Goals Update, The Third

It’s funny to look back and see how many of my goals for the year have been accomplished already. Accomplished in the first half, even, so this past quarter was quiet on the goal-reaching front. Most of what I haven’t done is in the works to happen over the next month.

Things that at this point seem unlikely to happen by the end of the year: my goal of being craft-y with gifts, my reading goal, and my submission count goal.

I wanted to make more gifts than I buy. And I have made several, but I’ve still bought more than I made. We’ll see what balance I strike with Christmas.

I am behind on my reading. Still ahead of last year at this time, which is on track to beating last year’s number (and so in line with that particular goal), yet still unsatisfactory.

And submissions . . . I have a whole line of flimsy excuses. They all boil down to the fact that I have chosen to allocate my energies elsewhere. Writing isn’t where my doubts and my inner critic come out, but in the submission process.

These last few months, while not reaching much of any of the goals I set for myself at the beginning of the year, has seen a huge shift for me. With theatre.

The day of my second goals updates for the year, I received a phone call that moved me from a non-speaking ensemble role in Dracula to one of the leads. And I didn’t suck. Shortly after, I was invited to join the theatre troupe behind the each show I’ve been involved with over the last year as an official member.

Then the 24 Hour New Play Festival happened. Now I’ve got a play in my head to write. (Along with the ridiculous number of novels that insist on being written RIGHT NOW.) Though if you’d like to see the performance, it’s here. Just keep in mind: it was a rough draft.

Only three more months to go! How are your goals for the year coming?

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