Resolutions and Writing: Time for a potential re-do

I get it, today is the 3rd of January and some of you have already set that New Year's Resolution about your writing career. Little did you know, there is some fine print that fortunately, I am going to tell you about (I enlarged it so you can read it better):

Upon setting your New Year's Resolution, you have up to 5 days to reset your goal and make it something more manageable and certainly more realistic.

On December 30th or 31st, you made a commitment to your writing. You were going to be serious about your career. You set yourself some serious goals and you were going to nail those goals. No more of that silly NANOWRIMO that only lasted a month. You are going to go for the entire year and not just "some writing" daily. You are going hard-core.

I have posted several times on here that being a successful writing is about doing something with your career daily. Yes, I did say daily which means 365 days out of the year. However, this is where many of you totally screwed up that resolution. 

You vowed:

• to write 3000 words a day
• to write 1 novel a month
• to write for 2 hours a day
• to take 1 workshop every month

STOP THE MADNESS!!!!!

You know and I know that life WILL get in the way. You will get sick. Someone in your house will get sick. Your employer (who always knows how to get in the way with your writing) will have more projects for you again. Your computer will crash... 

So don't make goals that lofty. Still, you can do something with your career every day:

• Take some time when you are in the doctor's waiting room to read a new author and figure out why the publisher thought this author was so special.
• Jot down ideas for a new chapter or scene
• Surf the net for new authors being released by publishers and figure out why the publisher thought this author was so special.
• Get on TikTok and check out the influencers and see who they are talking about and figure out why the publisher thought this author was so special.
• When you have a chance to write - write. Don't feel that you have to do clean the kitchen at that moment.

Goal setting is tough but not hard. Just focus on making your goals SMART:

So get your butt back to the note you wrote and posted over your computer. This time, focus on the letters A and R.

You got this!