​For those tuning into this round my master goals list is here. The list of everyone participating in this round is here. 

AFTER ACTION REVIEW:
Big Goals:
1)  Done and done! This was a big goal as a number of authors had already gotten back with their edits, those all needed to get reviewed. While it took some time it was certainly worthwhile. I can't wait to see this book completed!

2) Did not get 8k a day. There was simply too much time in the car and to get this done. Not sure if there's an easy or good way to adjust my schedule for this when there's so much traveling going on.

3) Did do 15 minutes of Japanese twice out of the four days! It's getting on the up and up again. The letter was sent. The anime without subtitles wasn't watched due to the lack of time issue.

 Small Goals:
1) Formatted a single calendar page.

2) Read a chapter of the book. Continued to listen to my audio book and listened to the first three hours of the SOs audiobook in the car. It's quite interesting and I'm sure I'll be finishing it later.

3) Read a chapter of both the self-improvement book and traveling Japan book. 

4) Flung 15 items and hit the stretch goal of weeding. Took down /a lot/ of vines this time around. Super excited about this progress.

5) All good.


INTENTIONS/MINI-GOALS
This is busy week number two. Keeping the forward momentum in all goals, but no major leaps expected. This looks a lot like the last one. 

Big Goals:
1) Send out next four emails from editor. Respond to emails as needed.

2) 8k a day for real. Weights or pilates once before checkin. Keep to the meal plan. 

3) 15/min Japanese per day, studied in the morning. 1 letter. 1 anime without subtitles. 

Small Goals:
1) Format a single calendar page.

2) Read chapter of book. Continue to listen to audio book. 

3) Read another chapter of self-improvement book. Read chapter of traveling Japan book. 

4) Fling 15 items from the basement. Stretch goal to put together another bag of weeding together this weekend.

5) Nothing specific, filling the tanks mostly which is covered by small goals 2+3.

For those tuning into this round my master goals list is here. The list of everyone participating in this round is here. 

AFTER ACTION REVIEW:
Big Goals:
1)  All emails sent for works received thus far. 

2) Did not get to 8K on Tuesday, but did reach it on all other days. Did 20 minutes of weights today.

3) Did write a letter in Japanese and watched an episode of anime without subtitles. Did not do the vocab that I should be doing. There needs to be a process change here but I don't know what. Perhaps studying earlier in the day? Before breakfast?

Small Goals:
1) Did the check of family member photos on the calendar pages. Had to do some corrections but the calendar is ready for formatting.

2) Read a couple chapters from the book. 

3) Read a chapter of diyMFA. Been skipping around a bit, which is helping me keep to topics that I find interesting.

4) Flung 15 items. It was a good idea to keep this idea small and manageable, because I had even less time than I originally expected to get stuff done at home this week.

5) I've been continuing to think about story ideas, but still nothing ripe. I'm hoping to spend time filling the tanks this weekend and upcoming week.


INTENTIONS/MINI-GOALS
It's a busy week that's leading into a busier weekend. Keeping everything on the low, while keeping forward momentum.

Big Goals:
1) Put together new test copy of book cover. Respond to emails as needed.

2) 8K a day. Weights or Pilates once before the next check in. Continue with meal plan.

3) 15/min Japanese per day, studied in the morning. 1 letter. 1 anime without subtitles. 

Small Goals:
1) Format a single calendar page.

2) Read chapter of book. Continue to listen to audio book. 

3) Read another chapter of self-improvement book. Read chapter of traveling Japan book. 

4) Fling 15 items from the basement. Stretch goal to put together another bag of weeding together this weekend.

5) Nothing specific, filling the tanks mostly which is covered by small goals 2+3. 

​Took a much needed weekend off from plans/to do lists. How does one know that things are going well if one doesn't stop to smell the roses occasionally, and ask themselves how they're really doing? Stopping and taking some time to catch-up with myself helped me appreciate a lot of how great things are right now with a bonus of washing away some stress. It was particularly good timing too, since the next two weeks are going to be particularly busy.  
 
 
AFTER ACTION REVIEW:
Big Goals:
1)  After discussing the front cover some more it's going to need additional work. Did put together the draft of the email which will make this week's goal a bit smoother.
 
2) Did over 8K a day all week and a little less than that over the weekend, particularly with how hot and muggy it was. I'd say that it averaged 8K, and was an overall success. I put together both of the next two weeks meal plans, put them both on the website, and ordered the groceries for the current week. The meal plan is really making things easier as there is less stress about deciding what to make and a lot more of me just getting to it. There's been the added bonus of the SO being more likely to chip into making dinners if they know what it is and how to cook it. I did not get around to doing the weights workout over the weekend. That's ok, we're building up speed here and missing a stretch goal like that is ok.
 
