Category Archives: personal goals
52 Songs, 52 Stories
Someday, if I’m feeling ambitious and ready for a challenge, I’m going to do a version of this amazing project: 52 Songs, 52 Stories. The blogger chose a song each week, posted a video for that song and wrote a very short story inspired by the song. He was inspired by several projects, including A …
Writing Goals: Jumpstart Edition
One technique that works for me in goal-setting is making sure I have some concrete tasks to check off as I make progress, in addition to larger conceptual themes. In keeping with my writing jumpstart program, here are my specific writing goals for 2012: prioritize regular writing time join and regularly participate in and attend …
Jumpstarting My Writing
As important as writing is to me, and as central as it is to my identity and conception of myself, when something has to drop from my daily juggling act, too often, it’s writing. So for 2012, I’m determined to jumpstart my trajectory as a writer and poet. This is a broader goal, not a …
Purging My Books
This weekend, I began Phase One of a larger decluttering project: purging our enormous collection of books over the coming year. This is the kind of project my mother has been hounding me to do for years, and one I’ve tackled in smaller ways before, but am committed to following through on this time. Here …
Reducing Screen Time: Strategies
One of the resolutions I’ve made for 2012 that is most daunting for me is to reduce screen time. This has been an ongoing desire of mine, but I’ve not yet found the strategies that work for me. Here’s a list of some I’m considering: keeping a screen time log for myself for a week …
Resolution Check-In
Laura at Geeky Mom just did a resolution check-in that inspired me to do my own, so here goes: clean out the basement and buy a chest freezer: no progress at all, but to be fair, this was always a summer/spring break project go to a poetry reading and join a poetry group: no reading …
2011: Year In Review
As 2011 draws to a close, I look over the year and see where I’ve been and how it affected me; getting to review my year this way is one of the reasons I keep blogging. The opportunity to reflect is so important to me, and blogging is one of my major tools to keep …
Goals and Resolutions
Two years ago, inspired by The Simple Dollar, I made a series of posts dedicated to goals of mine in the areas of blogging, writing, and personal and family life. At the end of that year, I joined 43 Things and set myself some more, from painting my staircase to writing a new poem each …
A Year in Gratitude Journaling
For as long as I can remember, I have struggled with sleep. From staying up too late to waking up too early, I’ve never taken a good night’s sleep for granted. However, in the past few years, I’ve finally managed to take some significant steps toward healthier sleep habits, including cutting out caffeinated soda, not …
The Light Ekphrastic
Discovering my voice as a poet is an ongoing evolution for me, but in recent years, one aspect of my poetic practice that has become more and more clear is that I am often and fruitfully inspired by the works of other literary and visual artists. I’ve so enjoyed ekphrastic work and have felt such …
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