The rest of the story – Goals/Resolutions 2015

Last week we talked about how I plan out my writing year. Goals, word counts, conferences, they all go on my master plan. Then I tweek it down to a monthly plan. Then a weekly goal setting email. Then daily, I work toward those weekly goals. I don’t have to worry about the entire plan, just this weeks. And honestly, just today’s part.

Yes, I follow the Bill Murray-Richard Dreyfuss plan. Baby stepping through life.

Today, I’m talking about the other goals. The losing weight, getting healthy, being able to take the stairs again, reading more, being kind to my sisters, – you know, the things we SHOULD do.

I don’t know about you, but anytime I say I’m on a diet, I consume more calories in 24 hours than a small village in Africa. Deprivation just doesn’t work for me.  But I need to lose weight again. One, I don’t fit into my favorite clothes and I don’t want to buy new ones. And two, as a breast cancer survivor, staying at a healthy weight helps me stay cancer free. At least that’s what the experts say.

So here’s my plan. Four words.

Play

Create

Restore

Nurture

Each week, I’ll journal my weekly progress toward those four goals and email my life accountability partner who is doing the same process.

I’ve had some success. I’ve started a quilted pillow (create and play.) I’ve been more focused on my PT for my new hip (restore.) And I’ve started reintroducing salads and fresh fruits and veggies into my diet (nurture.)

We’ll see what the process brings me this year.

I also did a Vision Board for 2015. Yesterday I sat down with a bunch of old magazines and pulled out pages that spoke to me. No thinking, just that’s pretty or I like that… Then I grabbed a square of cardboard and started cutting and glue sticking the pieces on.

I used words that called to me too. Like David Baldacci’s quote about no one caring about a writer’s career more than the writer.  Or Widen Your World.

Here’s the finished project. I believe it hits my 2015 goal words – play, create, restore, nurture.

What do you think? Do you set resolutions?

Lynn