My overall goals never
change. I always strive to be the best mother, wife, daughter, and friend that
I can. This generally leads me to recommitting to working on patience. More
than anything, I want kindness to be my gut reaction to all things. This means
being kind to myself, too. Too often I am my own worst critic.
I will also be
reviewing Stephen King’s On Writing in
early January. It was the perfect book for me to read year-end. King lit a fire
under my butt in many ways and helped me understand my writing style.
King drove home an
idea I’ve always believed in: good writers read, and they read a lot. To that
end, I have joined the 2012 To Be Read (TBR) Reading Challenge. I plan to join
a few more reading challenges, to be announced at various times this month. In
addition, I will continue to read and review books for Rebecca’s Reads and Mom in Love with Fiction.
To stay on top of my January blogging and start the year off right, I have joined BlogHer's NaBloPoMo (this month's theme is Beginnings) and the Ultimate Blog Challenge.
I feel added pressure
with resolutions this year because I will be 40 in August. There’s something
about “mid-life” that makes you evaluate where you’ve been and where you want
to go. Two things I know I want to accomplish this year: complete a half
marathon and finish my second novel. Wish me luck!
As far as the rest of
my goals, I’m going to take 2012 one month at a time. I want to find a nice
balance between family and writing/editing. I’m still figuring out how to
structure my days to allow for dedicated writing and family time.
I’m raising my glass
in honor of 2012 and hoping it brings all of you many blessings. May you
achieve your goals, whatever they may be.
3 comments:
Lovely post...you have inspired me to click on a few of your links and find resources that support my goals and intentions for the year.
By the way...great half marathon goal...will you be joining a training group? I have completed two with two different training groups...this year I really need to complete a full marathon finally...walking, not running that is.
And...when th day arrives...welcome to your 40's...I have found my forties to really be a great time of simply coming into me in a more confident way. Not all easy, but all to a good end for sure.
Welcome 2012 and I look forward to reading so much more from you,
Jodi
Ha, middle age. My kiddo informed me last year that 'middle age' is 50 because it's halfway to 100. You've still got 10, kid. Live it up!
Jodi, I think I will look for a training group to keep me motivated (you know, once the NY resolution high wears off ;-) ). Glad I had some helpful links, because I love your site!
Z, I like the idea of living to 100, so I'll take your advice. ;-)
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