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A song everyone needs to listen to. I mean LISTEN.

In the interests of actually attempting to reach my goal of posting something every day this month, I joined a gym.

This is a huge deal for me. The last time I regularly went to a gym, there was one at work and I was still in college. No, that’s a lie. I went to Curves for like three weeks before I couldn’t take it anymore. That was after I was diagnosed with asthma so less than sixteen years ago. The wierdest pet is that I can better tell you which purse I was carrying at the time than I can tell you about the location of the gym.

This gym is just around they corner and has good hours. I am going tomorrow for my first workout there.

I am…. nervous? Expectant? Worried?  I don’t even know. But they have my fingerprints now, they can track me down….

I guess I have to go. Also, I just had the best idea for a story…

sleep well all

Nope, that isn’t misspelled.

I have a problem with BIC. Butt in Chair. I have a big problem putting my butt in the chair to do the work.

It’s as though I reached my big goal of being published and that was enough. It’s not that the stories have gone away or anything, it’s just that the internal pressure is gone. I let off the gas and I’ve had a really hard time pushing back down on the accelerator.

It’s gotten so bad that the fanfiction that I used to update regularly — a once a month date that I managed to make for almost five years, just stopped being written too. It was like I couldn’t stand the thought of opening a word processing program or a blog made me just cringe.

Could it have been depression/stress/diabetes/insert reason here? Sure. Thing is, those answers all feel as though I’m lying to myself. Like I’m blaming something outside for something simpler: I achieved a goal and never set a new one.

Sure I’ve had those nifty goal posts going on, but I never really internalized a large over-arching goal.

I’m doing that today instead:

Old Goal: Be a published author. — CHECK

New Goal: Be able to sustain myself on my book sales. — EEEP I’d better get going!

So, see you on the flip side. Maybe I’ll even be blogging more. Who knows?

Starting the year off with a new goal, to get to having 200 active listings in my eBay store. 🙂 We’ll see how that goes. (Currently at: X Active Listings)

Also started selling on a few other platforms, since the actual goal is to reduce the level of stuff in my life.

• Combat Boots — Sold on Poshmark
• Keds — Sold on Poshmark
• Star Trek Air Freshener — From Lootcrate. Sold on eBay
• Santa Book — Sold on Half.com (part of eBay)
• Moosewood Restaurant Book — Sold on eBay
• Scarf — Sold on eBay
• Pattern — Sold on eBay

I’ve still got too much to do, too little time to do it, and the focus of a caffeinated and sugared-up kitten. There are a couple new goals. 

• Complete Short Stories:
  • TTOBT
  • WOW
  • CN
  • ZJ
  • GG
• Complete Novels:
  • K&N —
  • TBM
  • TCC
  • ADM
  • PR
  • TAG
• Sell 72 items this year (6/month): 2 pr shoes, 2 book, 1 air freshener, 1 scarf, 1 pattern (Total count: 9)
• Post 12 Pc of Artwork on Etsy
• Finish stuffed cupcake <– Nope. 
• Blog daily on Bittersuites <– *snickers* This goal is getting more ridiculous every time I look at it.
• Write 12 flash stories on Wedschild’s Wanderings <–I am so behind.

• Podcast flash stories
• Create audiobook for CBE
• Let go of 1000 things: 318
• Get conversion therapy banned in my county and state. 
• Edit C.J. short story
• Stop drinking soda — Have not been recording this per month, I will start doing that this month. 
• NEW GOAL: Exercise 5X a week  — Did terribly at this.  
• Update Patreon
• Create IGB Videos
• Quarterly newsletters for IGB&GFP 
• Finish 4 crafts: Finished 3 scarves for charity
  • Finished Ravenclaw Bookmark
  • Finished 2 scarves for charity

Pie in the Sky Goals

• Start a hyper-local paper for BG. — Go door to door gathering info 
• Develop an AI assistant
• Start a gentlewoman’s club — like an old-fashioned men’s club. A dining room, a bar, reading/lounge rooms, library, gaming room, media room, rentable area for weddings and like, rooms that members can sleep in for the night. Yearly membership, plus food and such. <– so, um, yeah, have the LLC registered.

