Last Tuesday I had to get my mom’s present. Last Thursday I had to send my parents’ Christmas package and get out of the apartment because it was being cleaned that afternoon. Today I keep thinking there is some errand I need to run, some place I need to be. But there’s not! Aside from yoga at noon.
Yesterday I started working on something that wasn’t my memoir. Scary! Oh yeah, I finally finished rewriting my memoir this weekend. Spent Sunday laying it out in book template, which was fun.
Who knew all the little details that go into a book layout? The right and left headers, making sure each section title page is on the right and that there’s a blank page after it. Making sure the paragraph breaks are correct. I ordered a copy, which should arrive in two weeks. That will give me a long enough break before I go in and copy edit it one more time. And also see if the material I added makes sense.
Today I’m working on an essay. Next month there are two contests I want to enter. I also want to submit to a couple of magazines.
One of my TNB friends wrote about having a series of up to 20 goals over 12 weeks. I thought about doing it but am thinking maybe 12 weeks is too long, that maybe month by month would work for me. Like before December is out: catch up on reading The Nervous Breakdown and post an essay for TNB. Then for January: enter those two contests and copy edit my book. February: submit articles to two places and post another TNB essay.
And those are just writing goals. I also need to unsnarl my health insurance mess (January), make an appointment for an annual check-up (January), sort through my tax stuff (February), talk to my friend about cover ideas for my memoir (January).
Hmm, maybe two months works, or eight weeks. I can’t even fathom March right now.
Okay, here’s the breakdown, month by month:
December
- Catch up on The Nervous Breakdown reading
- Post one TNB essay
- Blog at least twice a week
- Re-start regular work outs (at least three times a week for three weeks without deviation)
- Re-start low-fat diet habit (at least three weeks without deviation)
- At least look at my health insurance information
January
- Submit to two contests
- Copy edit my memoir and enter the changes
- Talk to my friend about memoir cover ideas
- Post one piece to TNB
- Make my annual check-up appointment
- Make whatever phone calls I have to about my health insurance
- Work out at least three times a week
- Blog at least twice a week
February
- Submit articles to two places
- Organize my tax stuff
- Make tax appointment
- Post one piece to TNB
- Blog at least twice a week
There! Now let’s see what happens.