2021 Goals

Mottos for the year

一期一会
(いちごいちえ)
Translation: “One life, one encounter”
Video

Keep my tasks lists sustainable and flexible

Quarterly Goals

Evaluate quarterly and monthly
Plan for 4 weeks only of 5 days a week (like Dani does) and leave yourself some cushion for holidays, and down days.
Try going back to weekly or bi-weekly updates.
January

January

Author Rise / LC

Clean up Liminal Chronicles while I wait for my editor's edits (I have it pretty well done. Not perfect, but I doubt it ever will be. Always tweaks to be done.)

Update subscriber secrets or change them over to team secrets (I can come back to this)

Manuscripts list for each article (as needed) (1 statblock, display by class name)

Look through edits and evaluate how long it will take

* See if I can get the edits done

* Turn manuscript over to my sensitivity reader

[ IP ] Make plan for publishing and marketing

Pick a publication date

Author Other

Social media plan

Transfer business financial tracking to spreadsheet

LEARN - Watch/read/listen to one new author/marketing/publication thing a week 1, 2, 3, 4

* If time, write a side story

* If time, write on Guardian (there are plot changes I want to make)

Home

[ IP ] Organize my craft area

Hacks and Help / Streams

Jan 20 at 7pm - Guest appearance on Laura VanArendonk Baugh's Twitch Stream and Diane Morrison to chat about WA for authors

1 tutorial stream on how to make a WA CSS theme (for Squirrel Wars?) - part 1 completed. Got Header fonts, bg color, and colors selected. ** I may keep doing this until it's done, instead of alternating tutorial streams with crafts **

Personal

Find a way to exercize 2-3 times a week

Pick something fun to work on (knitted, drew, and tinkered with author tools)

Apply to teach at NCFF again this year - Nalbinding and Dye classes? (waiting on invite)

February

February

Author Rise / LC

Catch up (January goals are ambitious!)

Marketing (at least begin by this month)

* If time record side story

Author Other

LEARN - Watch/read/listen to one new author/marketing/publication thing a week [ ] 1, [ ] 2, [ ] 3, [ ] 4

* Look into Anthologies

* If time, write a side story

* If time, write on Guardian (there are plot changes I want to make)

Home

Organize next area (TBD)

Hacks and Help / Streams

1 craft demo stream (see list in Asana) - needle felting?

1 tutorial stream on how to make a WA CSS theme (for Squirrel Wars?)

Personal

Find a way to exercize 2-3 times a week

Pick something fun to work on

Will I be teaching mending at Weaver's Weekend?

Close SRF on Etsy (it adds STRESS and little income). If I do this - I *should* post my pattern for free as a thank you to my followers over the years.

March

March

Author Rise / LC

Catch up

ARC release plan (release this month or next?)

Author Other

LEARN - Watch/read/listen to one new author/marketing/publication thing a week [ ] 1, [ ] 2, [ ] 3, [ ] 4

KEEP IT SIMPLE TOWARD LAUNCH

* If time, write a side story

* If time, write on Guardian (there are plot changes I want to make)

Home

Organize next area (TBD)

Hacks and Help / Streams

Demos on pause or reduced month of launch?

Personal

Find a way to exercize 2-3 times a week

Pick something fun to work on

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Author Goals

Publish Rise

BIG FOCUS OF THE YEAR

Major milestones to self publish my first book.

Guardian

Other Stories

Liminal Chronicles Site Goals

Streaming

Various

Hacks and Help Goals

*as I have time*

Personal Goals

Contents

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Progress Notes