I hope you all had a fabulous Christmas and New Year.
For me, the last week or two has been the perfect end to a very nearly perfect year. All my stars must have been in alignment in 2010; here’s hoping they stay that way for a bit longer.
Every New Year, I make resolutions. One of my resolutions is appearing on my New Year list for roughly the fifteenth time, as I’ve yet to achieve it; another has been on my list for at least ten years.
It doesn’t bother me that some of my resolutions are recurring. ‘Quit smoking’ was on my list for a good ten years before I finally quit – but I did. ‘Write’ was on my list for more than two decades – and last year, I did. Buying my own house, finding a new job starting my own business were all re-run resolutions – goals I set but didn’t achieve in the first year I set them.
Some things just take more than a twelve month timeframe, and I’m okay with that. I keep making the resolutions, because if I didn’t, it would feel like I was giving up on those goals.
I’ve got a list of seven or eight goals for 2011. One of them is to write MORE, and to finish the first draft of my novel. I wrote over sixty thousand words of first draft this year, so I think I can manage another sixty this year.
Good luck with your New Year Resolutions and your goals for 2011!
Glad to see you blogging again.
Yes, goals may not be reached the year they are made, but each small goal reached is one step closer to each of the big goals.
Just as one novel does not make a career in writing, but it most certainly is a step in the right direction. After all, most overnight success stories took 10 to 20 years to happen.
Keep writing, while you are enjoying all facets of life.