Short-Term Goals

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Short-Term Goals

June 27, 2018 by meredithmansfield

I’ve already posted that my goal is to finish the first draft of BECOME: TO RIDE THE STORM by the end of the first week in September.

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That’s fine. But, you know, when you set a goal like that it’s really easy to think you have plenty of time and then suddenly discover that you . . . don’t. At least not anymore. At least, it often works that way for me.

So, it’s useful to break that big goal down into smaller ones that are more easily tracked.

As of last week at this time, I had eleven weeks to meet that goal, give or take a day or two. And I was on chapter 33. The first book in this series, BECOME: TO CATCH THE LIGHTNING, had 51 chapters.

So, at a guess, say that there are roughly 20 more chapters to go in this one. That means I have to complete two chapters a week. (Actually 1.8 chapters, but that’s awkward to measure.)

It’s early days yet, of course. But by that measure I should be finishing Chapter 35–which I actually did last night. And I’ve got a decent start on Chapter 36. So, at least for now, everything looks to be on track.