Thursday, January 31, 2013

End of the First Month - Goals and System Evaluation

Tomorrow is the first day of February. I have quite a few exciting things going on during the month. There's my Winter Formal, my sixteenth birthday, my mother's birthday, pre-enrollment for eleventh grade, my Oklahoma Summer Arts Institute audition (as well as Lizzie's and Ben's) where I'll also get to see some of my writer friends for the first time since this summer, and one of my other good friends has her sixteenth birthday too. I'm going to be very busy.

Today, however, it's still January, and I would like to give you an update on my goal progress as well as analyze and evaluate my goal system.

I had five Month Goals I wanted to complete in January. I completed one. And I am ecstatic!

Look at all those yeses.
My storyboard is finished, you guys! I feel like my story has finally settled into place. For two years it's been twisting and flipping around in my brain. Now, I have an outline I'm happy with set out in a way that makes it obvious what I have to do to make the writing reflect it. I can't wait to start work on the actual prose in March.

And while I didn't complete my other goals, they initiated progress. I added about 10k to OBJECTION and am focusing on finishing that draft in February. I finished SHOW ME YOUR FANGS and even though I didn't do anything with THE SMILE FIXER, I still completed two short works with the addition of HEARTH AND HOME. I haven't been feeling the reading, but I've squeezed some in.

This system is working great for me. It's helping me to be both productive and organized. It keeps me from feeling bad when I don't accomplish something in a certain amount of time by showing me all the things I have accomplished. It makes me feel good about what I'm doing and motivated to keep doing it.

I've already decided on and inserted February's goals into my spreadsheet and I can not wait to get started!
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9 comments:

  1. IsabellaJanuary 31, 2013 at 11:28 PM

    That's a whole lot of yeses. :)

    Congrats! Let's hope February is just as productive. (Or maybe even more.)

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  2. Michael Offutt, Phantom ReaderFebruary 1, 2013 at 10:46 AM

    Congratulations on all of the goal setting and milestones you have achieved.

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  3. Brooke R. BusseFebruary 1, 2013 at 1:46 PM

    Thanks for the congratulations, both of you. :)

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  4. LauraFebruary 3, 2013 at 4:49 PM

    Congratulations! :)

    May I mention you and your goal-setting awesomeness in a goal-related post I've scheduled for this week? Goals are something I struggle with.

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    1. Brooke R. BusseFebruary 5, 2013 at 8:24 PM

      Of course you can, Laura! I would be honored. ^^ I hope my reply isn't too late...

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    2. LauraFebruary 8, 2013 at 1:47 PM

      Nope! I'll schedule it for tomorrow or later today. :) Thanks!

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    3. Brooke R. BusseFebruary 9, 2013 at 4:24 PM

      Can't wait to read it. :)

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  5. clarbojahnFebruary 5, 2013 at 3:44 PM

    You and your goals inspired me write mine in my post of "It's still January" on http://clarbojahn.wordpress.com/

    I wrote about my goals and am going to be held accountable. It's good to blog about them isn't it?

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    1. Brooke R. BusseFebruary 5, 2013 at 9:07 PM

      Thanks for the link, Clar. I'll definitely go check it out. ^^ And yes, it is a good thing. Not only does it hold you accountable it also lets you actually see your goals.

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