Here we are at the second week check-in. I’m so happy about how things are going right now. So happy that I’m doing this post instead of going to bed.

So, let’s just jump right into it.

Writing Stuff
My goals:

Finish the hockey romance, Off Her Game, and submit that to the requested places.
Write To Score His Heart, hockey romance #2.
Edit and publish the Christmas novella by late October.
Write zero draft of the untitled fantasy bounty hunter story.
Plan writing/publishing schedule for the Spring/Summer 2013 season.

Current progress:

Off Her Game is currently on hold until after the Christmas novella is complete.
To Score His Heart is all plotted out. Ready for the NaNoWriMo treatment.
The Christmas novella is off to CPs (or will be as soon as I email it…). Tomorrow, there will be a post about this story.
I haven’t worked on the writing schedule much yet. I’ll get there later. I just want to get this novella released first.

Design Stuff
My goals:

Continue to work on school design projects. I’m in the home stretch. I have three quarters left.
Line up projects for 2013. (So, like, if you need some graphic work done… I have some openings…)
I really want to stretch my knowledge and improve my skills so I’ve bought some digital art and Photoshop books. My plan is to read one book or work from one book every two months.
Create a stockpile of pre-made covers to offer on the website in the future. I actually have about 20 right now, but I’m really looking to expand that to 80 before offering them for sale on the website. I like having buffers.

Current progress:

Lots of projects due this week. All school related. And most are hand rendered so I can’t even play in Photoshop. I foresee a busy first half of the week.
Got a couple maybe clients this week. Also need to schedule time for my own covers for 2013.
Haven’t read much beyond school stuff. I did read a creative freelancer’s book, which was very helpful for business aspects.
Haven’t done any pre-mades yet. School is zapping my free time.

Personal Stuff
My goals

Continue to blog every day for the 365 Days to Life series, because that’s really fun and it’s doing what I’ve needed it to do.
Increase my income 15% to put me on the path to a new, better quality of life.
Stick to the Total Money Makeover plan and get an emergency fund set aside before the end of the year.
NEW Stick to the actual WeightWatchers plan to lose 15 lbs.

Current progress

My every day blogging has slowed to an every other day thing. But you know, I’m okay with that. I’m still counting down 365 days. But I’m not actually doing something every single day worth blogging about. So maybe it’s not so much a year as it is just taking 365 days to do it. It might be two years before I finish the 365 days, but it’s worth it to do it the write way.
Income hasn’t really changed too much, but I’m on my way to making it.
The TMM plan is moving slowly. I’m getting better, but I can’t really get it going with the right momentum until the income increases that 15%. So the plan is to survive for now. Save where I can, and work at the income increase for now.
I’m adding a weightloss goal. It’s been an ongoing battle. So I’m going to add it in there, and see if i can’t make it happen.

My plan this week

To finish and get the Christmas novella edited and formatted.
Blog at least every other day.
Start the detox diet.
Start the critique of a CP’s manuscript.
Don’t kill myself with school.
Go out and have fun at least one night. (I actually have two nights planned, but we’ll see how it works out…)

And that’s my week. I’m just going to keep going the way I have been. I’m fairly sure that it’s working. It’s a busy week ahead. Organization and time management will be super important. But I think I can do it.