Hello, Readers! *waves*
Okay, so last time's goals were kind of a flop, and this week is Christmas so it's gonna be a little crazy, so I'm going to set some easier goals and try to get them done if I have the time.
1. Get Christmas shopping done! I haven't even really started on it yet! We are kind of waiting for a check to come so we can go do it. So, if the check does come, then we can get it all done, but if not, we can at least buy some little cheap things until it does come if we need to. Either way, we need to get it done!
2. Get things ready for Christmas! We need to figure out what we are doing and get all of the stuff we need ready to go! We only have one week left! :)
3. Send those two missionary letters! I really REALLY need to send them! So, I'll write them today, and get them sent out tomorrow so they might have a chance of making it to them before Christmas. If not, at least it will be soon after.
And that's all I'm gonna do this week! I would like to get some writing done as well, but I'm not going to set that as a goal, since I'm not sure how much time I will really have this week, and I kind of want to relax and enjoy the holiday. Well, hope everyone has a very Merry Christmas and gets everything they want! I'll probably post a Christmas post on Christmas Eve or on Christmas Day. Somewhere around there. Have a great week! :)
Sunday, December 18, 2011
Weekly Goals #10: Wrap-up
Yes, I know, this is a week delayed! I got so busy with other things I just didn't even have the time to post last week, so I decided to just wait another week and take a week off of the goals. Well, I pretty much took both weeks off actually...I kinda failed at the goal thing this week lol Pretty much the only goal I did was the Christmas Cookies when my friend came down to visit. I didn't even look for my piano books or write the missionary letters. *guilty* I did write a little on my story, but I've been in kind of a lazy funk lately and haven't really wanted to do much on it. I did, however, make my mom's Christmas present. I'll post pics after I get some taken, it's so cute! I also have been reading my book this week, and I got a new game so I've been playing that. How could I resist a How to Train Your Dragon game? It was supposed to be for Christmas, but I couldn't wait so I got it early lol I bought Matt an Orson Scott Card book that he hadn't read yet, and let him have it early too since I got one early. He loves it. haha Anyway, back to business. So I didn't do so well on the goals this week, and this next week's Christmas, so I might not get much done then either, but I'll set a couple of easier goals and try to find time for them.
Wednesday, December 7, 2011
Weekly Goals #10: The Goals
Woot! Into double digits! The big 1-0! I'm getting a late start on this week, so I made some goals that I could accomplish in the time that I have. :)
1. Write 4,000 words. Pretty simple. I need to keep myself writing, and hopefully will do more than that, but since I only have part of the week left, and I'm having a friend come for a couple of days this week, I will probably be a little distracted. So I'll set my goal there and see how it plays out.
2. We finally tore everything out of the closet last week and reorganized it all, and I didn't see my piano books anywhere back there! :( So, this week, I need to search the rest of the apartment and try to find my books. I'll make it my second goal this week to at least search for my books, and hopefully I will find them! I really need/miss them!
3. Write/Send off two missionary letters to my friends Elder Scott Crowther and Sister Shantel Tavoian. I need to get myself to keep up on writing them, because I know how much letters mean to them, especially when they don't receive many others!
4. I'll also add one more goal this week because it should be happening while my friend is here anyway: Bake/Decorate Christmas Cookies! It was always tradition in our house to make and decorate cookies every year during the Christmas season, and I want to keep it up! So, while my friend is here, we are going to do it together, since Matt is a bum and doesn't want to help me :P lol. I'll post pics with the wrap-up.
Also, Sunday is my birthday! We probably won't have much money to even do anything for it or even really get me anything else, but I already got a bunch of books and I don't mind just spending it at home relaxing with my husband. Not sure if I want to invite a few of our friends over to watch a movie or something that night or not, but maybe I'll post an extra post Sunday with how it goes. Alright, those are the goals! Wish me luck! And make sure you are starting/keeping up on your own goals! They are so important! ;)
1. Write 4,000 words. Pretty simple. I need to keep myself writing, and hopefully will do more than that, but since I only have part of the week left, and I'm having a friend come for a couple of days this week, I will probably be a little distracted. So I'll set my goal there and see how it plays out.
