GOALS FOR MAY Give Yourself Permission to Write

Current read: Fantasy Lover by Sherrilyn Kenyon

It's that time of the month again -- time for me to post my goals for May.

I need to tackle this from a new perspective. I've done great at achieving all my goals so far this year -- great, that is, except for those goals pertaining to new writing. I've edited my work, others' work, critiqued, blogged, promoted, worked on my local chapter conference. You name it, I did it. But somehow, my own writing has fallen to the bottom of the pile.

Time for a change in priorities. While all those other things are important and will further my career, I am first and foremost a writer. So writing is moving to the top of my list.

My plan for May is simple. For two hours every morning, before I look at email, blogs, anything else, I write. I must write 1000 new words during this time. If I hit 2000, I can stop early. But from 8:00 a.m. until 10:00 a.m. each weekday, I write.

So far, I've been successful. Of course, I've only done this for two days, LOL. Here are the results:

5/4 -- 1128 words

5/5 -- 2059 words

The Vixens are joining me in this experiment for May. We'll all share our word counts at the end of the month. We're also emailing each other daily with the following mantra: I matter, my creativity matters, my goals matter, and my success matters.

So go ahead, give yourself permission to write first and worry about the rest later. It'll still be there when you've written your 2K ;).

Tune in tomorrow for the Wednesday hunk. Until then -- WRITE.