3) Downloaded some new Japanese apps to help keep the studying interesting. It does help, though one keeps getting stuck in ads which is annoying. I didn't study over the weekend, but did get the week stuff done. I also sent out two letters, but did not watch the episode of anime. Overall a middling experience.
 
Small Goals:
1) Choose the theme for the calendar, uploaded the photos, and placed the photos onto the pages fairly evenly.
 
2) Finished physical book. Started and finished a webcomic. It was great to live chat about it with my sister, but I have to say the ending was a bit disappointing.
 
3) Read some more of diyMFA. I don't quite know why I didn't read this before, other than I wasn't ready to absorb all of the good stuff that this book has to offer.
 
4) Tried to use the new chainsaw only to find out that it needs chain oil. I'll be putting that into my next online order and then we'll give things another go. There has been a lot of weeding over the week, and time off from such over the weekend.
 
5) Still thinking over writing ideas. Nothing is sticking yet, luckily I have time to continue to think and listen.
 
 
INTENTIONS/MINI-GOALS
It's a busy week that's leading into a busier weekend. Keeping everything on the low, while keeping forward momentum in all goals.

Big Goals:
1) Send emails for all of the line edits that have been received.
 
2) 8k a day. Keep to meal plan. Do one 20 minute session of Pilates or weights.
 
3) Study Japanese vocab for 15/day. Write a letter in Japanese. Watch an episode of anime without subtitles.
 
Small Goals:
1) Do a check of all family member photos on calendar pages to make sure that there are no doubles on one page. Also make sure that each person is present in at least two photos in the calendar.
 
2) Read a chapter of "A Spring Betrayal" by Tom Callaghan.
 
3) Read a chapter of diyMFA.
 
4) No time for weeding, so I'll fling 15 things from the house. If I'm really good I'll choose things that can/should be given to friends while out and about these upcoming weekends.
 
5) Continue to think and listen for story ideas/developments. 

For those tuning into this round my master goals list is here. The list of everyone participating in this round is here. 

A little late here due to a work related emergency which forced me to stay late yesterday. Everything was fixed and I do have the holiday off so I'm catching up on everything.


What were the minigoals for the first checkin?
Big Goals:
1) Send email to line editor. Discuss bookcover.

2) Return step counter and order another. 8k steps a day. Keep to the meal plan. Weights or pilates once. 

3) 15 minutes of studying every day. Write 1 letter in Japanese. Watch 1 episode of an anime without subtitles. 

Small Goals:
1) Practice DnD battles. Post about who wants the calendar on FB. Grab pictures from summer gathering.

2) Continue to read physical and audio book. 

3) Continue to read diyMFA.

4) 1 bag of weeding or a 5 thing fling from the basement per day, depending on the weather. Monday is off due to DnD related time constraints. 

5) Discuss ideas at writers group and keep an ear out for personal thoughts on story ideas. 


AFTER ACTION REVIEW:
Big Goals:
1) Both things are done. Need to start working on the back cover.

2) Filled out the paperwork to return the step counter, will ship it out Friday. I've overachieved on the steps by doing at least 10k (or 5 miles) a day. The new HP game has been helping make this goal a lot more fun! Lastly I tried a pilates video from Youtube, and wasn't impressed. Still did it, helping myself get back into the groove of things.

3) Missed studying on Monday and Tuesday. Normally I study during lunch but I've been using that time to do a HP walk instead. Trying to get myself into the groove while at home hasn't been as easy, but I'll get through it. I need to know this stuff while I'm in Japan too, so I can't let location affect things. I did write the letter and watch the anime without subtitles, it was the new Fruba.

Small Goals:
1) Practiced the DnD battles and successfully hosted the last of my four session campaign. Overall I think it went really well and Savage is much easier to host a game for than proper DnD. I'd be interested in trying again sometime! I also did the other two tasks of asking who wanted a calendar and getting the pictures from the summer gathering to put on said calendar.

2) Finished the audio book and made progress on the physical book. 

3) ~50 pages into diyMFA. There's a lot of great stuff in there!

4) Success! The rain seems to be slowing down, so I got two bags of weeding done so far, and could have done some on Monday if there weren't as many time constraints. 

5) Still listening to the ideas. Two older ideas have come up again, but I don't think that they're ready for the lime light yet. 


INTENTIONS/MINI-GOALS
Big Goals:
1) Draft two emails for line edits; one for those who have edits right away and another for edits who will be coming later in the month but we'll want a fast turn around on.