2. We finally tore everything out of the closet last week and reorganized it all, and I didn't see my piano books anywhere back there! :( So, this week, I need to search the rest of the apartment and try to find my books. I'll make it my second goal this week to at least search for my books, and hopefully I will find them! I really need/miss them!
3. Write/Send off two missionary letters to my friends Elder Scott Crowther and Sister Shantel Tavoian. I need to get myself to keep up on writing them, because I know how much letters mean to them, especially when they don't receive many others!
4. I'll also add one more goal this week because it should be happening while my friend is here anyway: Bake/Decorate Christmas Cookies! It was always tradition in our house to make and decorate cookies every year during the Christmas season, and I want to keep it up! So, while my friend is here, we are going to do it together, since Matt is a bum and doesn't want to help me :P lol. I'll post pics with the wrap-up.
Also, Sunday is my birthday! We probably won't have much money to even do anything for it or even really get me anything else, but I already got a bunch of books and I don't mind just spending it at home relaxing with my husband. Not sure if I want to invite a few of our friends over to watch a movie or something that night or not, but maybe I'll post an extra post Sunday with how it goes. Alright, those are the goals! Wish me luck! And make sure you are starting/keeping up on your own goals! They are so important! ;)
Weekly Goals #9: Wrap-up
Week 9's results!
1. The first goal was to write 8,000 words, but I didn't quite hit that I don't think. I can't remember the exact number of words that I had before I started writing this week...Should probably keep better track of that...Oh well lol I think I wrote around 5 or 6 thousand this week though, so not bad all in all. It seems like it's moving so much slower lately! I write on it like all day and I end up getting like two pages done instead of the 10 I was getting before. I think it's because it's taking more research time and careful calculations now. It's turning into an awesome story! :)
2. My second goal was to write in my journal every night! And I actually did all but like two nights! I need to really force myself to sit down and do it because I want my kids to be able to have my journal to read in the future once I've passed.
3. The last goal was to get some reading done in preparation for all the books coming to me in the mail. I finished the book I was reading, Brandon Mull's Beyonders (which was really good btw!), and started on Tiger's Voyage by Colleen Houck (loving it so far!). I received all but one of my books that I ordered, so I've been just swimming in awesome books! :)
Well, all in all, a pretty successful week, I'd say! I know I'm really late posting these this week, so I'll quickly get up next week's goals and get going on them ASAP!
1. The first goal was to write 8,000 words, but I didn't quite hit that I don't think. I can't remember the exact number of words that I had before I started writing this week...Should probably keep better track of that...Oh well lol I think I wrote around 5 or 6 thousand this week though, so not bad all in all. It seems like it's moving so much slower lately! I write on it like all day and I end up getting like two pages done instead of the 10 I was getting before. I think it's because it's taking more research time and careful calculations now. It's turning into an awesome story! :)
2. My second goal was to write in my journal every night! And I actually did all but like two nights! I need to really force myself to sit down and do it because I want my kids to be able to have my journal to read in the future once I've passed.
3. The last goal was to get some reading done in preparation for all the books coming to me in the mail. I finished the book I was reading, Brandon Mull's Beyonders (which was really good btw!), and started on Tiger's Voyage by Colleen Houck (loving it so far!). I received all but one of my books that I ordered, so I've been just swimming in awesome books! :)
Well, all in all, a pretty successful week, I'd say! I know I'm really late posting these this week, so I'll quickly get up next week's goals and get going on them ASAP!
Monday, November 28, 2011
Weekly Goals #9: The Goals
Again, sorry for posting a little late! But Happy Monday! (If that's even possible really...lol) Had a great weekend, and now ready to start some new goals! So, here are this week's goals:
1. Of course, my book. I need to get going on it again, but I'm still coming out of the holiday lethargy, so I'll set my goal a little lower but not too much lower this time: 8,000 words. I know I can do this, I just gotta get myself motivated again!
