I’ve been lax in posting (and achieving) weekly goals for my writing. I do think it helps me get more done, however, so here we go again.
One thing you might have noticed is that I usually set goals that are a bit higher than is reasonable. I know that it’s not likely that I’ll do everything on my list, but having a long list means that I’ll accomplish more in the long run than if I’d set a reasonable goal in the first place. Make sense?
Think of it like this. If you were going to train to compete in a triathlon, you’d train harder than you would if you were training for a 5K. You might never get to the point that you can do a triathlon, but I’ll bet you’ll be in better shape than if you’d shot for the 5K only.
And here are my goals for the week.
- Spend one hour writing every morning before work (see my post on Rising Early to Write)
- Write 11 blog entries for my three blogs
- Spend two hours EDITING the novel (in addition to the time I spend writing)
- Spend two hours networking and promoting the blogs
- Write two articles to sell on Constant Content
- Work on the Zombie short story I started a few months ago
- Go through my e-mail
Ambitious, yep. But I guarantee I’ll get LOTS of that finished by next weekend. So, set some ambitious goals and see how well you do.