Actual Bucket Goals

• Adapt forensic sniffer as a blood sugar detector
• Sail on a clipper ship
• Visit Paris (Esp. Disney Paris)
• Visit London and take the Sherlock Holmes and Jack the Ripper tours
• Go back to Germany and visit all the places I missed and what was East Germany
• Develop a method for cleaning up space junk. Possibly using electromagnets. 

Starting the year off with a new goal, to get to having 200 active listings in my eBay store. 🙂 We’ll see how that goes.

Sold:

• Mere Christianity by CS Lewis — picked up the entire set of CS Lewis books at a thrift store. And one by one I’ve been selling them off.
• 4 woven napkin rings — still working through all of these. I think more than half of the napkin rings are gone now.

I’ve still got too much to do, too little time to do it, and the focus of a caffeinated and sugared-up kitten. There are a couple new goals. 

• Complete Short Stories:
  • TTOBT
  • WOW
  • CN
  • ZJ
  • GG
• Complete Novels:
  • K&N —
  • TBM
  • TCC
  • ADM
  • PR
  • TAG
• Sell 72 items this year (6/month): 1 napkin rings, 1 book (Total count: 2)
• Post 12 Pc of Artwork on Etsy
• Finish stuffed cupcake <– Nope. 
• Blog daily on Bittersuites <– *snickers* This goal is getting more ridiculous every time I look at it.
• Write 12 flash stories on Wedschild’s Wanderings <–I am so behind.

• Podcast flash stories
• Create audiobook for CBE
• Let go of 1000 things: 318
• Get conversion therapy banned in my county and state. 
• Edit C.J. short story
• Stop drinking soda — Started this 11/26/16   35/51 Days. I am counting any month which is above 95% soda-free to be a success
• NEW GOAL: Exercise 5X a week 
• Update Patreon
• Create IGB Videos
• Quarterly newsletters for IGB&GFP  
• Exercise 3X a week : T, TH, S
• Finish 4 crafts: 

Pie in the Sky Goals

• Start a hyper-local paper for BG. — Go door to door gathering info 
• Develop an AI assistant
• Start a gentlewoman’s club — like an old-fashioned men’s club. A dining room, a bar, reading/lounge rooms, library, gaming room, media room, rentable area for weddings and like, rooms that members can sleep in for the night. Yearly membership, plus food and such. <– so, um, yeah, have the LLC registered.

Actual Bucket Goals

• Adapt forensic sniffer as a blood sugar detector
• Sail on a clipper ship
• Visit Paris (Esp. Disney Paris)
• Visit London and take the Sherlock Holmes and Jack the Ripper tours
• Go back to Germany and visit all the places I missed and what was East Germany
• Develop a method for cleaning up space junk. Possibly using electromagnets. 

Now, you’d think that New Years would mean a lot of changes to the goals. Not so much. I’ve still got too much to do, too little time to do it, and the focus of a caffeinated kitten.

• Complete Short Stories:
  • TTOBT
  • WOW
  • CN
  • ZJ
  • GG
• Complete Novels:
  • K&N —
  • TBM
  • TCC
  • ADM
  • PR
  • TAG
• Sell 60 items this year (5/month) <– 1 set of napkin rings, KitchenAid Mixer Cover, 1 Figurine, 1 ornament and 8 book Total = 69 GOAL MET!!!!
• NEW GOAL: Sell 72 items this year (6/month)
• Post 12 Pc of Artwork on Etsy
• Finish stuffed cupcake <– Nope. 
• Blog daily on Bittersuites <– *snickers*
• Write 12 flash stories on Wedschild’s Wanderings <–I am so behind.

