Are you close to reaching your 2016 goals?

Last year, like most years, I bought a daily planner/journal. This particular one from Bloom Planners asks the question: How will you bloom this year? There is space below to record a mission statement for my ideal year. I never took the time to do it, by the way, which is a shame considering I’m a writer. All through the planner are inspirational quotes and end-of-month reflections. Again, a feature I seldom utilized.

Tomorrow begins National Novel Writing Month—an annual writing challenge that challenges participants to write a novel in a month. Or 50,000 words, a pretty good chunk of a first draft of a novel. I’ve committed to the challenge and am getting a little nervous as October winds down.

Thinking about this last day of the tenth month of the year and how once November begins—even without a novel writing challenge—it seems like barely a chance to exhale before the year is over. Just like you, I have 61 days remaining in 2016 to complete goals or reach milestones I dreamed of when I first opened my new day planner during the dwindling days of 2015.

Back then, I had big dreams for my writing & my personal life. I was going to redesign my website. I had several writing projects I needed to see to the THE END. I was going to create a newsletter and focus on building my readership so I would have someone to send it to. I wanted to lose fifteen pounds. I was going to create a new blog and consistently post to it.

Some of the goals I reached. I redesigned my website. I finished a few writing projects and started a few more. I created a newsletter but haven’t sent out the first one. I lost most of the fifteen pounds and then gained a lot of it back. If you’re reading this you know I’ve been fairly consistent with the blog.

The next two months are going to fly by. Hopefully at the end of the year I can look back at the entries in my 2016 planner and see I reached some goals, surpassed others, and learned a thing or two. At least that's the plan. How about you?
What was your most memorable moment of 2016?
A goal you reached?
A new thing you tried?
The most important thing you learned?
The best book you read?
Something you want to try again?

It isn’t too late. There are 61 days remaining in 2016. Let’s make the most of each one.

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