Now that the Thanksgiving holiday has passed, it is time to
think of the future: Christmas, winter,
the New Year. Besides decorating and
shopping, this time of year I like to buy a new weekly calendar and plan my
goals for the following year. I feel
like unless I make time for things on purpose, I will never get around to
it. It seems like mundane chores and
just living gets in the way of doing the things I really want to do. I want to make time on purpose to create, to
paint, to explore new mediums and to work on book ideas. How can I squeeze those things in if I don’t
do it on purpose?
I decide first how many things I would like to accomplish
and I usually think conservatively. For
example I’d like to paint 36 new paintings next year, that works out to 3
paintings per month. However I know
that, although that would be lovely, I just won’t be able to carve out that
much time for painting. So
conservatively I’d like to paint 12 new paintings; one per month is more manageable. Also I’d like to complete 3 new books next
year, but I will be happy if I can complete and self-publish one new one. Books are time consuming if you want to do it
right and make sure there are no errors before you go to press.
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