agents on
my list. Not yet.
2. Submit the two inspirational pieces to my work
calendar. Nope.
3. Promote myself or a piece of my writing
(whether it be promoting one of my books, submitting a piece somewhere, saying
something brilliant about my writing on my social media, etc.) once a week. Hmm? Nope.
C. READING
1. Read the daily assignment in “Today’s Light”
Study Bible. Yes.
2. Read the daily devotion in “Jesus Calling”. Yes.
3. Read five other people’s blog posts per week. I may have read a few, I don’t remember.
Sorry.
4. Finish reading three books. I read one and am still plowing my way through “Emma” by Jane Austen.
1. Physical
a. Increase my water intake, averaging 60 ounces
per day. Not even
close.
b. Lose five pounds and three inches around my
waist. Not even
close, I may have gained, but someone had to finish the wedding cake
that got left here.
c. Exercise four mornings
a week and three evenings a week. I did four mornings, but only
one two evenings, I think.
2. Home fires
a.
Scan 100 of my mom’s pictures. None yet.
b. Wash all of my house’s windows. Done with just over half the house.
c. Do a major cleaning of one of my closets. Not yet.
d. Host my brother-in-law’s wedding at my house on
August 4. This should have stars and fireworks next to it!
a. Write the Policy and Procedure manual. Not yet.
b. Host two merchandise sales. Actually we had one last weekend, but we have also sold over a hundred
dollars’ worth of stuff at a store in town, so I’m calling this goal met!
c. Do a thorough inventory of our current
merchandise. Yes, yeah, finally!
d. Apply for grants. Not yet.
e. Raise enough money ($5,000) to start the first
segment of the community center. Let’s be
optimistic. We raised $585
in July, so maybe we can at least be half-way there in another two
months.
There
is nothing extra going on this week, that I can think of, so I should be able
to green-up this list a little bit. How about you? Are you crossing any of your
goals off your list? Are you still tweaking them a bit? Have you had any big events
pop up in your life this summer which brought your work on your goals to a screeching
halt?
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