One month of intention, fear of missing out, and a free book

Maybe you recall that the word I chose for 2018 is Intention. Okay, maybe you don't recall that. The good thing is that so far, most of the time I remember. Because intention--wow, what a game changer. the photo above was taken before I started adding this year's goals.

I'm fortunate to have two daily accountability partners. 
Knowing that I'm going to report each morning makes a huge difference on how much I accomplish.

Maybe I shouldn't admit that, but there ya go. The word is out. I'm going for the A-grade. I'm a wimp under peer pressure. It's not such a bad thing to admit when the pressure is helping direct me toward the goals I've set for myself, right?

I hand-write my list of daily intentions onto a page of an old Filofax notebook in my semi-legible scrawl. I also have three over-arching goals for the year. My goals for the year are printed large and also semi-legibly in the front of that notebook.

They're also written at the top of my Big Markerboard.
And guess what!
Okay, I'll tell you. It's already made a huge difference to have those goals written and staring me in the face all day every day. Because when you live in a studio apartment, a Big Markerboard is visible from nearly every corner. 
Last year I filled the board with too much stuff. Books to write, ebooks to publish in paperback, deadlines for a dozen different projects, dates for promotional events. Sheesh! 
Last year was actually the year of too much stuff. For more than half of the year, I was a bundle of nerves. As I typed that just now, it's interesting to realize that the board full of cramped handwriting correlated with a time of intense stress. Hmm. That probably should have been fairly obvious at the time. But when you're in the middle of chaos, perhaps it's typical to only see the swirl that's right in your face at the moment.
I've had to deal with a little bit of Fear of Missing Out when sticking to my intentions. But I'm going to do my best to keep the promises I make to myself. If you can't trust yourself to keep promises, who can you trust?
Intention. Highly recommend!
And now--ta da!--for the free ebook...
SMALL TOWN CHRISTMAS is FREE - only through January 31st. 

S mall Town Christmas Serendipity, Indiana - Book One

Melissa and her son need a new start. Jim wants a second chance. The past can ruin their future...or make it magical.
Melissa is moving back to Serendipity, Indiana to raise her young son and run her new business—in spite of a painful past and the fact that the man who broke her heart years ago still lives in their hometown.

With his dad’s death, the work of the family Christmas tree farm has fallen to Jim Standish. But how can he hold everything together for the sake of his family, when his past is pulling him apart? Nobody can do it all, and there’s an obvious solution for the Standish family. But in Serendipity, there’s often more going on than a casual observer will ever know.

A new tragedy puts Melissa and her son in closer contact with the Standish family. Ignoring the past, and Jim Standish’s part in it, is no longer an option.

This is a story about second chances: facing difficulties of the past and not only moving on, but becoming stronger because of them. It’s also a story about “coincidences” in life that may be more than that.

A delightful touch of Christmas magic makes  Small Town Christmas  a story that ends on a sigh!

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Until next time--Happy Reading!Magdalena