Welcome 2012: Please Be Kind
New Year's resolutionsalways cause me angst. I want to evaluate my life and commit to goals, but Ifeel such pressure trying to know today my goals for an entire year.
My overall goals neverchange. I always strive to be the best mother, wife, daughter, and friend thatI can. This generally leads me to recommitting to working on patience. Morethan anything, I want kindness to be my gut reaction to all things. This meansbeing kind to myself, too. Too often I am my own worst critic.
This week I will bedefining my writing resolutions through a couple of posts. First, I will detailmy writing goals as part of my A Round of Words in 80 Days goal post onTuesday, January 3. This will be a day late, but for good reason . . . tomorrowI am excited to host fellow ROW80 writer, Elizabeth Ann West. She will betalking about resolutions and giving away copies of her novel, Cancelled, in eBook format. My reviewwill be available on Mom in Love with Fiction the same day. (Preview: Asquealing 5 stars!)
I will also bereviewing Stephen King's On Writing inearly January. It was the perfect book for me to read year-end. King lit a fireunder my butt in many ways and helped me understand my writing style.
King drove home anidea I've always believed in: good writers read, and they read a lot. To thatend, I have joined the 2012 To Be Read (TBR) Reading Challenge. I plan to joina few more reading challenges, to be announced at various times this month. Inaddition, I will continue to read and review books for Rebecca's Reads and Mom in Love with Fiction.
To stay on top of my January blogging and start the year off right, I have joined BlogHer's NaBloPoMo (this month's theme is Beginnings) and the Ultimate Blog Challenge.
I feel added pressurewith resolutions this year because I will be 40 in August. There's somethingabout "mid-life" that makes you evaluate where you've been and where you wantto go. Two things I know I want to accomplish this year: complete a halfmarathon and finish my second novel. Wish me luck!
As far as the rest ofmy goals, I'm going to take 2012 one month at a time. I want to find a nicebalance between family and writing/editing. I'm still figuring out how tostructure my days to allow for dedicated writing and family time.
I'm raising my glassin honor of 2012 and hoping it brings all of you many blessings. May youachieve your goals, whatever they may be.
My overall goals neverchange. I always strive to be the best mother, wife, daughter, and friend thatI can. This generally leads me to recommitting to working on patience. Morethan anything, I want kindness to be my gut reaction to all things. This meansbeing kind to myself, too. Too often I am my own worst critic.
This week I will bedefining my writing resolutions through a couple of posts. First, I will detailmy writing goals as part of my A Round of Words in 80 Days goal post onTuesday, January 3. This will be a day late, but for good reason . . . tomorrowI am excited to host fellow ROW80 writer, Elizabeth Ann West. She will betalking about resolutions and giving away copies of her novel, Cancelled, in eBook format. My reviewwill be available on Mom in Love with Fiction the same day. (Preview: Asquealing 5 stars!)I will also bereviewing Stephen King's On Writing inearly January. It was the perfect book for me to read year-end. King lit a fireunder my butt in many ways and helped me understand my writing style.
King drove home anidea I've always believed in: good writers read, and they read a lot. To thatend, I have joined the 2012 To Be Read (TBR) Reading Challenge. I plan to joina few more reading challenges, to be announced at various times this month. Inaddition, I will continue to read and review books for Rebecca's Reads and Mom in Love with Fiction.
To stay on top of my January blogging and start the year off right, I have joined BlogHer's NaBloPoMo (this month's theme is Beginnings) and the Ultimate Blog Challenge.
I feel added pressurewith resolutions this year because I will be 40 in August. There's somethingabout "mid-life" that makes you evaluate where you've been and where you wantto go. Two things I know I want to accomplish this year: complete a halfmarathon and finish my second novel. Wish me luck!
As far as the rest ofmy goals, I'm going to take 2012 one month at a time. I want to find a nicebalance between family and writing/editing. I'm still figuring out how tostructure my days to allow for dedicated writing and family time.
I'm raising my glassin honor of 2012 and hoping it brings all of you many blessings. May youachieve your goals, whatever they may be.
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