Goal Checkup 3

Wow, I’m last aboard the accountability train this time around. It actually feels good to know that I’m not the only one following the goals conceptualized in January and their progress as 2014 flies by. I just reread all of my goal posts and wish this checkup was as cheerful as the one I wrote in June. Unfortunately, checkup #3 is going to smack of the mopiness of March’s update.

Right around July my life hit ANOTHER hectic snag and I’m still trying to regain my balance. Actually, since writing this post at the start of the week, balance has officially gone overboard. Things at work have been affecting my personal life more than I wanted to admit and I can no longer ignore it. And I really tried to ignore it.

Bad idea.

All of this is not to say that goals haven’t been checked off my list during this last interval. I’m just crossing them off excruciatingly slowly while I adjust to yet another schedule change and prep for a few things that are going to be time consuming during October.

What all of this translates to is frustration. I’m very frustrated with a lot of aspects of my creative life right now. And I know that I am the problem. If I want a good final checkup before the end of the year I need to get back in my groove. And there’s no better place to start than by listing accomplishments and accomplishments-to-be:

“Brew Disaster” was rejected from the place I said I submitted it to during the last round of checkups. I sent it out right after that and am still waiting on a response from that magazine.
What Follows was self-published on September 24; my story “Small Victories” is 100% complete and up for sale. Yay!
I had a serious heart to heart with myself about exercise and health a while ago. I decided that I really needed to put fitness at the top of my priority list for a while because my physical health so impacts my quality of life and ability to function. Unfortunately, working the hours I currently do, work-out time is really cutting into writing time. I am not making 1000 words a week. I plan to let winter hibernation help with this problem.
I haven’t been reading very much lately either, so while I still intend to read three Shakespeare plays this year (two more to go after reading Hamlet!) and follow my 5th old book rule, its slow going right now. However, I did have a realization about myself in this regard: I am reader before I am a writer. I plan to write a blog post about this at some point because it’s relevant to my writing.
Anxiety Ink has a brand new member! Look at us go as a team!
I really need to underline my “act like a smoker” goal because my head space can get so cluttered during the day and I know taking a breather would really help.
Who’s a chef? Not me!
I did a financial health checkup just over a week ago and learned that I’m not doing abysmally with budgeting. I have a few spending habits I need to curb but other than that I’m as golden as I can be in my current circumstances. If I keep affirming this my stress levels will go down…
Recently at work we had a meeting about negative attitudes, we’re all trying to get into the habit of positivity. I intend for it to translate to my personal life.
I’m not sure if NaNo is going to happen this year. Especially now (Thursday vs. Tuesday).
I am at a stand-still with the book I’m writing. I need to dive back in and not listen to my fear.
I have taken steps with the personal website! Small steps, but steps nonetheless.
I’m a part of the newsletter team for ARWA this season, so I am assuredly more involved.

That’s about where I’m at at this point!

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