Embracing 2019: 12 Week Year 6/ROW80 Round One Goals

Hey there!

Yup, it’s that time again – time for a new 12 Week Year, a brand new Round of Words in 80 Days … and a brand new year.

For me, that also means it’s time to unveil a new #oneword to guide me through the next 365 days. This year, my word is EMBRACE.

I intend to embrace all of life – the joys and the sorrows, the highs and lows. The order and the chaos, lovely and otherwise.

Along with that, I embrace possibility, including the possibility of creating a life that is only a vague dream right now.

Which means embracing a new set of goals and targets.

How do you welcome a new year?
If you choose one word to define your year, what is yours?

Sometimes order makes sense,  and other times it’s the physics of dirty knives!

This Year/round, I have 6 goals, broken down into 55 targets.

SELFTENDING:

7 targets

I tend to the needs of my body, mind, and soul by creating, maintaining, assessing, and adapting action plans for each.

• Body:
  • I increase my physical activity by resuming and building endurance in swimming, tai chi, weight training, and steps walked per day.
  • I improve my health by assessing my current food habits and adapting them to provide better nourishment.
  • I honor my need for rest.
• Mind:
  • I prioritize mindfulness learning.
  • I honor the need for play: for myself, for my family, and for the dogs.
• Soul:
  • I resume and strengthen my meditation practice.
  • I prioritize connection with others.

HOMETENDING:

9 targets

I oversee home repairs, maintenance, and improvements; develop a sustainable hometending routine; and continue learning to address my deeper clutter issues.

 Home Repairs:

• I schedule, oversee, and pay for plumbing repairs.
• I get an electrician’s estimate.

Home Maintenance:

• I clean furnace filter, ceiling fan, light fixtures, and shower doors.

Home Improvements:

• I research flooring repair and cabinet installation costs.
• I research/budget for new or gently used dryer and stove.

Hometending:

• I establish a routine for daily, every other day, twice weekly, and weekly master hometending list items.
• I encourage the kids to take an active role in assisting with these tasks. 
• I complete and employ my Room by Room rubric weekly (5/8 sections completed at round/Year opening).

A Year to Clear What Is Holding You Back:

• I pick up on Day 14 (where I left off) and do a lesson five days weekly by the end of the round.

LIFETENDING:

20 targets

I organize my life and implement changes that allow me to effectively use my time and energy.

Administration:

• Clear email inbox.
• Organize all OneDrive files coherently.
• Complete Lise’s 2^nd quarter report/ attendance log.

Budget:

• I read and organize the budget information I’ve gathered.
• Create a cash-budget envelope for dining out (our biggest spur-of-the moment expense).
• Conduct weekly Tuesday financial sessions at the dining room table and invite the kids to participate.
• Tally up all regular and recurring expenses.
• Begin applying the 60% plan.
• Read Prosperity for Writers; begin applying principles.

Goalsetting/Keeping:

• Complete Year 6/Round One goalsetting.
• Break down goals into Week by Week Action Plans.
• Complete Year 5/Round Four evaluation.
• Complete all WAMs with ReGi.
• Check in at Slack 6 days/week; ROW80 2 days/week.
• Meet with my ROW80 Accountability partner as arranged.
• Complete Obstacle/Contingencies on all Action Plan Steps.
• Complete my “Perfect Week.”
• Complete Week 4, 7, 10, and 13 quarterly evaluations.

The Stuff of Life:

• Look into part time reporter job.
• Consider other efforts in progress – where do I want to put my focus in 2019?
• Goal is to earn $1000/month before Miah ages out of SS on 9/2/19.

NEW WRITING:

5 targets

I plan, plot, draft, revise, and submit writing for market and for passion.

Marketable Writing:

• Finish revisions for “R.I.P. Left Shoe” and moon poetry.
• Submit to Pub 518 Influence of the Moon anthology by 12/31/18.
• Develop outlines and production schedule for remainders of my three marketable novel WIPs: 2 Kifo Island and one Trueborn; all started in 2017.

Fan Fiction:

• Continue adding to four Enterprise fan fiction side stories.
• Complete Unpromised (an Enterprise fan fiction novel WIP); continue rough revisions and posting.

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT:

10 targets

I continue to learn, build a platform, and network as a foundation for eventual sales, and to offer content of value to my readers.

 

Website/Blog/Social Media:

• Complete Pixels to Platform (remainder of Module Four, and Module Five).
• Brainstorm list of items to address on website/blog/other social media.
• Schedule time to address these items and honor it.
• Create an editorial calendar for 2019.
• Schedule time to work on posts; production; and publishing…batching is best.
• Make sure Google Analytics is up and running on my website.

Networking:

• Design and order business cards/bookmarks.
• Create a Writing Curriculum Vitae.
• Network via professional groups and through my daily life.
• Begin posting my newsletter and related posts twice monthly, beginning in mid-January.

NEW LEARNING:

3 targets

I focus on active learning that builds my professional writing and revision skills.

• Complete DIY-MFA 101 (currently beginning Module 5/10).
• Complete through Lesson 10/22 of How to Revise Your Novel (currently in beginning of Lesson 6).
• Interact in the HTRYN Class Forums at least once per lesson.

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