2. I said forever ago that I was going to start writing in my journal again...yeah...never happened. So, I'm setting one of my goals to write in my journal every night this week, even if it's just a sentence or two! I really need to do it!
3. Do some reading! I finally just got the third book in the Tiger's Curse series ("Tiger's Voyage"), so I am really excited to start it! I'm also going to be getting a buttload of books here in a couple of weeks, or should be anyway, so I need to get some reading done so I will be ready for them! I'm still in the middle of reading a book called "Beyonders" by Brandon Mull, so I need to finish it and get started on the next. Got lots of books to read in the next while! :)
Let's get those goals set and on the road! Let's DO this! ;P
1. Of course, my book. I need to get going on it again, but I'm still coming out of the holiday lethargy, so I'll set my goal a little lower but not too much lower this time: 8,000 words. I know I can do this, I just gotta get myself motivated again!
2. I said forever ago that I was going to start writing in my journal again...yeah...never happened. So, I'm setting one of my goals to write in my journal every night this week, even if it's just a sentence or two! I really need to do it!
3. Do some reading! I finally just got the third book in the Tiger's Curse series ("Tiger's Voyage"), so I am really excited to start it! I'm also going to be getting a buttload of books here in a couple of weeks, or should be anyway, so I need to get some reading done so I will be ready for them! I'm still in the middle of reading a book called "Beyonders" by Brandon Mull, so I need to finish it and get started on the next. Got lots of books to read in the next while! :)
Let's get those goals set and on the road! Let's DO this! ;P
Weekly Goals #8: Wrapup
I'm running a little late posting these because I completely forgot yesterday! Oops! Better late than never, though, right? ;) I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving! Ours went fairly well! It was a little stressful doing all the cooking trying to get it all ready for a bunch of other people at our small apartment with not enough counter space, but it turned out really good!
Anyway, I have been kind of lazy this week and haven't gotten much done on my book...only about 3,000 or so words, so didn't quite hit my mark, but I am going to chalk that up to the holiday laziness. Let's go with that haha. The second goal went really well! I've been better about not complaining and about counting my blessings, even if it was just for this week. I really had an enjoyable week for the most part, but I think I'm ready to start back up in full swing in my goal setting! I love the feeling of accomplishment! So there is the wrapup of last week's goals, and next week's will be posted shortly. Keep an eye out! ;)
Anyway, I have been kind of lazy this week and haven't gotten much done on my book...only about 3,000 or so words, so didn't quite hit my mark, but I am going to chalk that up to the holiday laziness. Let's go with that haha. The second goal went really well! I've been better about not complaining and about counting my blessings, even if it was just for this week. I really had an enjoyable week for the most part, but I think I'm ready to start back up in full swing in my goal setting! I love the feeling of accomplishment! So there is the wrapup of last week's goals, and next week's will be posted shortly. Keep an eye out! ;)
Sunday, November 20, 2011
Weekly Goals #8: The Goals
"Let's get down to business..."
1. Last week, I WAY overshot my writing goal for 2000 words so I'm gonna set this week's goal at 10,000 words at least. It's gonna be awesome! lol I didn't do the National Novel Writing Month, but I did start my story pretty much about the same time. Like a couple of days after it started. So, I'm kind of wanting to push myself to complete the 50,000 word goal for the challenge, even if I don't sign up. I don't really want to do the challenge formally, but I do want to push myself to get it done. So hopefully I can get enough words done by then! It will probably be close!
2. So, in light of Thanksgiving being this week, I want to do something to go with the holiday. Every time I am complaining about something and I catch myself, I want to think of a blessing in my life. I really want to try to redirect my complaining thoughts and words to remembering things I'm thankful for.
3. I'm not going to do a third goal this week. Since it's a holiday week, I want to just focus on those two goals and enjoy the rest of the time. :)
And there you have it! Week 8's goals! Keep up on those goals! ;)
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