Resolutions

Resolutions

Have you made any resolutions for 2012? I haven’t. At least not any I have put in writing. So I invite you, along with me, to make a few. After all you can’t hit the basket if you don’t aim for it. My aim this year is to get published. For two years I enjoyed writing a column for the Ready Writer, a publication of the Fellowship of Christian Writers in Tulsa. It made me write and it was published! I like to write because then I have to organize my thoughts. Otherwise, all those vague ideas, memories, and facts making little grooves in the old gray matter just keep rambling around up there, but when I sit down to the computer and begin to write. Voila! They get organized and one idea leads to another. I guess that’s the right brain taking over and being creative.

 What are my writing goals for 2012? I would like to publish 5 devotionals, plus a series of articles for the Victory Newspaper. I want to post at least 24 blogs on Salt and Light, maybe more. I’d like to write one per week, however, 52 sounds a bit daunting.

Last year I talked to Jim Stovall about how he and his wife set their goals. Jim is the creator of the Narrative Television Network (NTN) which offers programs for the blind and visually impaired. He is a prolific author having written The Ultimate Gift, The Ultimate Life, a follow-up, and The Lamp. He has two movies, The Ultimate Gift and A Christmas Snow, made from his books and has 8 million books in print. His wife Crystal is also a writer. He told me they set aside 10-12 days during the holidays to review the past year and to make plans for the New Year.

I’ve shared some of my writing goals for2012, but there are other areas of life where we can set goals e.g. spiritual, financial, educational, and so on. I write my goals on an index card and put it on the bathroom mirror. There’s something about seeing them in black and white that makes them concrete. I got the idea from a friend who wrote each goal on a separate index card and carried them in her purse. She would read over them often. She said it helped her stay focused. She went from a size 14, her goal, to a size 10. That certainly encouraged me to stay focused on my goals!

Send me some of your goals for 2012. We can encourage each other.