2) 8k a day. Put together a meal plan for next week, put everything into the website, put in the order for groceries, and pick up groceries. Do one 20 minute session of pilates or weights. 

3) Study Japanese vocab for 15/day. Write 2 letters. Watch 1 episode of anime without subtitles. Look over travel plans as needed, see about making restaurant reservations on Friday. 

Small Goals:
1) Choose theme for calendar, upload all photos, place photos onto calendar pages. (This takes a bit of time because I try to make sure that each person is only on each page once.) 

2) Finish physical book. Decide on next audio book and start it. (Possibly one on CD for in the car?)

3) Read more of diyMFA.

4) 1 bag of weeding or 5 thing fling basement depending on weather. (Also order more yard waste bags) Big 4th of July project - unbox my new chainsaw on a stick and trim all the trees!

5) Continue thinking over writing ideas. 

Hello everyone,

With summer here things are a bit hectic but that isn't slowing me down. I was hoping to par this down to 7 goals, but that's just not enough to cover my aspirations. So I went for 8 again, a pretty consistently important number in my life. 

Big Goals:
1) Anthology. Send out line edits, review line edits for any additionally needed edits, put together book, figure out book cover, review everything for the new Createspace, and put in an order in time for our Sep 14th release date! 

2) Health improvement. This is a major lifestyle change, and it's a bigger deal because I want to do this with the SO. I've done many things before such as Crossfit etc and they work fine for me, as I have a lot of internal motivation, but the SO needs the external motivation. So this time, we're in it together!

First I'm getting the SO a step counter. Once that's in we'll both have the goal of 8k a day. 

Second is to improve our food intake. I think that the easiest way to do this is through a meal plan. The SO doesn't like eating the same thing too often in a row. Thus I think having a three week meal plan that rotates should give us the variety to keep to it. There's a personal bonus of being able to preorder our groceries with saved grocery lists, so that will save us a chunk of time every week as well! (Of course now I need to see if we have enough healthy recipes to actually do this with a three week rotation.) Once this is implemented we'll work on making small improvements and trying new recipes to add to the rotation.

Third is to have at least two weight lifting, stepper, badminton, Pilates, or rowing machine sessions of 30 minutes a week per person. I might have to schedule them so we both do them at the same time to have the accountability. We'll figure it out as we build on this life style.

3) Learning Japanese. 15 minutes of studying vocab a day. Write a letter to a penpal every other day. Watch an episode of anime in Japanese with no subtitles at least once per checkin. 

Small Goals:
1) Misc stuff that needs to get done. I don't want to overload myself, so I'll work on one at a time and call them all goal 1. First is making the family calendar. After that is watching/reading borrowed things and return them. This includes GoT, Outlaw star, and TMNT. After that I'm sure something will come up, probably to do with crafts and/or up-cycling. 

2) Read 10 physical books from my shelves. I've got a handful already chosen, and will choose more as those are gone through. 

3) Read 3 self improvement books. One will be, 'Ask More'. The other two will be writing related.

4) Home improvement. The first goal is to get the yard squared away. I've given up on the actual outdoor improvements and would be happy to simply have everything weeded and not completely overgrown. (Keeping expectations reasonable is an important part of my happiness!) After that I might go back to cleaning the basement, or some of the house repairs that the SO and I are considering. One thing at a time, mostly I'm aiming for progress, while being flexible. 

5) Outline for NaNo. I expect this to get more time later in the round. The first part is taking the many ideas I have flying around and fleshing them out enough to know which has enough meat to work on. After that will be some plot development and character development. After that I'll make a whole Aion Timeline for the novel and fill it out/do research as needed. 

Cheers,
Shannon

MINI BREAK TIME CHECK IN:
1) I finished typing the edits into the computer and have shared them with my beta readers!!! Hurrah!

2) Successfully did not study Japanese vocab. I have been taking a lot more lunch time walks instead and suspect that will continue with the new HP game being out. 

3) Major success! I've been cleaning up a bag of yard waste/weeding per sunny day and cleaning the basement on rainy days. The progress is steady and maintainable! 

Hello all! This is a bit late because I've been busy and I'm working on not overexerting myself just to finish a goal by my deadline when it's not going to negatively impact my plans. I'll make some mini goals for the break, and update once at the end of the week for the accountability. 


AFTER ACTION REVIEW:
Big Goals:
1) Wonderfully and completely done!

2) This is the goal that needed an extension. I'm done writing out the edits on paper, now I need to put this into the computer before sending it out to beta readers. My intention is to have this done by the end of the month. 

