Last year, my word for the year was strive. I felt it was a great word since I had a lot of changes in my life and it was a kind word which gave allowances if I backslid or did not succeed at something. Even now I still use this as a reminder to be kind to myself. Credit But
The Lurkdom knows how much I’m anti-resolution and am more about goals. Being a new mom hasn’t changed this, if anything I’m more pro-goal than before. Historically, I always fall short on what I want to achieve. That’s why this year, I’m working a new angle. A lot of people are already on board the one word for the year
Welcome to 2016! If you know me, you know me and resolutions aren’t really friends. Probably because I don’t know how to make realistic or effective resolutions. They are always like “drop three pants sizes” or “publish all the things” which is great, if I actually took circumstance into account when I make them. This is why I’m changing the
For the last month, I’ve been slogging through first round revisions for my self-dubbed “light and fun” YA contemporary, and it’s been hell. The revision process has been so bad I recently had a weekend-long panic attack. While I’m known to tweet/FB things like “Revisions. Grrr…,” I’m not opposed to the process. It’s an accepted fact of the writer life.
If you’ve lurked here long enough, you would know that I’m not big on the resolution thing. You’d also know that I kinda sorta suck at the goal thing. This happens because I usually aim too high* and then get discouraged and kick the whole process out the door. (There’s a reason why the New Year’s resolution to stop resolving