I am the type of person who is always setting some pretty aggressive goals for myself.  What do you know, I married a guy who is the exact same way.  He is always setting goals that are just out of reach so he keeps pushing hard to attain them.  When you get close to that goal you add a little more to it.  This month I discovered once again the bad part of this.  When you set these goals that are so intensely aggressive in all parts of your life eventually you find yourself falling short.

I watched my husband get upset with himself that he hasn’t achieved what he wants with one of his web apps.  After he beat up on himself for a bit I did my best to uplift him and encourage him.  He is heading down the road he needs to make his goals a reality.  No sooner than he began to feel better I saw my writing goals slipping away from me.  With three kids and a packed holiday season its easy for a mommy to get distracted.

The plan was to have my first draft of book 2 in the Guardian Series completed by January 1st.  That means in the next 11 days I will need to write around 4000 words a day.  Is this doable?  Certainly.  Am I likely to do this?  Probably not.  I have to ask myself, will I look back on my life and wish I would have written more over Christmas break or would I wish I had spent quality time with my kids?  Exactly!

This will mean I push hard in January to get the editing done in time but I am alright with that.  So to all my readers I hope you are able to slow down this holiday season and truly enjoy your friends and family.