Ok, here I am again, late for my update. I hope this doesn't become a constant. Wait until you hear the worse news: I didn't make my goals for this past week. Instead of 1000 words, I only got in 564 words and not even a half hour of editing. Looks like its time to re-evaluate my goals.
Using my Daily Planner Pad, I have filled out my weekly goals, then tried to put them into the days I intend to fulfill those goals, so it looks a bit like this:
Girls
Bath
School
Reading
Wed (Bring "P" item)
Tues Pink/Purple Day
Donut money
WIP
1000 words
1 hour edit
1 hour edit
1 hour edit
Household
Dinner/Dishes
Kitchen
Bathrooms
Laundry
Garbage
Vaccuming/Dusting
Girls Room (org.)
Shopping
Exercise
30 minutes (3x)
Reading
Sookie #5
Then for each day:
Monday
Update ROW 80
WIP
Dishes/dinner
Laundry (towels)
Tuesday
Girls Pink/Purple Day
WIP
Girls Room (org.)
Read w/Girls
Donut Monday due
Laundry (whites)
Wednesday
Girl's "P" Item Day
King's Kids
Thursday
Read w/girls
Friday
Girls Room (org.)
30 minutes exercise
Read w/girls
WIP
Saturday
30 minutes exercise
Gull Meadow Farms
Read w/girls
Sunday
30 minutes exercise
Shopping
WIP
There's a lot to squeeze into your schedule when you already are working for 8-10 hours each day from Monday through Friday. Some nights I come home and barely have any time to read with the girls and get to know how their day was before its time to get them into bed. Often I am going to bed at midnight and waking up at 5:30am through the week as well.
I get gun-ho about my intentions with this project, but I am glad that I have the flexibility depending on how much I can put in or want to put in. I have a Meijer recycle bag full of books to be read, hence the addition of reading the Sookie Stackhouse series in my weekly goals. I get little else done when I get too involved in a book and this is an amazing series.
And, I have to admit, I was invited to a friend's house where there was a small group of people gathering for a Hunter's Party, which I wasn't figuring into my plans and goals. Essentially, this is when Native American's get together to cook up stores packed away from last year (from the freezer) and have friends and family consume it so there is room in the freezer again for this year's kill. This reminded me of all my stuff left in the freezer being forgotten and passed over again and again, so I did a lot more cooking this weekend that I originally intended.
Now, excuse me while I try to add more scenes and words to my WIP. Thanks for stopping by and....
Happy Reading!
2 comments:
But hey, life happens. ;-) You may not have to reevaluate your goals unless it becomes a pattern of not meeting them. Also, I'm always impressed by writers who are also parents. I can't even imagine balancing everything. Better luck this week! =)
I'm impressed with parents who are writers too, but I often wonder about their background. Did they write before having children, then continued to do so and work around the children when they came? Or were they like me and had to work on being a parent, having a job, and trying to write in order to have something to publish?
Angela, I really appreciate you stopping by and leaving me words of encouragement. Thank you so much for being someone to lend an ear and let me know you are there to cheer me on. :) It really helps motivate me.
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