Happy New Year! I have a confession to make. I have never been fond of the Christmas holiday. I am not a Scrooge pre-spiritual revelation, but I have not had a great love for the holiday. Yet New Year’s is one of my favorites. I love the whole idea of clean slates and being a planner and list maker you could see why I would love New Year’s. I enjoy reflecting on the previous year and planning for the future. You will often see me with a calendar in December filling in important dates and making goals. Today I want to share some of those goals with you and find out what you have planned for the new year. Consistency, well a lack of consistency. I am taking my first chance of the year to apologize for my lack of consistency last year. Like many people I deal with depression. Unlike some I do not have access to mental health professionals. As it stands now it means that I have to work through my issues in a slow and it takes time. I have done everything in my power to take control and set myself up for success this year. I will need help staying consistent but I know that it is possible. Luckily I have a great support group and tools at my disposal. Goals, so many great goals. I am getting back to revising and editing the book, Into the Fire. As many writers will tell you editing is the worst part of the job. When I plan my books, I use an outline, and plan out scenes. This leaves the revision and editing until I am finished writing the books first draft. This means I leave the worst part for last, like so many people. Do not fear I have a plan of attack to make the task more bite sized. Goals for January and the year. Letters to Self-challenge. Work on Author’s notebook. Editing and Revising the book, Into the Fire. Draw something once a week. Date nights with the love of my life. Self-care and incorporating it into every day. Read an E.A. Poe tale I haven’t had a chance to read before. Read a book I remember reading in school. Read a book I wish I would have read in school. Watch a classic movie for writing inspiration. You can’t beat a classic meet-cute. Read a comic book I have been meaning to read. Learn American Sign Language, practice every day, every month. Work on craft projects and learn a new craft to keep my mind sharp. What to expect this year from me. I want to share my editing journey with my readers and the planning of the next book with you as well. I also want to write and read more this year and will share my reading challenge with you. I have signed up for a reading challenge on Goodreads dot com. I will share my profile at the end of this post if you want to add me. Keep in touch and let me know what your goals are for this year. https://www.goodreads.com/SCrowauthor
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