3) I haven't been doing nearly as much official Japanese studying as I intended. I have been watching and playing games in Japanese with English subtitles and been trying to listen to it as much as possible. Overall I did get two months of really good studying there where I was making excellent progress, but trying to increase the daily time dedication made me start to stumble. Perhaps the jump was too great? I'll consider it over the week break and come back renewed and ready for the last 100 days of studying! 

Small Goals:
1) This was basically made obsolete after some good improvements at work. Overall it's still good to keep an eye on, but the financials are doing alright.

2) Successfully scheduled two workshops and have had a library reach out for another option. Hosted one so far and it went quite well! 

3) Successfully read 10 books. I think I got slowed down/stuck by reading a longer/slower story in the middle, so I'll focus on shorter books at the start of a round and finish with the longer ones.

4) Happily read four self-improvement books. Two were great, one was good, and one was pretty bad. Overall a fine distribution. One has to wade through stuff to find the best, particularly things that work for them.

5) The family visited over the weekend and had a great time! This goal felt like it was thwarted by the vast amounts of rain that we got this year, and how it always seemed to land on the weekend. So the inside of the house was really great, probably the best that it's been in a year. The yard was an overgrown mess. 

Still, the weather was great for the everyone to hang out outside all weekend and my family is wonderfully helpful. By the time everyone left most of the fire wood from three different mini piles was burned or stacked up in the one spot they're supposed to be in. The patio was weeded. Plus the gas for the grill refilled. The momentum was really great, so I tried to keep up by doing some mowing and additional weeding once everyone headed home too. 


BREAK TIME MINI GOALS:
1) Finish typing edits into computer and send novel to beta readers.

2) Do not study Japanese vocab specifically, because it's break time. (But if I'm playing a game with Japanese in it then I will listen as much as possible.) 

3) Keep up the outside momentum. Ideally put together one bag of weeds or one mowing session per day that it's sunny. Get rid of five things from the house on days that are rainy. Reward myself with some Harry Potter Wizards Unite!

See everyone on the flip side! 

For those tuning into this round my master goals list is here. The list of everyone participating in this round is here. I personally format my check-ins as an after action review, then the setting of intentions/minigoals for the next check-in. Please leave a comment, even if it's not related to the goals I don't mind, it's nice to know that someone sees this page!


​AFTER ACTION REVIEW:
Big Goals:
1)  Completely done!
 
2) Didn't actually do the edits yet, but planning to really focus on them while I'm at writers group later today. Allowed myself a more leisurely weekend to recharge, so more reading for fun instead of for my projects.
 
3) Still not back into the swing of studying Japanese here. I did start a new game which has Japanese audio, trying my hardest to pay attention to it while playing.
 
Small Goals:
1) Sent out the eBay deals. So far one was accepted, and that's one more thing out of the house!
 
2) Took a bit of time today to go through my emails, respond to what needed to get responded to, and put all events on all calendars that they needed to be on. Slowly getting back to the place that I should be here.
 
3) Read one of the short books that I wanted to read. I have two more left to finish before the end of the round to complete this goal.
 
4) Did not do my DnD prep yet, but will also be doing this at writers group. I need to talk out some of the ideas with fellow idea people, ya know?
 
5) Did half of what I intended here. Cleared off the guest bed, changed the sheets, and took out all the trash/recycling. Decided to not wash the kitchen floor because it's raining again and my doggo is just going to get it dirty again. The bathrooms aren't too bad right now, so they'll get cleaned during the week.
 
Bonus) Got around to the goals from last week on this; collecting photos and making sure there were enough of everyone. Then went to the website to put everything together and realized that the calendar doesn't need to get ordered until August. That'll be better for my finances and for my planning, plus that leaves the opportunity for new photos to add to said calendar! Overall a pleasant winning surprise!
 
 
INTENTIONS/MINI-GOALS
I'll probably do my weekly checkin and the overall round checkin in Thursday, so mostly these goals are to finish things out.

Big Goals:
1) Done, thank the goodness.
 
2) 61 pages of detail level edits, typed into the computer, and sent to beta readers.
 
3) Try to get 15 minutes of Japanese studying a day.
 
Small Goals:
1) Ship out eBay items as needed.
 
2) Complete.
 
3) Finish reading two books out of the three I have started.
 
4) Official goal is done. Sub goal of DnD hosting to be worked on.
 
5) Prep the house for a family visit this upcoming weekend! 

For those tuning into this round my master goals list is here. The list of everyone participating in this round is here. I personally format my check-ins as an after action review, then the setting of intentions/minigoals for the next check-in. Please leave a comment, even if it's not related to the goals I don't mind, it's nice to know that someone sees this page!
 
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AFTER ACTION REVIEW:
Big Goals:
1)  After 8 years this is 100% done, with the degree successfully arriving at home.
 
