Goal Checkup 2

I bet you thought I forgot about my accountability trend! No such luck, sorry.

This is the second of my quarterly goal checkups in regards to the goals I wrote, printed, and taped to my wall back in January. I actually remembered it was time to update because I was starring at the wall in a work-induced stupor and realized, “Hey, I can check off that goal. Oh, and that one. Maybe that one.” So I’m actually excited to do an update this time around, unlike back in March.

Finally –FINALLY– time has decided to slow down a wee bit and I’ve caught my bearings. Only took till June for it to seem like 2014 wasn’t flying by. Still, July is next week and I can hardly believe it.

I’ve been much better about my goals this quarter. I don’t know if it’s the lousy report I shared last time or if my life is actually starting to attain a semblance of balance. Either way, I have accomplishments to share!

There are still many strides I need to make if I’m going to check everything off by December 31st but things are looking way up from where I stand now versus where I was:

My apocalypse story for What Follows is mostly tackled. It’s in its second round of editing (with the editor) and I’m just waiting for its return so I can pour over the details a little more before I wash my hands of it.
I’ve been working really hard on the 1000 words minimum a week I set for myself. Aside from the days off that I’m booked up full with social events (the past two weeks in which my two best friend’s graduated, one went away on a trip for six weeks, and I finally met up with people I’ve been meaning to for awhile, were a right off, for instance) I’m hitting my target. Yay!
I’ve been TOO social lately. Oy.
My “4th old book” rule is still trending for me. At the moment I’m a bit stuck in a non-fiction I bought in my last year of high school, but like I said, it’s been a busy month.
Have you seen the makeover on our site and Anxiety Ink’s fancy pants new logo? Those are just minor things we have in the works right now! Yes, we’re still concretizing.
Some injuries I’ve been sporting since January that have been preventing me from truly exercising are finally near the end of the rehab stage and I’ve started a better exercise routine. So far so good.
I cooked my dinner yesterday! It’s a start. Seriously.
The accountability train kind of went off the tracks for a bit…
I NEED to be more positive.
I bought a file cabinet and hanging folders and labels –my desk is SO clear. And my writing is organized *zen*.
“Brew Disaster” is complete and I submitted it to two places. It didn’t make it into one collection and I haven’t heard back from the contest I sent it too. I have one more place I wanted to send it. I should probably just do it and see what happens. (I did it while composing this blog post. The waiting game is on!)

I also have three new goals to add to my list:

Get my current book done by the end of this year. I don’t want to give any details about it away but I’m super stoked!
Start design plans for my personal author website. I’ve got plans buzzing around my head but I don’t want to get ahead of myself.
Get more involved in my writing group so I can in turn get more out of it. (Again, took a step while writing this post. This accountability to others thing works, I tell you.)

As I always say, I can’t tackle all my goals at once. I know this and yet not crossing items off soon after I add them do lend to feelings of inadequacy. I’m working on that too. That’s all I’ve got for now, people!

How is everyone else doing?

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