Hello Readers,
I hope you have had an amazing festive season and are all ready for the year ahead. As I mentioned in my last post, I was going to take a look at what I achieved last year and set some new goals for the year ahead.
So here’s what I accomplished in 2019:
I met my goal to write 4 short stories,
I am just about half way through my double diploma,
I got a new job,
I have made 3 new author collaboration contacts,
I increased my mailing list from 350 to 959 (smashing my goal of 600),
I read 13 books (1 more than my target),
I garnered 11 new reviews.
And here are the goals I didn’t quite reach:
I didn’t get to finish 2 stories that have been on the back burner for some time now,
While I managed to get a new job, I gave it up 4 months later because it just wasn’t what I was looking for and I am yet to find another,
Although I am about half way through my double diploma, I had planned to have it completed by the end of 2019,
I did not hit my target of 12 new author collaboration contacts,
I didn’t manage to release the anthology of short stories I was planning,
I didn’t hit my goal for reviews I wanted to garner.
That’s quite a bit not achieved isn’t it? Well, I still consider this a success. I had set goals on what I wanted to achieve through 2019 and this gave me some direction. While I didn’t achieve them all, I did make progress. Progress I may not have made if I didn’t set the goals to start with. I am sorry I didn’t release anything new over the year, but considering the tumultuous year I’ve had with redundancy and job seeking, I am pleased with the progress I have made.
Now, what’s on the cards for 2020? These are the goals I have set myself:
Find a new job,
Target to write 6000 words a week,
Gain 10 new reviews,
Get my 4 short stories edited,
Create and release anthology of 10 short stories,
Finish 2 partially completed stories,
Read 12 new books,
Write 12 reviews.
As you probably noticed, I have carried across most of the goals from last year in a hope to complete them this year. A lot will swing on getting a new job, as the time taken searching and applying for roles is quite substantive and I will need a steady income to pay for editing, but I am hopeful I will get there.
So, what are your goals for the new year?
Allan Walsh writes Fantasy and Horror. If you’re looking for something new to read in these genres, why not check out his books here. You can also find his titles available in libraries.
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