We are just a bit past the half-way mark of July. How are your writing goals progressing? Are you completing everything you said you would? If not, what have been some of your obstacles?
In this article, I will show you how to perform a self-evaluation of your goals in a way to be your best. I will outline a schema that has worked for me over the past 30 years as I went from a newbie writer to a mature writer.
Let’s face it, life happens for all of us. And this is especially the case during the summer months when we are busy trying to have fun with our family and kids while still trying to get some writing done.
Here are three questions you should ask yourself to evaluate how you are doing so far in the month and perhaps even year.
1. Of the actions that I am taking now, which ones are actually working and moving my goals to completion?
2. Of the actions I am taking now, which ones are not working?
3. Based on your answers to questions 1 and 2, what do you need to do next to move your writing goals forward and to be successful?
When you’re answering the question about what’s not working, please put on your vest of self-compassion. Don’t beat yourself up. Instead, use this assessment to get you out of the rut for the next week or two and to a point where you can feel good about your accomplishments.
If you haven’t gotten published and you thought you would have by this point of the year, remember that publishing is a slow process. It can take years to get a book published, unless you self-publish. So just keep on writing and honing your skills as a writer. The rest will take care of itself.
Becoming a successful writer depends on revising and refining your goals and how you do things. It is all part of being a writer and experimenting with things. So please use these times as opportunities to become more successful.
Try it!
Irene Roth
In this article, I will show you how to perform a self-evaluation of your goals in a way to be your best. I will outline a schema that has worked for me over the past 30 years as I went from a newbie writer to a mature writer.
Let’s face it, life happens for all of us. And this is especially the case during the summer months when we are busy trying to have fun with our family and kids while still trying to get some writing done.
Here are three questions you should ask yourself to evaluate how you are doing so far in the month and perhaps even year.
1. Of the actions that I am taking now, which ones are actually working and moving my goals to completion?
2. Of the actions I am taking now, which ones are not working?
3. Based on your answers to questions 1 and 2, what do you need to do next to move your writing goals forward and to be successful?
When you’re answering the question about what’s not working, please put on your vest of self-compassion. Don’t beat yourself up. Instead, use this assessment to get you out of the rut for the next week or two and to a point where you can feel good about your accomplishments.
If you haven’t gotten published and you thought you would have by this point of the year, remember that publishing is a slow process. It can take years to get a book published, unless you self-publish. So just keep on writing and honing your skills as a writer. The rest will take care of itself.
Becoming a successful writer depends on revising and refining your goals and how you do things. It is all part of being a writer and experimenting with things. So please use these times as opportunities to become more successful.
Try it!
Irene Roth
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