If last week’s post was a look back at 2011, this one must be a look ahead at 2012. I’ll be finishing one novel revision, outlining and drafting another that I’ve already done a bunch of planning on, writing 4+ short stories, and considering doing another novel (which currently exists as a vague idea) for nanowrimo. I’ve got a schedule laid out in a timeline program so I can check that I’m not planning on doing too many things at once. <\/p>\n
I’m also picking a couple habits to focus on each month. (More than one because most of them are things that are almost habits already, or else are old habits that I want to rekindle. Otherwise it’s hard to establish more than one new habit at a time.) These are exciting things like reading before bed and stretching every day–some health related, some writing related, some other stuff.<\/p>\n
After a long search, I finally found an app that will let me check things off each day: GoalTracker<\/a>. It’s pretty clearly designed for parents\/kids, but putting butterfly stickers on a weekly chart will make my inner eight-year-old happy too. Plus it has pretty much no analytics features, so I won’t waste time thinking too hard about this. I just want to not clutter up my to do list or calendar, and put stickers in boxes. And maybe collect trophies.<\/p>\n If you’re hunting for something similar but want more analysis or a web-based tool (or something more grown up), 42goals<\/a> and Joe’s goals<\/a> both look pretty good. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" If last week’s post was a look back at 2011, this one must be a look ahead at 2012. I’ll be finishing one novel revision, outlining and drafting another that I’ve already done a bunch of planning on, writing 4+ … Continue reading