Weekly Goals

A bit late with the update, again. But, also once again, it’s partly because I included the weekend in reaching my goals.
Overall, this was a very good week and the first time, as far as I can recall, I’ve reached all my goals. There are black clouds in the horizon, though, and the way my projects are developing at work, I don’t expect this level of productivity to continue. For now, though, I’ll milk it for all I can.


Core Goals There are the main goals, the ones I will focus on first.

Write, edit, or outline every day: Just completed todays writing, so that makes a full week (excluding weekends).

Complete Fantasticon preparation: Got this done too, and the response has so far been positive from the rest of the group, so I’m really happy about this.

Get ahead on projects at work: Hmm… Yeah… Well… Not sure if I can actually claim I’m ahead on anything, but I’ll argue that’s because of things outside my control. I have put in a lot of efforts to move the projects ahead. I’m seeing a bit of progress on my two major projects; on one of the smaller projects I screwed up a bit, but I got it fixed so we at least won’t be delayed; and on the most chaotic project, I’ve mostly managed to salvage the horrible project planning going on. So, yeah… I guess that has to be a success.

Get exercise: I went out for a run earlier today, which makes the second 5K+ run I did this week. I had two proper exercise sessions on top of that, so that’s double what I’d set up as a goal.

Stop snacking: It was tough, but I finally managed a week without any snacking and general unhealthy eating habits. Now I just have to make it a habit somehow.

Do vocal exercises: Check. I lost count, but I did far more than the once a day I had set out to do.


Stretch Goals The not-quite-as-important goals. The ones I want to achieve but I won't be overly sad about missing out on.

Do a review: I had hoped to get two reviews done, but I’ll settle for one.

Complete a story: I had two stories going and wanted one of them done to better focus. I did finish one, but then I somehow ended up starting another new story. I’m not sorry though.

Stay up to date with Codex: I checked in on forums three times during the week, so I’ll count that as a success.

Post in my Codex author thread: I did not expect that I would have time for this, but somehow I got around to it.