--Debbie's View
Generally speaking, I'm more Eeyore than Pollyanna. But for some reason, when I sit down to set goals, my dormant inner optimist comes to life and takes over. She has a tendency to craft grandiose plans formatted with headings, subheadings, and sub-subheadings. Little surprise that I never make it even half way through these unachievable checklists of delusion.
So, for my summer goal-setting, I've given my inner optimist a wallop. While she's out cold, here's my pragmatic side setting some simple, do-able goals:
1. By the end of July, finish a first draft of Face It, a project I'm working on with April.
2. In the waning days of July, blow the dust off Grand Canyon, my YA novel manuscript. Work on this manuscript during our August writing group retreat. Continue to work on it during August.
3. Finish and revise Gonna Make It Through, a rhyming picture book manuscript I'm currently working on.
That's it. Now I'm off to wave the smelling salts under Pollyanna's nose.
Tuesday, June 17, 2008
Goal-Setting, Summer Edition
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3 comments:
THAT's your pragmatic side?
Leave Pollyanna out cold. You don't have time for World Peace.
World Peace was included in one of my earlier versions of my summer goals; but I took it out around the time I eliminated "organize my office closet" and "catch up the photo albums." All three have now been moved to my "Things To Do During Retirement" list.
Lori's basement decluttering, though, was an inspiration to us all!
Yeah, if only she could get the job finished.
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