Now that January is over, it’s time to reflect and see what I can do better this month.

Health

I wanted to get 150 minutes each week of exercise and I did it. Some weeks I managed even more. I lost exactly zero weight, but my legs look stronger and my clothes fit better, so it’s a positive outcome. If I’m going to change anything I think I should eat better and add more weight lifting. I can eat better by not eating sweets and coffee for breakfast and make a breakfast sandwich or taco instead. I can switch to lifting weights before dinner instead of doing more cycling.

Novel Manuscript

I wanted to finish writing my first draft by the end of February. At the start of the January I had about 100 pages left to write to finish my first draft. The goal was to finish 50 pages by the end of January. I wrote 25 pages. I think what set me back was the bad weather and several days of broken sleep or not enough sleep. I can’t change the weather, but I can try to go to bed an hour earlier. Do you have any suggestions on how to stay productive on gloomy days? Please tell me in the comments.

Follower Count

The overall goal is 25,000 followers. I didn’t set a monthly goal for followers in January, because I didn’t know what to expect. At the time of writing this post I have 7 followers. Thank you for following me on my road to publication. Please share my blog with your friends and family. I hope to gain 43 more followers. 50 followers sounds like a nice round number.

Art

I hadn’t set a goal for my artwork. But I’ll correct that now. I want to make 2 pieces of sellable art by the end of this month. I have a couple of place where I try to sell my art, but as of yet I haven’t linked them to my blog. I’ll add them before this week is over.

Check back tomorrow for more. How are your own goals going? Let me know in the comments.