First of all, let's take a look back at 2024's goals and see how I did:
-Publish Choosing Your Best Life Changed the title to Defending Destiny and it was published in April:)
-Pull ALL my books (except Kindle ones) and go wide with D2D Nope
-Make my e-books available on Patreon Nope
-Put a shelf above my bed Still waiting....
-Put a shelf in the MBA Still waiting, though I now have a new floor, toilet, and the vanity's been raised 3 inches!
-Evict items from Brown House Nope
-Evict items from basement Nope....seriously? I had this as a GOAL?
-Rip out carpets in Daughter's room Getting closer, but no...
-Empty Mom's storage unit No...have to either evict items from Brown house or get Daughter's room squared away first.
-Work enough hours to pay for NYC trip YES!!! Plus did a lot of fundraising and my sister helped out:)
-ENJOY NYC TRIP DEFINITELY! And am planning to return in 2026:)
-Get my voice back 1/11: Sang karaoke successfully!!!
-Finish any of the following:
-Paranormal Preacher Added maybe 100 words
-Singer Story No
-Aiden Kross antho Not yet
-Heart Song Am up to Ch 9!
-Short story for Antho Yes! Midsummer's Festival in Central Park:)
-Short story for BKM antho Think I finished and sent it??? Need to check on this
-Sell 200 books Hand-sold 146. Cut back on events this year.
-Promote Patreon page and get more sponsors No....think I picked up a couple of freebees, though...
-Sign up for Venmo and Cash App, for cashless/non-CC readers Venmo, yes. CashApp, no.
-Be a vendor at the following events: Check!
-First Fridays
-March: GSH Vendor Fair
-April: Eclipse event and SI Con Was knocked sideways by the amount of support from Washington during the Eclipse, selling 18 in 2 days!!!
-May: SI Con moved to April
-June: Superman
-July: Imaginarium
-Aug: IABE, Geek Con
-Sept: Cil-Con Cancelled this year
Nov: Christmas Show, GSH
-Carve out more reading time Check! Look at numbers below
-December, put out the Nativity and Morty Depression set in; had to force myself to even decorate the damn tree.
How Was My Health In 2024? Started off rough, with needing ortho visit, X-rays, and MRI on my left knee, but nothing was torn or damaged by the falls in November or December. Learned in April the eye doctor DOES IN FACT run my vision through medical insurance, despite my due diligence checking BEFORE I decided not to renew it (and putting $40 back in my paycheck, something I DID enjoy!), so bleh....had to reinstate the crappy insurance in October.
Youngest Son had quit his job at Christmas last year, and even though he claimed to be applying 'everywhere', he did get hired in September at an aluminum recycling plant, which he enjoyed......for a week, due to being razzed by some long-time employees, and he threw a tantrum and quit. Didn't get hired anywhere else until October, and sprained his ankle 6 weeks later, ON THE JOB, so workman's comp covered him until he healed right before Christmas. Kid's already still talking about finding something else. He's been told no quitting/getting fired until he has something CONCRETE lined up, none of this,"Well, they said they'd get back to me...."
I know,,,,kids. Think they know everything.
Books Read: 84
Print: 57
E-book: 27
DNF: 5
So....Here Are My Goals For 2025:
-Lose 5 lbs per month
-Publish Mandela/Butterfly Effect
-Pull ALL my books (except Kindle ones) and go wide with D2D
-Make my e-books available on Patreon
-Put a shelf above my bed
-Put a shelf in the MBA
-Evict items from Brown House
-Evict items from basement
-Rip out carpets in Daughter's room
-Empty Mom's storage unit
-Save $3-4K for 2026 NYC trip
-Finish any of the following:
-Paranormal Preacher
-Singer Story
-Aiden Kross antho
-Heart Song
-Short story for Antho
-Check on story progress for BKM antho
-Sell 200 books
-Promote Patreon page and get more sponsers
-Be a vendor at the following events:
-First Fridays/Creative Market
-Feb: Saluki Con
-March: SI Con, Big River Comic Con
-April: GSH Vendor Fair, Kokomo Con, E'ville Craft Fair
-June: Superman, Farmer's Market, Pride
-July: Imaginarium
-Aug: Watermelon Fest , CCC, Geek Con
-Sept: Cil-Con, Peoria Event
Nov: Christmas Show, GSH, Kringle Market
-Carve out more reading time
-December, put out the Nativity and Morty
Yeah, they look familiar....for a reason! Just look at the top of this post. I need to stay on top of this.
I'll post my January Goals tomorrow. I've got some reading to do.
Happy New Year!!!!
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