I promised to share this post with you on Sunday. It’s now Tuesday. My bad. Well… also Steemit’s bad for being awol yesterday… but that’s besides the point.

First, let’s have a 3 cheers for out amazing witnesses getting this bad boy up and running again. I’m full of admiration for them and their dedication to what they do.

Right. #Goals. I’m not putting that off at all. Nope.

Soo….
Ooo look, cute kitties… #inspiration - honest!

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Okay okay.
Goals. I want to lay out a few things I want to achieve or work on between now and the end of the year.

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Health

Weight: At the beginning of 2017, I managed to lose 2.5 stone (about 16 kilograms) by changing my diet and getting more active. I really needed to do this as I’d got quite heavy and sedentary and it was affecting my joints and mood and day-to-day life. I did manage to maintain this healthier new me, until all s**t hit the fan – and food was once again my comfort blanket.

I’m not back to square one, but I have about 1.5 stone (just over 6 kilos) to shift. I want them gone by the end of the year. I started last week and have lost 5 lbs so far – yay!

Exercise: As well as the diet, I also need to get moving more. I have a desk job – and we’re headed into winter, which can mean I take steps from bed – to car –to desk – to car – to bed… and that’s your lot. I’ll be leaving work in the dark before we know it, so my main option here is to get up early and get a walk in before work. Bleurgh. I’m going to set this goal at 3 x per week during week days- and at least half an hour of exercise both weekend days.

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Creative

Writing: I’ve bored you all senseless about this already- so I’m not going to go into agonising detail. I’ve got 42,000 words of my current first draft of my fantasy novel written. I’d like to get this draft finished (about another 50 – 60k words) by the end of October- or at the latest, November.

Art: I’d like to get a couple more drawings up onto my Etsy shop now that my other abstracts have sold out. I’m also going to get my shop on the Information Finding Channel on Discord stocked with my drawings so that you guys have the option to pay Steem for my pieces, should you want to.

Music: Guys – I’ve just picked up a guitar! It’s a little vintage nylon string. Super-cute, and the guy gave it to me for nothing. So… I’ll be practicing… and eventually I’ll be taking some lessons… and eventually eventually… I’d like to sing again (you can find out why I stopped here)… and I’d like to do that here. But- first things first – by the end of this year, I’d like to have reminded myself of what I can already do on a guitar and found the right teacher for me.

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Steemit

Yes, this could go under creative- but I figured it’d be better sitting apart.

Posting: I want to get back up to posting on a daily basis. I’ve been a bit patchy recently because… well… life! And also, as a relatively new Steemian, I’ve been exploring where I want to sit here, what’s my thing. Why am I here?! Well – number one needs to be content, because that has always been my passion, and without that, the other bits have nothing to hang from

Welcome Wagon: I’m in my second week as newbie Peer on Team Cake, and I am absolutely loving sharing the things I’ve learned with others – encouraging, supporting and engaging them wherever I can. I can’t wait to carry on and grow further in this role, learn as much as I can to help support our trainees.

Engagement: I’ve just realised that I’m missing all sorts of notifications. I think this is because I use Gina Bot. And I love her dearly, but because I’m in the UK and an awful lot of you are awake and Steeming while I’m fast asleep, I miss the piles of activity in the deluge of notifications I get when I wake up. So, I’m going to start using SteemWorld to keep on top of my comments and mentions each day. I hate the idea that I’m mission out on conversations! I also want to keep reaching outside my daily circles and meeting new Steemians. To give this a concrete goal, I’m going to hunt down interesting content from at least two Steemians I don’t know each day.

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Recap

I’m sure I’ve missed some really important things here, but it’s something to start with… here’s a super-quick recap:

By the end of 2018 I will have:

1. Lost 2.5 stone
2. Walked before work 3 times per week and 30 minutes each day at the weekend
3. Finished the first draft of my fantasy novel
4. Restocked my Etsy shop with pieces
5. Stocked and launched my Discord shop
6. Started guitar lessons
7. Posted to Steemit at least once every day
8. Stayed on top of all my notifications using SteemWorld
9. Grown in confidence and value as a WelcomeWagon Peer
10. Found and engaged with two new (to me) Steemians every day

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Right. Phew. Now I feel like a snooze ;)

How about you guys, what are your goals for the rest of the year?
Eveningart x

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