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| Crow Doorway Downtown Raleighwood February 2014 |
I've been choosing a Word for the Year since 2006. It's an alternative to making New Years Resolutions, something which I never found to be very effective. I got the idea from Christine Kane, a former singer-songwriter turned Life\Entrepreneur Coach and have liked how the process of choosing a word makes me reassess where I am in life and where I want to be.
Last year I chose the word LIGHT. The idea was to find a word that balanced giving positive energy while still being true to my somewhat cynical side. It was a lofty, esoteric word that was well-meaning but lacking in any direct Call to Action.
This year I've chosen the word WRITE. It comes with the clear intention of changing my lack-of-writing ways, to stop feeling sorry for myself and my never-good-enough book, and to just get the work done.
In December I set a series of goals for myself: (a) have the latest revision completed by Feb 1st and (b) sent out to my Trusted Beta Readers so comments could be back to me by mid-February. (c)Further revisions to be completed and the polished manuscript sent back to my agent by the first week of March.
The first part of that meant both revisions and new writing. (Three new chapters, as it turned out) I took time off from werk to complete the manuscript and finished work on it before the end of January.
WRITE. That's my word for the year. What's yours?
-- Tom
