{"id":92,"date":"2023-01-24T12:00:49","date_gmt":"2023-01-24T12:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jmbask.com\/?p=92"},"modified":"2023-01-17T00:56:23","modified_gmt":"2023-01-17T00:56:23","slug":"setting-writing-or-other-goals-for-the-new-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jmbask.com\/?p=92","title":{"rendered":"Setting Writing (or Other) Goals for the New Year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>My first rule of setting goals for the New Year is obviously going to be that this is not a big deal. This is getting published in late January, so the\u00a0 main thing you need to know is to not put a lot a pressure on yourself. This should not be something you agonize over, because that will make you not want to do it. This leads into my first actual tip:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Make your goals doable.\u00a0 If you read my last blog post, you&#8217;ll know I made about 100 short story submissions in 2022.\u00a0 For 2023, I set my goal to half that. Why not set it higher? Well, first, my hope is that some of those will get published and, therefore, cannot be re-subbed.\u00a0 Secondly, my goal for 2022 was to make 25 submissions, so 50 is actually doubling that.\u00a0 I know it&#8217;s achievable, and I&#8217;m still improving on the previous plan, but I am not setting myself up to fail.<\/li>\n<li>Write your goals down. Seriously.\u00a0 Scribble it on a sticky note.\u00a0 Make a detailed graph with plot points. Do a spreadsheet. You do you, but write them down. Studies have shown (but I&#8217;m not looking them up right now because I&#8217;m lazy) that people who write down their goals are considerably more likely to achieve them.<\/li>\n<li>Make your goals for you, and NO ONE ELSE.\u00a0 That writer over there might write 1,000 to 2,000 words a day, but maybe they have a cushy job or a rich spouse. Maybe they don&#8217;t have kids. Maybe they do have kids and they neglect them.\u00a0 You know what you have going on in your life&#8211;be it school\/work\/family obligations\/a need to rewatch the entirety of <em>Parks &amp; Rec<\/em> once a month&#8211;better than anyone else. You also know whether you&#8217;re a major procrastinator or not, so factor all those things in when setting your goals.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Much like making goals, the tips for making goals are pretty simple. Make them achievable, write them down, and make them for you and no one else.\u00a0 \u00a0That&#8217;s all I got.\u00a0 I don&#8217;t want to agonize over this post anymore than you should agonize over those goals.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My first rule of setting goals for the New Year is obviously going to be that this is not a big deal. This is getting published in late January, so the\u00a0 main thing you need to know is to not put a lot a pressure on yourself. 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