Why do I still say Kicking and Screaming?
Besides loving that caricature on the left,
I have never liked setting goals!
Someone last week encouraged me to keep putting myself out there. And as that person may not have been referring to my ROW80 goals, I think this is an essential way to move forward to meet that challenge. đ
So here we goâŚ
The dreaded check-in
First Iâd like to say a big thank you to all who have dropped by to support me with my ROW80 goals! You guys are fabulous! Really, I mean it! Since Jenny Hansen didnât get a chance to stop by last week to kick my butt into gear because she is so super busy (No duh!), I kinda feel like I got away with something! But I canât expect that to happen two weeks in a row! So I best get busy! LOL!
Letâs take a look at how I did last week, shall we?âŚ
Goals for Round 1:
1- Work on my current WIP five days a week.
Uh, nope. Nothing happened again. Then I read Kristen Lambâs post on Friday, which I must say was one of the best blogs she has ever written! â3 Steps to FreedomâGrab Hold of Your Brilliant Future!â Iâm sure the post wasnât written specifically just for me. Iâm mean really who am I? But oh boy, did she ever make me think. Whew! Iâve been so overwhelmed with everything lately that I havenât known where or what to start working on. Well let’s just say that her post really helped.
2- Check in with Donna Newton at WWBC once a week.
Yep, talked to Donna about my dilemma with my WIPs.
3- Participate in my online class to help authors balance writing and business with Bob Mayer.
This week Bob gave us an assignment that was an emotional brain burner. Really Bob, it took me days to get through it. I wanted to take my time and get the most out of the exercise. It was about our personality traits and how we can get in our own way and keep ourselves from succeeding. Amazing stuff.
4- Blog at least once a week.
Well what do you know? Yep, I posted on Wednesday and it was my very first Mash-Up! That seems to be a good day for me and Iâve received some awesome comments and support. Thank you all, I really appreciate it! đ
5- Visit and support 5 bloggers per day.
Check. Did that. There are some awesome blog posts out there. Itâs nearly impossible to get to them all. So following Fabio Buenoâs advice, I set up a system. I took our WANA1011 class list with everybodyâs blog site. I go down the list, one by one, and when Iâve finished reading a blog, I date it. That way I know when I last visited that blog. Iâm trying to work through the entire list and visit everyone. Of course Iâve added others who were not in our class as I visit them.
6- Tweet at least once per day.
Check. Did that at least twice, if not three times per day. It doesnât take that long. Ten minutes perhaps at a time. I like to skim through the columns to find tweets to RT. Again, it is my intention is to support others!
7- Exercise on my elliptical twice a week.
Well, uhâŚnot much. I got on that thing on Monday and it felt great. Then the week fell apart. But at least I got on it last week, which is more than I can say about the week before. Baby steps. đ
So now Iâm looking forward to a fresh new start to this week.
Whew, okay I did it. That wasnât really so bad. And Iâm not alone. There are others that are right beside me to help me along the way. So that I donât irritate my wonderful supportive subscribers, feel free to delete my ROW80 posts if they start to irritate you. They probably wonât be all that interesting, unlessâŚ
Unless I can temp you all to join us over at the party at ROW80! Feel free to jump in anytime. See you there! đ
So what do you think? How did I do? I wasnât able to meet all my goals, but are you all still behind me? Can I still count on your support?
Awe, thanks guys! I knew I could count on you!
Karen.