Goal Set With Me: The Daily 10 Healthy Habits Checklist

Today, I thought I'd continue my thoughts on healthy habits goal-setting by sharing my SMART goals for "The Daily 10" healthy habits I've established as goals to accomplish each day (at least on Mondays through Fridays, anyway). The goals are based on the 10 items below: And here are my 10 daily SMART goals for … Continue reading Goal Set With Me: The Daily 10 Healthy Habits Checklist

Writing Goals and More for the Remainder of 2020

It's hard to believe it, but we're in the last half of 2020. And, we definitely won't close out this year with saying how uneventful it's been. In fact, there's been one life-altering event after another. And, we're still in the thick of things. Even though I'm going to lay out my remainder of the … Continue reading Writing Goals and More for the Remainder of 2020

Productivity Tuesday: Reblog – Hourly & Block Scheduling Tips for a Productive Day

This post originally appeared on December 11, 2019 and it led me to create the schedule that I would have been using up to this point, but COVID-19 hit it hard in March and pretty much demolished it. So, I've been riding by the seat of my pants ever since that time frame, as it … Continue reading Productivity Tuesday: Reblog – Hourly & Block Scheduling Tips for a Productive Day

A New Product Idea and the Second Book

Sometimes when you write, it's good to just work through those challenges you face when applying those finishing touches to your book. Sometimes, your blessing (the completion of an awesome work of art) is just around the corner. And in these instances, I'm one of the first people to encourage others to push through and … Continue reading A New Product Idea and the Second Book

Hourly & Block Scheduling Tips for a Productive Day

What I've come to find over time is that highly efficient people tend to use some kind of scheduling system to help them manage their days in a more organized and productive manner than most. For me, a person who has historically operated in a less structured fashion, the idea of implementing a daily process … Continue reading Hourly & Block Scheduling Tips for a Productive Day

Revving Up the 2019 Self-Publishing Goals

It's great being back with you after the self-publishing of my book, Playground Instruction for the Growing Adult. If you haven't had a chance to check out the details, I would love for you to go to my Books page and have a look-see. I'm so excited to have completed this goal of mine and to be … Continue reading Revving Up the 2019 Self-Publishing Goals

Goals to Close out the Year

This last week has been predominantly about goal-setting efforts. We started by discussing step 1 of the Goal-Setting Process, which has everything to do with brainstorming those goals you want to set and/or accomplish within the next 6 months. Then, we went into The 3 C's of Goal-Setting (commitment, consistency, and confidence), which are incredibly … Continue reading Goals to Close out the Year

Goal Setting: Essential for all Life Journeys

There hasn't been a shortage of goal-setting nuggets throughout this blog. And for anyone who has trekked along with me for any length of time, you know that I've made an effort to share some of my goal-setting initiatives with you (albeit, more of a hodgepodge compilation spread out over time instead of a real … Continue reading Goal Setting: Essential for all Life Journeys

And the Writing Beat Goes On …

Let the goal-setting challenges (for writing book #2) begin. Yes, book #2 is underway and my expectation for the successful completion of this book by the end of the year is goal #1. Right now, my writing goals are very broad, but you'll increasingly notice how specifically they'll be fine-tuned as I get deeper into … Continue reading And the Writing Beat Goes On …