2015 Goals: Third Check-In

I have finally come to terms with the fact that adulthood and working mean that time flies by exponentially. In my school years I recall great swaths of minutes lasting hours. Now I feel like I’ve just grown used to writing 2015 and 2016 is around the corner. I have come to terms with this phenomenon, but I do not accept it! Still, it’s October, which means we’re 75% into the year and it’s time for a mass goal check-in -the last of which is mine.

Between July and now I have not been as on top of my goals as I would like. I’ve reworked commitments to myself in regards to some of them, but haven’t quite spurred myself into acting on those commitments. Bad me. I will spare you the excuses and get right down to it.

Here are the goals that are still going strong:

For every 4 “new” books I read I want to pick up an “old” book off my TBR shelf.
At MINIMUM I want to double the amount of books I read in 2014.
Continue going strong with Anxiety Ink –we have yet to have our annual meeting which is completely my fault. I was sick. But I have so many plans!
Take time to go outside and breathe a few times a day –I haven’t put these specific actions into practice, but I have been taking more mental health time and I’m seeing the benefits.
Walk/bike/exercise more for better energy and health –I’m up to ~23 km/week if we’re only talking distance. And I ran my first 5k on Sunday!!! That’s a big deal for me.
Be accountable: put everything on the calendar, make time, and budget accordingly.
Don’t take on more than I can handle but push my limits comfortably.
Be POSITIVE.
Shop my literary stories around –I finally submitted one!
Keep the personal website going.
Be greener –I’ve gone backwards and forwards with this one but I’m still trying.
Be more driven at work –I wrote here about a revelation I had and I’m truly working on this goal.

These are the ones that I have let slide. Like, badly slide:

Write. As often as possible. Fill in all the pages of my word tracker.
Edit and submit my story for the latest anthology I’ve been invited to participate in –I haven’t exactly been the only factor causing this one to slide, but neither have I been proactive.
Shop “Brew Disaster” around until it’s picked up.
Make dinner twice a week.
Show more presence at ARWA: get to more meetings and continue working on the newsletter.
Read two Shakespeare plays –this is a time management issue for me. But I know which two I want to read?

These are the ones my (slightly neglected) commitments are focusing on:

Get my current WIP done by the end of the year and continue work on others! Kate and I have set a deadline for ourselves. We will see this happen!
Write. As often as possible. Fill in all the pages of my word tracker –Yes, I put this one twice. For obvious reasons.

The one that is most on my radar right now and tied to the two above:

Participate in NaNoWriM0 2015 –I’m putting a lot of eggs in this basket. Not only am I doing intense prep work to clear November so that I can focus on NaNo, I intend to get the bulk of my WIP written during this time, and use the momentum to spur me into getting into the habit of writing whenever I can. No pressure.

NaNo is currently the biggest goal on my list right now. I’m anxious and excited for November because I really need to see if I can write as much as I want while still working. I need the impetus and drive NaNo will (hopefully) give me.

Until December!

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