It’s That Time of Year Again!

I’ve gotten my calendar for next year (two, actually, I couldn’t decide!) and have begun the planning process for the new year. I always keep a physical calendar in addition to my Google calendar. I find it easier to organize my life and productivity that way. Very soon I’ll be getting a new system of planning my work which I’m hoping will be useful.

I backed a KickStarter by Orna Ross who has a program she calls “Go Creative!”. I’m not entirely sure what her program is, but I’ve “known” Orna Ross for a long time (I’ve participated in a seminar she ran and she’s a major voice at the Alliance for Independent Authors). Once I get the Go Creative planner, I’ll share my take on it with you, naturally.

So, if you’ve been reading my blog for some time, you’ll know that every year I write out three goals, three hopes, and three dreams for the coming year. A goal is something achievable, a hope is something that will take more work and effort to attain, and a dream is a pie-in-the-sky sort of thing.

Last year, as I sat in a hotel room with both of my arms in casts after breaking both of my wrists (because breaking just one would have been too easy and ordinary, right?), I wrote out my Goals, Hopes, and Dreams for 2023. And although I didn’t actually write it down, my main goal was to get my wrists in good working order once again. Happily, that one…