My Goals for This Week
July 16, 2007
Okay, I’m going to be stupid brave and post my goals for this week. Maybe if I put them in writing, they’ll happen.
Quit snickering.
So I’m finishing an edit for a client. I hope to get that done today, and it may take me all day. Then I need to brainstorm with my critique partners on a new book called Kept that I want to pitch at the ACFW conference in September.
I haven’t done a lot of reading this summer, and I need to get back into that. I’m going to concentrate on recent releases from the houses of the editors I’ll be meeting with in September. So at some point I’ll need to run to the library and use that gift card I’ve got to Borders.
It’s also time to start working, too, on pitches and one-sheets. Ugh. I hate that part.
Plus I’m seriously trying to lose about 15 pounds before summer ends. Okay, I’d prefer to lose it by next Monday, but I like to eat and feel energetic too, so . . . middle August would be absolutely great. I’m back to getting up early each morning and spending quality time with the park district’s elliptical machine.
Plus I’m in charge of ACFW’s Forty Days of Prayer leading up to the conference. I need to get that out to our e-mail loop this week, hopefully by Wednesday, so people can start signing up to pray on specific days.
We also just finished our VBS. Our theme was Rescue Zone, and for our Friday night closing program we had about eight different rescue vehicles (and workers associated with them) on our church’s front lawn — huge plow/construction vehicle, roadside emergency vehicles, army vehicles, and a fire engine that got called to a fire at one point. We got to watch them jump into their gear while their ladder retracted. They backed out of the driveway (that took a minute or so), and as soon as they made it out, the call was cancelled and they pulled right back in. Made for a great show!
All that to say that my kids and a couple other families are going to make cookies tomorrow to take to the fire department and some other places as a thank you for spending their time with us. If I get my editing done that is.
So I’m busy. What am I doing blogging??? Sorry, I’ve got to run!
- On Wednesday–July’s novel giveaway announced, one of my favorite books of the last year!
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5 Responses to “My Goals for This Week”
Ah, posting goals is a great motivator. I find it just the nudge I need to get things done.
I’m trying to ignore the fact that we’ll be starting school in 16 days.
Sounds like VBS was a hit.
Whew! And I thought I was overwhelmed. So many of our goals are similar–I think I’ll just steal your list.
Love your list! On the 40 days of prayer is there a way to include praying for the families we leave at home? That’s a HUGE concern for me! Yay for no weight gain! Keep at it! 15 pounds is doable.
Georgiana, yes, families will be on it. It’s been a lot of fun to come up with almost forty different topics to pray about. I definitely have a greater respect for those who make the conference happen!
WoWzer! What a list!
Okay. What’s a one page?