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Resolutions for 2018

1/1/2018

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Let me begin with 2017’s resolutions:
 
(2017-1) Put out a f#$%ing DMCD book!
 
Oof: straight failure on this one. Perhaps I didn’t stratify the sub-goals properly; i.e. my sub-goals—practice visual art, dedicate time to taking and editing pictures—weren’t specific, nor did they give me a series of delineated steps to get from A to Published.
 
(17-2) Publish game by July 2017.
 
Double failure. Eeesh.
 
(17-3) Commit to at least one social media post per week.
 
I almost got this one! Oct and Nov were bad months for me, in terms of general well-being and activity.
 
What lessons did I learn from 2017’s resolutions? One cannot simply make a statement and expect it to occur. I’ll make my 2018 resolutions granular, make each step incremental.
 
(2018-1) Write 500 words a day. A picture counts its traditional thousand, and I’ll say that editing 1000 words counts for the daily 500 too.
 
(2018-2) Weekly social posts. Some weeks they’ll be straightforward ancts/updates. Other weeks, they’ll be parts of a new academic-ish series of essays. Stay tuned next week (7 Jan 2018) for more on that!
 
(2018-3) Once a month, contact podcasts, book clubs, bookstores, or any other place at which I could stage a reading or Q&A session. Gotta network.
 
What’re you doing for your 2018 resolutions?
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Psychdoc
1/1/2018 05:33:54 pm

Those are so good goals. I do recommend being a bit more specific with regards the 500 words per day. Maybe stick with 3 days per week. Because, let's face it, everyone needs a day off. Sometimes stuff happens, and as you learned last year, you want to have specific (and attainable) goals, not ones that you'll fall behind on and then feel guilty and frustrated.

My own goals are . . . not much. Though it is my goal to edit 3 chapters a week for you when there are things to edit. Which is going to need to start this week, so I need to get to getting. Looking forward to a great year!

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