Write It Out 173

Have you been working on goals, resolutions, or intentions for the year?

Even you don’t start in on January 1st, it is never to late to draft a plan for how you envision your year.

Let’s use GAP to get you started.

First, let’s look at areas of your life that you may want to improve.

Personally: Maintaining a positive attitude, be more confident/believe in yourself, start a morning routine, embrace your fears, willing to try new things/experiences, more proactive

*Academically: better grades, engaged in learning, ask more questions, practice lines or scores 

*Employment/Financially: more gigs, network with people, advertise your service

*Other parts of your life: spiritually (virtual church attendance, be more mindful, daily meditation, volunteering to help others), health and fitness, family/friend relationships

Next, let’s apply GAP.

G: Identify your goals. What main things do you want to achieve this year?

A: Assess. Where are you currently? What steps are you taking right now to succeed?

P: Plan. What’s your plan or outline to achieving the goals?  On a calendar, map this out. Take time to create achieve by dates (deadlines) that are realistic and achievable.

Finally, keep two copies. One will remain the original and the other will be updated as you progress through the year. At the end of 2021, you can compare the two.

That’s it.

Are you going to try it? Let me know!

*G.A.P. concept adapted from G.A.P. steps for running success – Coach Bertrand Newson (Too Legit Fitness) @toolegitfitness

Where do you house all your writing?

In a notebook, loose scrap papers, online? If you were to lose your work, how might that feel?

Nothing is worse than pouring your heart out onto a page and then, weeks or months later, finding out that your precious piece is no longer there!

How can we prevent this?

Start by organizing your work. Have a central place where you keep your work and back it up digitally.

If you have scraps or write in a designated notebook, take a picture. It seems super silly, but that digital copy will save you a headache.

Normally type your work on Word or Google Docs? Save it consistently and have a backup stored in a thumb/hard drive or cloud storage.

With digital storage, you can create folders designated for genres or by dates. Choose what works best for you.

Please share how you’ve been organizing your written work in the comments.