I’M WRITING FOR REALZ. I MEAN IT THIS TIME. REALLY. 😉
I think every year I have the same goal about writing – I need to write. Or I tell myself I need to do so and I start to do so; sometimes it sticks and becomes something. Or sometimes I get distracted with life and it gets side tracked. This time around, I have a feeling it’s going to finally stand a chance to really be something I genuine focus on.
What will help as well is one realistic, simplistic SMART goal – write 270 days this year. Not every day. No word count. No project requirement. No strict deadline. Floating dates that I can move around to fit my schedule but can be measured. It’s time sensitive with a long scope so I’m not feeling pressured which will affect my writing. And most certainly, not oppressive enough that I feel like I **have to** write.
Few things can kill creativity like critical, arbitrary restrictions. I’m not on contract. There are no expectations for me right now – it’s about getting in the habit of writing. I’ll stress about that down the road once I have the unique privilege of chasing a date. Right now, it’s about making time for writing and writing what comes to me – it can be a blog, working on one of my novels, a poem, a back story – doesn’t matter, I just have to write.
I have plenty of the above to keep me busy and on the front – this isn’t an issue; I have plenty of topics to cover, plot bunnies to chase, and a novel to redraft. I feel comfortable and confident that this goal can be met and succeeded – which is important. I’ve learned the hard way if you set the bar too high and not pull it off, you get discouraged and it’s easier to write off (heh) when you think about doing it again. It’s best to layer goals.
So here I go. I will at some point, migrate my old blog posts to this site but they won’t count towards my goals. One step at a time right? Let’s do this!!
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Gilded Gibberish. 