For many people, September is the true start of the new year.
It makes sense when you think about it: summer holidays are over; both grade school and university classes are recommencing; the days are shorter; the weather is cooler.
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What Worked for Me: A Round-up of Recommendations for Getting the Most Out of a Writers’ Conference
If I didn’t go now, I’d have to wait until 2021.
It was this—the inherent uncertainty of any long gap of time—that convinced me to go to the recent writers’ conference of the Historical Novel Society’s North American chapter, held June 20-23 in Oxon Hill, Maryland.
Writers’ conferences are expensive, even more so with the exchange from Canadian dollars for those held in the United States. Still, as a writer of historical fiction, I felt it was important for me to go.
At the Midpoint to the End of All Things 2019: My Second-Quarter 2019 Goals Check-In/Reassessment
For people with New Year’s Resolutions, the middle of the year is truly do or die time.
On the one hand, if you’ve yet to do any work toward your goals for the year, mid-year seems to represent the latest you could realistically start and still achieve the full desired result.
Public Accountability is the Best Accountability: My First-Quarter 2019 Goals Check-In/Reassessment
And just like that, a quarter of the year has passed.
It’s time for me to make account of my progress on my New Year’s Resolutions for 2019.
Owning It: SMART Goal-Setting for Real Success
It’s said that a goal without a plan is just a wish.
Also, that if you fail to plan, you plan to fail.
Using Evaluation Theory to Help You Set Your New Year’s Resolutions
“New year, new you”, so the popular saying goes.
However negatively this mantra tends to be received, especially online, I am here for it because for me, I have a pretty good track record of making it work.
I Should NOT Be Writing: My Years-Long List of Neglected Tasks
My dad used to have an expression about women and their relationships with men.
“The only thing worse than having no man is having a useless one.”
Blogging Isn’t Dead (But Someday I Will Be)
Maybe it’s morbid to talk about your inevitable death on your birthday.
Or maybe one’s birthday is an ideal time to reflect upon the natural ending of things, as well as the things you want to accomplish before your own end time, and more importantly, the barriers, both real and imaginary, that stand in your way.
My Year-End 2018 Goals Reassessment (New Year’s Resolution Redux #3)
I’ve got one more kick at the can.
I’m a long-standing lover of New Year’s resolutions, and this year, aside from just setting some—which is the easy part—I decided to perform regular progress assessments in order to course correct as needed to help boost my likelihood of achieving success.
My Mid-Year 2018 Goals Reassessment (New Year’s Resolution Redux #2)
Back in February, the month where many people end up abandoning their New Year’s resolutions, I made a point of reassessing mine.
I did this to examine my progress to date, in order to adjust course as necessary, and better plan for success.
A Frame Around Infinity 