While I have widely ignored this blog this month (and year), I have decided to crawl out of my cave for today's post. This is the time when I look back at the goals I set for myself last January and see just how well I did with them. More often than not, I lament my poor performance and, as you can probably infer from the title of today's post, this year has turned out to be no different. Not that I was a complete failure. It's just that when I set a goal for myself, I really expect to accomplish it. I hate not accomplishing goals so I'm coming away from this year rather irritated with myself.
Must be Monday.
Anyway, here's the 2012 rundown... the five goals will be in bold (bolded?). Where I ended up with them will not.
1. Publish Effigy
Well, this shouldn't come as a surprise to any of you, considering how many times over the course of this past year I blogged about my inability to make this happen. I did make strides toward accomplishing this goal (hello, gorgeous cover art!) so I am now than ever (harder to get further away) to success. Guess what my number #1 goal for next year will be!
2. Participate in NaNoWriMo 2012.
Technically I did do this, even though I really only participated in the first week and a half before Bad Things happened and I shut down faster than... something that shuts down really fast. I ended up with 14,059 words. Not horrible, I guess, but a long cry from 50,000.
3. Read 60 books.
I've read 83 books so far this year. There's a chance I'll add one more to that total, provided I can stay awake long enough to finish it. And that's not a statement as to how interesting the book in question is— although it hasn't been very interesting— but rather my current inability to stay awake for long periods of time (curse you, mono or mono-like virus!). So I'm guessing I'm going to finish the year at 83. Not bad at all.
4. Walk or run or bike at least 500 miles.
Nope. Didn't make this one either. According to my mileage tracker, I only walked and/or ran 250 miles. Next year I should probably write down all my mileage.
5. De-Clutter.
Well, I did manage to take five bags of clothing down to the Goodwill but that really just barely scratches the surface that is the clutter in my house. So I hardly think it counts. But it's a start.
TWO OUT OF FIVE gives me a success rate of 40% (if I did the math correctly anyway. There's a reason I'm a writer and not a mathematician). Not great, not by any stretch of the imagination, but I supposed it could've been a lot worse. Be sure to tune in tomorrow when I reveal my five goals for 2013. Of course, you probably know one of them already. But you don't want to miss the other four... (Note to self: come up with four other goals)
So, until next time, have a fantastic New Year, everyone. And remember, the consumption of four bottles of white wine will lead you to make stupid resolutions the following day (Or so I'm told. I would never drink four bottles of white wine. Again...) so please celebrate responsibly!
See y'all next year!