Writings in the Sand

Weekly Goals

I discovered something very useful this week. Or rather, I discovered that something I already knew about was very useful. The Weekly Goals.

I'd seen the Weekly Goals every Monday in the Newsfeed, but I didn't really know how it worked. It seemed to me that people were just typing their goals in the comments and then nothing came of it. I finally took a good look, and realized that it's not like that at all. I had no idea that there were GPs involved, for one thing. The rules state that you don't have to accomplish your goals to receive the reward, but I tried not to think of that as a possibility. It's already too easy to fail, without telling myself it's okay to fail.

Anyway, nothing ventured, nothing gained, as they say, so I wrote a little list for myself.


1. Write a blog post about the utter chaos and complete crazy storm that kept me from doing anything useful today. At least I will get a blog post done.

2. Write at least one review per day (possibly excluding today - excuses to follow).

3. Write for 24 Syllables contest all 3 days, even if uninspired. That includes the one due tonight. Entries in for Mon, Wed, Friday

4. Write the poem for Promptly Poetry.

5. Write at least one fiction story for entry in at least one contest. Wrote two stories, entered two contests

6. Work on an entry for The Contest Challenge.

7. Write a poem in support of (159) 's new activity. Wrote one each day


I am happy to say that all goals were accomplished. That's why there are the little purple check marks and the comments in purple. In fact, I wrote more and did more than my list required.

I felt that even though I didn't have to finish my list according to the rules of the challenge, I felt inspired to try. It's my list, and so these are my goals and not some tasks set for me by someone else. That made it a challenge to meet my own expectations.

I will definitely do the Weekly Goals again. It helped me focus my time and efforts on things I could accomplish.