ROW 80 Check In: The Big Picture

It's Wednesday, and time to check in on my A Round of Words in 80 Days goals. Quotes often give me inspiration, so I searched for quotes about goals. One name popped up in several, Denis Waitley. According to his website, Denis is "one of America's most respected authors, keynote lecturers and productivity consultants on high performance human achievement." Not bad.

His quotes:

Don't be a time manager, be a priority manager. Cut your major goals into bite-sized pieces. Each small priority or requirement on the way to ultimate goal become a mini goal in itself.

Goals provide the energy source that powers our lives. One of the best ways we can get the most from the energy we have is to focus it. That is what goals can do for us; concentrate our energy.
Learn from the past, set vivid, detailed goals for the future, and live in the only moment of time over which you have any control: now. [image error]
 
His points are valid. I like the ideas of managing priorities instead of trying to manage time, concentrating our energies, and focusing on the here and now. When I have a day where I don't meet my goal, I can't beat myself up. The more discouraged I get, the harder it is for the words to flow.
My progress this week:
Sunday, 7/10Results: did not work on our sequel, posted on Depression Cookies blogReaction: Even though my goal was to write six days a week, I hated not writing.
Monday, 7/11Results: 547 words, posted Reaction: Disappointed. It left me wondering if not writing the day before threw off my rhythm.
Tuesday, 7/12Results: 966 words, postedReaction: Thrilled. Best daily word total yet!
I am still reading two books and hope to have at least one done and reviewed by Friday, but I'm being easier on this goal than my word counts and posts. See there, I'm learning to prioritize already. My biggest thrill this week was my word total since starting ROW80: 4,356 words so far!
Hope everyone else is feeling good about their goals. If not, take a minute to redefine and prioritize. Undue stress is never a friend to goals.
Let me know how you are doing below. I'm heading over to give some encouragment and link love soon.