Comments on: Mid-Year Goal Checkup

By: robin Blakley

robin Blakley — Tue, 08 Jul 2025 15:19:32 +0000

In reply to Diana Stout. Diana, Fantastic to hear your progress. I love your description of the process "reveal the pain and new excitement." Gosh you hit that exactly. Let us know when your project reaches its destination. Very excited for you!

By: robin Blakley

robin Blakley — Tue, 08 Jul 2025 15:16:28 +0000

In reply to Will. Will, Thanks for the great response. And cheers to you (and me) and the "ridiculously thorough" calendar...got to love that! It took a while for me to decide that the refine and refocus part is as much of a decision as putting the item on the calendar in the first place. Bravo to you for letting Day 1 be any season.

By: Diana Stout

Diana Stout — Sat, 05 Jul 2025 19:26:26 +0000

Have you been spying on me??? My current project's journey is a prime example of your "You know the write answer: Redirect. Rewrite. Recommit." So much so that your post here inspired me to reveal the pain and renewed excitement I've been experiencing to finish this goal. THANK YOU.

By: Will

Will — Sat, 05 Jul 2025 00:58:59 +0000

Robin, Great post! I'm so glad you focused on refine and refocus. A goal should motivate you but also serve you. When you're not hitting your marks or life gets in the way, it's ok to make adjustments or start over! I've had years where I was very consistent with my writing and years where I tossed out my list and started with a new Day 1, even if I was halfway through a calendar year. I have a ridiculously thorough calendar that I use to track my writing activity. Coming into the mid-year, I realized I had been spending twice as much time blogging as I planned, which ate into my WIP time, but this has given me the opportunity to scale my intentions and adjust my schedule so that my focus is much more balanced.

By: Robin Blakely

Robin Blakely — Wed, 02 Jul 2025 01:18:36 +0000

In reply to Leanne Dyck. Thanks for the feedback, Leanne. It is fun to have a creative community to share our ideas long the way.

By: Leanne Dyck

Leanne Dyck — Tue, 01 Jul 2025 17:19:18 +0000

Thank you for this refocusing, Robin.

By: Robin Blakely

Robin Blakely — Tue, 01 Jul 2025 05:21:49 +0000

In reply to denise. That's the key, Denise. Figuring out the gap. You'll catch up.

By: Robin Blakely

Robin Blakely — Tue, 01 Jul 2025 05:20:34 +0000

In reply to Rebecca Forster. Rebecca, You think different. Me and the world...we thank you for that.

By: Robin Blakely

Robin Blakely — Tue, 01 Jul 2025 05:18:43 +0000

In reply to Jenny Hansen. Jenny! Wow. Wow. Wow. You have packed major, multiple highest-stress-level activities into the same time frame...and you are still standing and able to talk about it. A season to get through. I am inspired. Some major resilience there. COngrats on that!

By: Rebecca Forster

Rebecca Forster — Tue, 01 Jul 2025 03:53:46 +0000

Thank you Robin. I always learn something new from you but the best part is affirming my different brain. Awesome piece. I don’t know where my career would be without you!