Weekly Goals

Where to start… I have no idea how high or low I should aim this week. I’ve become steadily more and more productive lately, reaching a high last week. Ideally, I would be building on this. But then again, things are getting more and more chaotic at work as well, and I’m not sure how much else I can cope with.
So, yeah… I think I ended up with something on a similar level as last week, and if I end up blowing the scale, I’ll just be happy about that.

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

Write, edit, or outline every day: Same number one pritority as always: stay consistent.

Follow up on Fantasticon: Last week, I sent out suggestions for topics to the panelist for the two panels I’ll be moderating at our local SF&F con in a few weeks. Response was positive, but I also got some great suggestions for additional topics. It’s a small task, but I need to combine all the suggestions into a full list of topics for each panel least I should forget about it.

Get ahead on projects at work: I had hoped I wouldn’t have to keep this goal on the list, but work being what it is at the moment, I probably to let stay.
The goal is pretty vague, but I hope to get to a point where there are no assignments left for me by Friday on at least one of the projects I’m on while also getting some preparations done on other projects before they start to ramp up.

Get exercise: This one went really well the last couple of weeks, so I’m upping the bar a bit. Two full exercise sessions and/or 5K+ runs, and then at least two minor training sessions is the goal.

Stop snacking: I might have failed completely in the weekend (as expected), but for once, I manage to hit this goal during the weekdays last week. So, I’m setting up the same goal, no sweets during the weekdays at all.

Do vocal exercises: Same as always. I need to keep the habit going and do the exercise at least once a day on average.


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: There’s one story left for me to review in WYRM, and I’m really want to read it this week.

Participate in Codex lunch: I’ve missed these online meetings for more than a month do to work, which has really annoyed me. This week, though, I should be able to make it, so now I just need to remember to join.

Stay up to date with Codex: Like last week, I want to stay up to date with the Codex forum.

Read short stories: I don’t suspect I’ll get around to this, but I hope to kickstart the habit of reading published short stories once again. I aim to read stories from three different magazines.

Submit stories: I’ve already gotten a couple of rejections for my last batch of submissions, so there are a few stories I would like to send out again.