“…if you aim at nothing you will hit it every time.”
You’ve all heard this quote by Zig Ziglar, and I’ve used it in my blogs before.
Do we really want to leave ourselves open to whatever happens? Speaking for myself, I’d rather decide what I want to accomplish, figure out how to get it done, what I need for the journey, and when it will be completed.
Right now I have at least a dozen writing projects on my list of things to do. The problem is that I don’t have a measurable goal for accomplishing them. Random completion dates don’t quite cut it.
It’s good to have an idea, a list of things to do, but the how-to is the motivator. That’s what gets us moving toward actual accomplishment.
There are as many ways of organizing our writing and our time as there are people who care to consider the problem. The answer is to create a plan that works for you.
I love charts and graphs, but they can easily become a means of procrastination, a way of doodling instead of working. If we can keep our doodling to a minimum and use the charts and excel sheets to keep ourselves on track, then we will make progress.
My goal for today is to revisit my writing goals:
- arrange the projects in order of importance
- decide how to approach each project
- figure out how long each step will take
- come up with a completion date
- remember that it’s okay, even advisable, to revisit these goals and adjust as I go
As long as we keep moving forward, toward our goals, we will be successful.
Karen Lamb said:
“A year from now you may wish you had started today.”
So true. Let’s get going.
Janice L. Dick 