• Podcast flash stories
• Create audiobook for CBE
• Let go of 1000 things: 318
• NEW GOAL: Get conversion therapy banned in my county and state. 
• Edit C.J. short story
• Stop drinking soda — Started this 11/26/16   22 / 28 Days. I am counting any month which is above 95% soda-free to be a success
• Update Patreon
• Create IGB Videos
• Quarterly newsletters for IGB&GFP  
• Exercise 3X a week : T, TH, S
• Finish 4 crafts: 

Pie in the Sky Goals

• Start a hyper-local paper for BG. — Go door to door gathering info 
• Develop an AI assistant
• Start a gentlewoman’s club — like an old-fashioned men’s club. A dining room, a bar, reading/lounge rooms, library, gaming room, media room, rentable area for weddings and like, rooms that members can sleep in for the night. Yearly membership, plus food and such. <– so, um, yeah, have the LLC registered.

Actual Bucket Goals

• Adapt forensic sniffer as a blood sugar detector
• Sail on a clipper ship
• Visit Paris (Esp. Disney Paris)
• Visit London and take the Sherlock Holmes and Jack the Ripper tours
• Go back to Germany and visit all the places I missed and what was East Germany
• Develop a method for cleaning up space junk. Possibly using electromagnets. 

Of course, this month means we have a special goal: WRITE 50,000 words
Join me at http://nanowrimo.org (look for eoen) <== SO THAT DIDN’T HAPPEN.

I do these to be accountable to someone, even if it’s just the net. Hey, look I scheduled this one. Wonder if I remembered to update it? 

• Complete Short Stories:
  • TTOBT
  • WOW
  • CN
  • ZJ
  • GG
• Complete Novels:
  • K&N —
  • TBM
  • TCC
  • ADM
  • PR
• Sell 60 items this year (5/month) <– Sold ink, 1 record, 1 pattern, 1 mousepad, 1 magazine, 1 set of napkin rings, and 5 book Total = 57
• Post 12 Pc of Artwork on Etsy
• Finish stuffed cupcake <– Nope. 
• Blog daily on Bittersuites <– *snickers*
• Write 12 flash stories on Wedschild’s Wanderings <–I am so behind.

• Podcast flash stories
• Create audiobook for CBE
• NEW GOAL: Let go of 1000 things: 236
• Edit C.J. short story
• NEW GOAL: Stop drinking soda — Started this this month on 11/26
• Update Patreon
• Create IGB Videos
• Quarterly newsletters for IGB&GFP  
• Exercise 3X a week : T, TH, S
• Finish 4 crafts: <– finished 5 scarves for charity

Pie in the Sky Goals

• Start a hyper-local paper for BG. — Go door to door gathering info 
• Develop an AI assistant
• Start a gentlewoman’s club — like an old-fashioned men’s club. A dining room, a bar, reading/lounge rooms, library, gaming room, media room, rentable area for weddings and like, rooms that members can sleep in for the night. Yearly membership, plus food and such. <– so, um, yeah, have the LLC registered.

Actual Bucket Goals

• Adapt forensic sniffer as a blood sugar detector
• Sail on a clipper ship
• Visit Paris (Esp. Disney Paris)
• Visit London and take the Sherlock Holmes and Jack the Ripper tours
• Go back to Germany and visit all the places I missed and what was East Germany
• Develop a method for cleaning up space junk. Possibly using electromagnets. 

Continuing to sell stuff, sort of randomly…

• Set of 9 yellow metal napkin rings — got these at a yard sale in a big old bag of napkin rings. I’m happy they’re off to a better home.
• Cabbage Patch Kids Book — Collectors right?
• Set of ink cartridges that were expired, but new in package
• The old woman who lived in a shoe vintage toy — got this from an antique dealer years ago for practically nothing, but it was time to rehome it.
• 1 Dress pattern — multiple dress styles in one pattern. A good value I think.
• Set of 4 large purple beaded napkin rings — these flowers were the size of my hand, I swear!
• Rainbow Brite book — viva la 80s!
• Set of 4 daffodil napkin rings — metal work and quite nice.