Thank you to Marcy Kennedy for introducing me to A Round of Words in 80 Days.
If you write – or if you’ve always wanted to – why not pop by and sign up. I love the encouragement and the friendships that form through our interactions.
And here it is, my first list of goals for the New Year:
Freelance Goals
~ complete co-writing manuscript with Client #1 (possibly by the end of Round 1)
~ work with Client #2 to bring her novel from idea to submittable manuscript (This will likely take the whole year.)
Writing Goals (this round)
~ blog six times per week including ROW check-ins
~ write at least one paper for my certification course
~ write two guest posts per month
~ polish a picture book manuscript every other month
~ write a short piece for a paying market on the alternating months
Submission Goals (ongoing)
~ guest posts
~ picture book manuscript(s)
~ short piece(s)
ROW-Specific Goals
~ visit many of you at least once per week
~ pop by regularly to the ROW FB pages
Fitness Goals
~ practice routine for the class I’ll be leading
~ do more cardio
~ visit the gym two to three times a week
~ visit my trainer once per week until I’m done my sessions
~ eat better
~ drink more water
~ eat dessert only on the weekend, if at all
That’s it for now, short and sweet.
If you’d like to chat between check-ins, pop by the Facebook group. And if fitness goals made the list for 2013, we’d love to have you over at the ROW80 Fitness group.

I wish you luck on your ROW80 goals.
I loved doing Row80 the last round. I met a lot of fabulous people. Sounds like you have some great goals, I look forward to seeing how you progress.
Thanks, Jae. And yeah, ROW80 is a great community. Glad I jumped aboard a while back. Enjoy!
Yes, great goals! This is my first time doing ROW80 as well. I’m a freelancer as well (writing travel) and I know it can be a challenge to get in the words for your own project while working on other (much-needed) assignments. Good luck with your goals!
Welcome to ROW80, Candice. I love it here. All the best as you work toward your goals. Thanks so much for visiting.
Good luck with your goals this round. No dessert, except on the weekends. Now that’s a thought. Happy writing!
I did the no desserts except on weekends thing for the longest time when my kids were growing up. However, like regular exercise, once I fall of the wagon, it seems to take forever to get back on board. Here’s to trying! (And thanks so much for stopping by.)