Celebrate the Wins with a Monthly Goal Review
By Candyce Carden As writers, we often focus so much on our unmet writing goals that we overlook what we accomplish. We fail to pat ourselves on the back because our achievements seem insignificant. A cloud of negativity settles on our shoulders, and doubt enters our heart. Fixating on what we don’t accomplish sabotages our commitment to write and affects our future performance. There’s little motivation to be found if all we’re looking at is failure. We can flip this tendency by acknowledging and celebrating our wins, big and small. Our gains, our progress, our completions. Conducting a monthly goal review energizes and inspires us to strive for more. Doing A Monthly Goal Review 1. First, you have to set some goals at the beginning of the month . For example, my short-term writing goals might be to write two blog posts, a guest post, and a newsletter. Long-term goals could include working on a book proposal or manuscript. 2. At the end of the month , make a lis
