May Goals
We're going
At the beginning of the year, I decided my word of the year was going to be “replenish” after years of burnout and needing a way to take care of myself. January and February were definitely not that, but the fog of those two months is starting to fade and summer is here, I’ve spent time in the pool, and this is the time of year I want to flourish the most.
Winter? I’m more okay with snuggling up with a book and a blanket and not doing much else. Summer? I want to be in the sun, in the water, creating, thinking, moving forward.
So this is the time for that, right?
If I want to replenish my well, now is the time to do it. Except looking at my calendar, maybe I’m replenishing it a little too fast.
Much like April, May will feature several family events and four weekends in a row where I am not home to rest. And somewhere in the middle of all that is life.
(Legit, I don’t know how my parents were busy every weekend with four kids and weren’t just ready for a nap).
But when it comes to May, there are four core goals I’m focusing on.
May Goals
Writing: brainstorm and plot out the rest of my main series, the And She Runs series.
I’ve talked about this before online, but part of why I rewrote The Assassin to begin with was because I knew how I wanted the series to end, but I didn’t know how to get there and it was kind of a plodding mess.
Rewriting is giving me the opportunity to redo that, but I need to take the time to figure out the pacing and high level points of the series to set me up for success in the long term. Depending on how far I get into this process, I might start outlining the sequel, And She Hunts.
Reading: Read at least 10 books.
I’ve been accumulating more books than I’m reading them, so I need to pick it up on the reading front. As I go to the pool more and more, my reading will increase. And I’ll share my reading list later this week.
Health: Move my body.
While losing weight and gaining strength is as much eating well as it is working out, I tend to eat better when I work out. In fact, as I write this, I’m on the treadmill before work, the second day in a row. I lifted weights last night, too.
This is a goal I feel I start and stop so often but I really want to stick to it. No matter how tired I am right now.
Career: Find a new job.
I know the job market is shit right now, and yet, it feels like it will always be that way. Especially with AI and a career that has been ten years of entry-level sales/customer service (customer success is what they call it now). So if it won’t get better, there’s no reason to wait.
Ideally I find a job soon, but bare minimum I need to be in a new role in the fall.
Four main goals, but of course there are plenty of other things going on, too. Two trips to Bryan/College Station, one to San Antonio, and work. The calendar is booked and busy.