Weekly Goals

I think I should give trying to predict how productive I will be during any given week. It seems like I am completely off most of the time.

Two weeks ago, I had some extra time on my hands and did reach a lot of my goals, though only barely. Last week, things were busier at work and full of family obligations in the weekend. Yet somehow, things actually did go pretty well in relation to my writing goals. I missed a few goal, but the ones I did succeed with went much, much better than I could have hoped for.

Core Goals

Write, edit, or outline every day: Check, and I was quite productive too, getting my daily word count way up compared to where it has been in the last year or so.

Continue new WiPs: Giving myself double marks for this one. Not only did I manage to finish the first draft of one of my WiPs (which I had not expected), I also got the other story 75% done.

Get exercise: Double marks for this one as well. The goal was 2-3 exercise sessions. I got 5 done.

/ Stop snacking: I didn’t succeed completely with this one. I fell through Tuesday, I think. But I bounced back and managed to stay away from sugary snacks until the weekend, so I’m feeling okay about that.

Do vocal exercises: Giving myself double marks once again. I lost count, but I got a lot of vocal exercises done, far more than I set out to do.


Stretch Goals

Read short stories: I got around to reading/listening to 4 short stories from Clarkesworld and Podcastle. Most of them where sort of “meh”, but one of them I really enjoyed and ended up putting on my list of recommended short stories for my blog.

Be active on Codex: I kept up to date with the forums and I posted an update on my author thread, which even let to some interactions with other users (which isn’t usually the case for my author thread).

Do a WYRM review: I finished and sent out the review I had almost done.

Do another WYRM review: Eh, no. I did get started on the next review only to realize I had somehow skipped a chapter in the novel I’m currently reviewing. So, yeah.

N/A Submit short stories: For once, I didn’t get any rejection throughout the week, so I had nothing to send out again.