Future Milestone Giveaway

The NE-Things Facebook page has been growing slowly but surely.  I've decided to set up a giveaway once we hit the 50 follower mark.  I'm not quite sure what to give away.  I still have a little time to figure it out, though.  I decided on doing the giveaway because truth is I like all that stuff.  I like giveaways, contests, sweepstakes, scavenger hunts...ooooohhh...scavenger hunt!  Some years back my partner was participating in an online scavenger hunt and although not as fun as the one we did when we went on a cruise, I enjoyed helping him find the X's when he was stuck.  Ideas, ideas, ideas.

YES! IT'S OPEN!!

I can't believe it's done.  After how long?  I was supposed to have opened this by April according to my vision board.  Oopsie.  But, it's ok.  I did it.  I DID IT!  Now, all I need to do is maintenance and seriously clean up and put everything away again.  It'd be nice to have the dining table back.  Not everythimg's like I'd like it to be, but...I'm used to that already.

Making Time

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One of the things I most struggle with is the one a lot of people struggle with also: time.  "I don't have time for that" is something I'm sure has been said once or twice before.  This whole "launch" has postponed over and over because of that.  I have my schedule which I really try to follow, and most of the time I do, but sometimes something happens and I abandon it.  I just got tired/frustrated/aggravated/upset that I wasn't doing what I wanted to do.  And not only what I wanted to do but what inside I felt I NEEDED to do. Maybe it's a stay-at-home-mom thing, I dont know. I was just...like I said, tired/frustrated/aggravated/upset.

Why Can't I Do This?

Since I've had to add to the list of things I have to do, I haven't been able to work on NE-Things as much as I want to.  I've done work mentally of course.  You know: what do I need to do, how I can fix it, no that won't work, how about this, where did I put that?  But to sit and do physical work?  Nope.  Not on Ínarú. Not on Jack & Justine.  And according to my vision board, I am slightly behind.  Considering April is a week away, I am actually VERY far behind.  That's why I had to make a decision.

Seven Steps to Reaching Your Goals

In an previous post I mentioned having created a vision board and within it I had my goals for NE-Things.  When I created goals before I wasn't exactly reaching them, but I wasn't exactly organized either.  This time around, I created SMART goals:

S - specific  (not "I want to be happy." but "I want to become a successful suspense/mystery/thriller writer.")

M - measurable  ("For me, successful means I would have sold 500 copies.")

A - attainable  ("How can I reach this goal?  What are the steps I need to take?")

R - realistic  ("Am I able to work towards this goal?  Can I actually dedicate time for this?")

T - time based  (not "Someday I'll reach this goal." but "I want to reach this goal in two years.")

A Different Kind Of Post

I wanted to write a little something about what I shared with an acquaintance.  I'll call her Sally.  Well, Sally and I are not exactly acquaintances that just met, but we're also not exactly friends.  We worked together many, many years ago and kept in contact through Facebook.  There's nothing more than the usual interaction within the posts and photos.  Sometimes, we communicate through the chat.  Usually just to touch up on something we may have read in the news feed.

Well recently she wrote me just to ask how I keep going.  Writes that she knows I have my child and that should be reason enough, but how do I keep going?  At first I had no idea what she was talking about.  I even want back through my profile page to see if I can figure out what she was talking about.  But I had to ask her to clarify.  Sally reads my posts, reads about the projects I want to do, how I start and something happens so I have to stop.  She says she reads about obstacles that I come across, "missions" I have to go through sometimes.  That she knows other people have "real challenges like healthwise" they face so they have a reason to keep going because if not they won't be "ok", but if I don't keep going I'll be fine.

Goals for NE-Things

I created a vision board this year.  A vision board is basically a collage of images that represents the kind of life you want.  The collage is used as a tool to help you clarify the goals you feel you need to achieve this life.  The main thing on my vision board, the thing that I feel I would achieve if I work on the other smaller ones, is Inner Harmony.  There are a couple of material things on my board, like a car (tell me what professional pedestrian doesn't want one), but there are things I want to do like make exercise a habit, make Family Outings a monthly thing, send care package, among other things.