My K.I.S.S. Plan for February

The final P word in our five days leading up to February—planning—is what I consider the most important, at least for my needs. As interesting as it is to think about how my personality or procrastination or perfectionism or need to prioritize affects my writing (and my life), it all comes down to learning to plan better, something I’ve been slowly working on in recent years but that I need and want to rev up a notch.

I’ve learned the hard way that baby steps work best, so I’m going to keep things simple. My plan is to kick off February tomorrow with this simple, daily goal: to plan my day the night before (okay, is that a really embarrassing thing to write? does everyone else already do this? am I the only one who wakes up chasing the closest thing in front of my nose from dawn to dusk, without a plan?). I’m going to use this cute little notebook (thank you Christi!) to sketch out each night what tomorrow will look like:

It’s the perfect size. Friendly. Portable. Not as intimidating as a bulk planner. Thanks, too, to Jack Canfield for this video inspiration to plan my day the night before so as to give my sleeping mind a chance to do its own planning:

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What are your writing plans for February?

P.S. I started 2011 with the goal of submitting one short story per month, so that by the end of the year, I’ll have 12 in circulation. I’m proud to say… drumroll, please…

January Submission: ✓ 🙂

6 thoughts on “My K.I.S.S. Plan for February”

  1. Congratulations on having the courage to submit a piece of writing! I applaud you! I’m guessing that you’ve done quite a bit of this, but it still takes a bit of WHAM-OH energy.

    I, every once in a while, have a plan for the day. Those days usually turn out more productively than my other, more frequent, days. But I’m excellent at letting my coffee and bathroom breaks mark the rhythm of my days and the route of my time.

    • WHAM-OH energy is a good description of what is needed for submissions! I’m not sure it gets easier. More familiar, maybe.

      I used to be able to allow “my coffee and bathroom breaks mark the rhythm of my days” (love that!), but it doesn’t work as well for me anymore. 🙂

      ~ Lisa

  2. Lisa,

    I’m so glad the notebook is coming in handy 🙂 And, I don’t think you’re alone. Often I’m still planning the night before. I imagine it’s even more challenging when you’re posting every day.

    I love your idea to submit a story each month. Congrats on getting January’s story out there!

    • Christi, the notebook is perfect! 😀

      You are more organized than I am. I am working toward planning at least the night before, lol. I’m really proud of myself for the January submission, which I got in under the wire, but got in, which is the important part. Now on to finishing February’s story…

      Keep warm and dry today.
      ~ Lisa

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