2016 Goals: Second Check-In, the 50% mark!

I cannot believe that it’s already the end of June and we’re heading into the steamy days of July in Alberta. I’d like to say that the past 6 months have been productive, but they haven’t. However, I have new allergy medication that is actually doing wonders for me, I’m back in the swing of my workout schedule now that I have my health back, and I have recovered some of my discipline on the blog front. Now I just need to get back to the fiction writing front!

I’ll get into my goal breakdown ASAP since I don’t have anything to change about my goals this time around since I’ve basically ignored them these last three months. Not a good policy!

Write close to 3 000 words per week, half that for blog weeks –I will do this in July. So help me!
Shop “Brew Disaster” around –I’ve written in my agenda to look for markets to submit to!
Shop my literary stories around –see the comment above.
Read a minimum of 68 books over the year –one tome cut into my stats, but it was well worth it. And I’ve been on a good roll since finishing it!
Introduce something new to Anxiety Ink –big discussions were had!
Write a new short story –this one is back-burnered till I finish RA2.
Learn how to meditate –the daily reminder is in my phone.
Keep up the exercise to boost energy –I quite literally just got back into the swing of this.
Run 5 km without stopping –I hit a huge HUGE bump with this, but I’m back at it. I’m just a bit shy of where I was at in my last check-in.
Cook more often –I am the BBQ Queen of my house and the nice weather has me in front of the grill quite often.
Try something new –working up to this –still.
Be POSITIVE –I need to up my game with this one, still.
Participate in NaNoWriM0 2016 and exceed 2015’s word count.
Finish writing RA2 –I am SO close! And am so neglectful!
Turn RA1 into a readable manuscript –RA2 needs to be done first.
Read a Shakespearean play –A play is going on the reading-next pile right now.
Be greener –lifestyle changes are hard so this is a constant work in progress.
Set goals for myself at the day job and hit them –I find summer to be a difficult season to push yourself at work since you don’t really want to be at work, but my performance scorecard is pretty stellar right now!
Edit and complete my crow story –my poor writing.
Draw more –I had to draw a dragon face tattoo for my mom recently, so I’m kind of working on this?

Balance and accountability are the focus of my comments. Those are the two things I struggle with concerning self-directed goals on a daily basis. It’s too easy putting things off when you’re the only one who is affected. But things are written down, I have reminders, and I still have time over this year to up my game!

How is everyone else doing?

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