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I start every year with the idea that everything starts over, but I don’t mean the seasons. Every year is like a new project. I start with plans and excitement, goals and dreams. But like a lot of you out there, half way through the year I lose all motivation and just try to make it through without my head falling off.

My only big goal this year is to break the cycle.

I have things that need to be accomplished, things I want accomplished, and I’m starting with baby steps, hoping that I’ll gain momentum and traction.

Baby step number 1: Set aside computer time.

I need to do this for work, for writing, for me. The hardest part with this is my kid sees my computer as a toy or as something that pulls me from her and we have entered into the melt down stage of life. Like my baby steps, we are also working on hers. Slowly but surely I know her and I will figure it out.

Baby step number 2: Go to the gym more.

Everyone says a healthy body leads to a healthy brain which leads to a healthy life. The media scrolling I do late at night shows people who seem to have motivation to clean, cook, and work all because they go to the gym. I’m still not sure if I completely buy it but I’m willing to give it a shot.

Baby step number 3: Break everything that I want to do down into “Baby Steps”.

Even my baby steps have baby steps. I’m giving myself flexibility in all the goals I want to accomplish. I’m giving myself a minimum on gym days, on work hours, on how many books I need to read each month to hit my reading goal. In the stories I’m working on I have editing goals that I’m trying to keep as small as possible. I’ve also tried applying this to my everyday life just so I don’t feel like I’m drowning.

I’m giving myself grace but not letting myself off the hook. Trying to set the habits I want now and not letting them go. Maybe I’ll make it through this year, head held high instead of in my hands.

January done, this baby step done, on to the rest of the year!