Fall is in the air. Well, OK, maybe not here in the South, but fall is in the air in my mind. I know a lot of people are motivated by January 1, but I've always been more motivated by fall. Perhaps it's having been a student and then a teacher for so many years,… Continue reading Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes
I'm a planner. By the time eighth grade rolled around, I already had my entire high school course load mapped out. My senior year in high school barely began, and I knew every class I was going to take for my college major and which clubs I was going to partake in. My dad would… Continue reading The year of momentum
It's been two years since I've committed to One Little Word because the only word in my vocabulary during that time was "survive": survival of profound loss, survival of learning how to be a mom, and survival of all the "adulting" that went on in between. Although things finally feel like they're settling into a… Continue reading 2016: The Year of RELEASE
The silver lining to the cloud that is my child's aversion to sleep is the amount of reading I've done this year. Hoping to read two books a month, I surpassed that goal, reading an average of three books a month for a total of 37 books at the time this was written (a 38th… Continue reading 14 of 2014: the book edition
As was probably evident in yesterday's visual year in review, 2012 has been a fun but busier-than-before year. Thus, to say that I bit off way more than I could chew with my goals this year is an understatement. That said, I still have a lot to show for oh-twelve.In the midst of the crazy… Continue reading 2013: The Year of Balance
Looking at my 12 goals of 2012 this month was surprisingly exciting. I've kept on keeping on, and I think I'm finally beginning to make some REAL progress!Finish writing my novel. --> When I look at my 12 goals, this is the one I fear will genuinely not get done. I picked my novel back up about… Continue reading 12 of July 2012
If I ever attempt yearly goals again shoot me I now know that it's imperative for me to see them on a daily basis, written out in a prominent location in my house, because when it comes to To Dos, out of sight, out of mind. Looking at my 12 goals of 2012 can cause me to be… Continue reading 12 of June 2012
Had one of my goals for the year been to travel more, I could have crossed out that puppy in a hurry. As it were, my 12 goals of 2012 require dedicated time and attention. So how's that going, you ask?Finish writing my novel. --> Finish? Bwahaha! Inspired to finish? Yes! Making time to finish? YES! I'm… Continue reading 12 of April 2012
While a lot of people have committed to taking 12 pictures on the 12th of every month in 2012, I'm not one of them. It's all I can do to take one picture a day. Instead, I've decided to use the 12th of each month to reflect on my 12 goals of 2012.Finish writing my… Continue reading 12 of January 2012
12 Goals for 2012image sourceFINISH WRITING MY NOVEL!!! (I'm not screaming at you; I'm screaming at me to finally do this so that it's not on my list again for 2013.)Write. Period.Submit another article for publication and/or return to content writing.Read 12 books. I've read 10 so far this year - and I might wind… Continue reading My 12 of 2012 (#Resound11)
