I'm back! Even though I have cut blogging back to once, maybe twice a week, so far this year it has been a challenge. Part of the reason is because I am unsure on what I should be blogging about. This is my author blog, but I don't have any new releases coming up soon. Should I just give writing updates? Writing tips? Life updates? Talk about chasing goals of all sorts, writing related and more? I am choosing the later for the course of this blog, at least for right now. Plus I hope to have more guest blogs from other authors and reviews too. This blog, like me, is a work in progress.
So with that very lengthy and rambling intro, today I am going to talk about still moving towards your goals even when times are tough. Last week for me for instance, was a tough one. My dog had to go in for surgery on Monday and it was a rough couple days recovery wise Monday night and Tuesday. (He is much better now. He still has stitches and is not happy about having to wear a t-shirt to cover them, but he is back to normal and doing great!) I had some work related stress. My health decided to make me miserable for a bit. All in all not a great week. It was just a rough week and let me just say that I did not get as much done as I had planned or would have liked. My writing word count was so low I don't even want to post it. I didn't finish editing a collection of essays that I want to send my editor. I didn't get as much art done as I planned (I consider painting miniature for gaming art as well and I am trying to finish my Age of Sigmar army at long last). I took 4 days off from all exercise for health reasons. All in all I felt like I was not moving towards any of my goals and that frustrated me. Then I took a step back and looked at my planner. Yes there were a lot of things not crossed off, but there were things that I did manage to do. I worked the day job and hey that pays the bills. I got back to exercising and managed 3 good days of workouts once I was feeling better. I read. I did finish one painting of a miniature. I took a continuing education course on Type II diabetes prevention and management for my personal trainer certification. I did do some editing and a little bit of writing. All of these seem like small steps, but hey they each took me closer to my goals. I think that is what we all need to remember. Small steps are what help you make the greater gains. What goals are you working towards this week? This month? This year? What steps have you already taken to reach your goals? I bet if you look back over even just a month and a half that you have already made some great progress! If not? Well this is a great day to take a small step.
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Vesper
2/17/2020 10:14:37 pm
Good point. It's easy to get discouraged when we don't make giant leaps of progress or if those rare moments are few and far between. I have barely written anything the past two weeks, but like you, I have to look at what I DID spend that time doing.
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