goals

I generally like to do a good job at whatever I set out to accomplish. More than that, I’ve been taught from the time I was little to “always do my best.” And that’s generally good advice. But I’ve definitely come across instances in my life where that desire to do my best overwhelms me, and I end up doing nothing at all. Case in point: studying Slovak. Last year, I set a goal for myself to study Slovak for a half hour each day. I kept up with that for a while, and then I dropped the goal down

Granted, I might not be the best person to write on this topic. There are certainly times in my life where I feel like I’m going to lose it, with all the balls I have in the air at once. But the fact remains that I have yet to actually lose it, so that must speak for something, right? Some people have asked me how I do everything I do and still have time to watch movies or read books or play games. This is actually something I’ve been thinking about for years, so why not write a blog post

Here we are, with two months gone in 2017. I thought I might update you all on how my goals have been going. Because what’s the point in setting goals if you just forget about them a month or two later? Let’s go down them one at a time. Submit another book to editors. I’m more than 30,000 words into TOP SECRET at the moment, which popped up to replace UTOPIA as the likeliest candidate going out to editors this year. It’s basically outlined and going quite well. I think this goal is well in hand. Get down to 180