2) It took an extra push of effort, and the knowledge that I was writing this up and would be accountable, to get these 40pages done. But they did get done, and the edits were all reasonable! I found three plot related issues that need to get fixed, and the rest were all sentence structure or adding additional emotional depth. I'm really looking forward to having this out to beta readers on the 20th!
 
3) Ended up ignoring this for most of the week. Just a bit too busy and a bit too high on anxiety to get around to it. Taking a deep breath now, and refocusing this upcoming checkin.
 
Small Goals:
1) Success! Sent out eBay sales. Withdrew from the old investment. Kept spending to a minimum. (Still splurged on 2$ pizza for lunch, because it was that kinda week. Still a reasonable price for not having to make or pack lunch.)
 
2) Responded to all emails and rescheduled appointment to August. Cleared the schedule a little, which is helpful with the extra life that is happening.
 
3) Read some more of the books I'm in the middle of. Opted for podcasts instead of audiobooks because that was what I was in the mood for.
 
4) I did not read some of 'Ask More' nor did I watch GoT. As before there was too much to do, and as smaller more fun goals they got placed to the wayside. I did some more of the prep I needed for DnD and will be doing a test battle after posting this!
 
5) Huge success! I finally got around to cleaning the house! I also did a test run of touching up the mortar on the house. The color match ended up being pink instead of red. Some of the mortar on the house is an odder color than that, so I did my practice patch there. On the other hand some of the mortar matches the red brick color very well, so I'll probably try another entire jar of mortar next time I do this. That all being said, I think I underestimated this project a bit. This is a much better goal to do a bit at a time so that I can learn and focus on getting it to look good, instead of all at once. I shall continue forward!
 
 
INTENTIONS/MINI-GOALS
Big Goals:
1) Nada!
 
2) 20 pages of detail level edits.
 
3) 15 minutes of vocab studying a day, and 1 letter a day.
 
Small Goals:
1) Send out eBay sales. Keep spending to a minimum.
 
2) Respond to emails as needed. Review notes for workshop.
 
3) Finish two shorter books I'm in the middle of.
 
4) Do more DnD prep. I doubt I'll have time for much of anything else.
 
5) Keep the house clean. It'll be raining for most of the week, so I'll keep this simple.
 
Bonus) This is a goal for the week; make grandma's calendar on Shutterfly. This is often a lengthy process for me, taking an average of four hours. So I'd like to spread it out over the week. I also just got a coupon that ends on the 17th, and I do love me a deadline. 

For those tuning into this round my master goals list is here. The list of everyone participating in this round is here. I personally format my check-ins as an after action review, then the setting of intentions/minigoals for the next check-in. Please leave a comment, even if it's not related to the goals I don't mind, it's nice to know that someone sees this page!

AFTER ACTION REVIEW:
Big Goals:
1)  Wonderfully done~
 
2) Got 20pages done of the 60 I was aiming for. A bit too much life in my plans. I'll adjust course this checkin and keep at it!
 
3) Did not really get back on the studying Japanese streak at all. I think I needed more recovery time after the weekend that I did not account for. Plus it's been a particularly social
 
Small Goals:
1) Sent out all packages on Monday. Did spend money on a couple cheap lunches this week, cause sometimes that's just needed, and I was that out of spoons.
 
2) Did 6/9 emails on Monday. The other three haven't been gotten to yet. Normally I have three or less important ones, so this is above my normal.
 
3) Continued book.
 
4) Did not get around to reading the book Ask More. Did finish watching Good Omens, it was as amazing as the book with some brilliant acting. Did about half of the prep that I needed to for my DnD campaign, which was what I needed for Monday night at least.
 
5) Still didn't get to cleaning the house. I want my house to be cleaner and it's just not happening! Ugh!
 
 
INTENTIONS/MINI-GOALS
Big Goals:
1) Done, thank goodness. I've been low on spoons so the extra time is a huge help right now.
 
2) Edit 40pages of scene level page edits, bringing me up to half.
 
3) Maybe just go back to 15 minutes on Thursday/Friday. Try for letters and 15 minutes on Sat/Sunday.
 
Small Goals:
1) Send out eBay sales. Check in with old investment. Keep spending low.
 
2) Respond to all emails. Reschedule events and appointments as needed. Did not realize that so much was scheduled for this month, and it's even more unusual to not have it on my calendar.
 
3) Listen to more audiobook.
 
4) Read some of 'Ask More'. Watch up to 4 episodes of GoT. Finish prep for DnD.
 
5) Weekend project to touch up the mortar on the house. Put in the order for supplies already. 
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