January 2024 seems just like six months ago. Just kidding. But seriously, where has the first half of this year gone? January through June flew by like the flying reptile, pterodactyl. I’ve accomplished a lot this year and plan to do much more. So, I figured this was a good time to write down some short-term writing, personal, and online goals for the second half of the current calendar year. Also, don’t they say to write things down to manifest them? Some of the six goals on this list are continuations of efforts I’m already doing/working on, and some are brand-spanking new.
My blog/website goals:
Complete a minimum of three posts a month (one short story, one Todd of the Month, and one other: Geeky & Shiny, North Carolina, or running) to my blog/website, Stormstrouper.com
My writing goals:
Submit my writing to three literary magazines or contests
Complete my 12 story chapters and a minimum 20,000 WIP novella called The Shadow Elm Memoir
Write six more Todd of the Month posts
Focus more on haikus and other forms of poetry
My North Carolina goals:
Share at least two NC adventures every month on social media (restaurants, cities, recreation, events, etc)
Hike the newly reopened Catawba Falls trail and write a blog post about this adventure
My geeky & shiny Goals:
Share at least two G&S things monthly on social media (shows, films, trivia, etc.)
My running goals:
Complete three runs a week (indoor or outdoor)
Participate in a 5K race in the fall and finish under 35 minutes
My social media goals:
Develop a consistent Instagram posting schedule and grid for my writing, North Carolina, running, and shiny & geeky content pillars
Grow to 400 Instagram followers and 325 Threads followers
Share more of my randomness on Threads
Those are my goals for the next six months, starting July 1st. I have a decent idea of how I’m going to move forward with some of these aims, but I foresee the social media items being harder to control. I will track my progress at the end of each month and see what’s working and what’s not. Do you know of any good goal-tracking apps or templates? Follow along to see what I’ll get done over this next half-year.
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