2016 Goals

For a minute, I debated doing these. Sure, I’d make my goals, but I wouldn’t need to share them on here. Besides which, if you’ve been hanging around Anxiety Ink for a while, maybe you’re bored to tears.

You know what? Too bad.

Because I realized that if I didn’t share my goals here, I would have no accountability. And I’m terrible without accountability. Publicly keeping track of them like this helps me more than I can say. Hopefully, you find something in this process to help you, too.

That said, my goals for 2016:

Get something more done in/for/with my house, whether that’s painting a couple rooms or finally finishing off our upstairs. I also want to continue learning to sew with my grandmother. Making pieces of my Halloween costume was great! Now I want to make things that will see more use – covers for things that need them, clothes I’ll wear more than one day a year, maybe a bag.

In social things, I’d like to reserve at least one day a month (when not involved in a show) to spend time with friends. Be social outside of family obligations and work. Actually use Goodreads to keep track of my reading list and update my personal blog with more consistency – ideally once a week or more, though two weeks when super stressed and busy would be all right.

I just came off a period of nearly three months of radio silence over on the personal blog. That is unacceptable to me and I don’t want it to happen again.

Theatre is a huge wildcard. I can’t predict what show(s) I may or may not be involved with. I want to be more active, more involved with the troupe I am now a member of. I want to audition for at least one paying gig and take a theatre class or two.

This year, productions will determine my travel plans. I desperately want to return to ReaderCon this year. I’d also love to attend When Words Collide in Calgary, with the added bonuses of seeing Kate and finally meeting Elisa in person!

Other potential travel plans include a visit to Florida for family, and maybe a West Coast tour involving LA, Portland, and Seattle. Sadly, I can’t do Calgary and the West Coast tour. And forever ago, my niece and I made (tentative) plans to take a trip to Ecuador together as a sort of senior trip. She is now a senior in high school and we have not discussed this in months.

I need more paycheck and more paid vacation. Obviously.

For reading, rather than aiming for a higher book count, I want to aim for reading more widely. Last year, I started several nonfiction books and finished none of them. I need to fix that.

And last – certainly not least – writing goals.

My submission count goal of last year . . . flopped. The year before, I focused on the writing of the stories and made more submissions than ever. This year, I’m going back to the model that work.

I want to finish the rough draft that is currently my project. Preferably by the end of February, though that’s going to be a stretch especially with the current sticking point.

Then I want to give myself three months to edit another novel. Six months with a show thrown in.

Write a play. Start another novel rough draft. Finish two short stories.

Oh, and run another writing workshop.

That’s . . . a lot. But totally doable. Right?

. . . Right?

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