It’s 2023, Time To Set New Goals
Posted on: January 3, 2023
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“Marilla, isn’t it nice to think that tomorrow is a new day with no mistakes in it yet?”
LM Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables
That is how I always feel on New Year’s Day. A new year with no mistakes yet! I am always so excited to make a list of goals, not all of them new, some are brought over from the year before as they didn’t get met. And that’s OK. Some have been on the list for a few years already. Things happen when they are supposed to.
Here is my list for 2023
- Read Mom’s five-year diary by reading one page a day. It will be great to learn more about Mom as a teenager.
2. Finish Amanda in Scotland: The Standing Stones, book number ten in the Amanda Travels series.
3. Publish my collection of short stories based on my childhood growing up on the Canadian prairies.
4. Learn how to self-publish
5. Return to Canada and attend a family reunion
6. Create a newsletter.
7. Clean up and sort out my office.
8. Clean up my computer and tablet
9. Read and write more poetry
10. Eat out more often. Since the pandemic, we have gotten out of the habit and I’m getting tired of cooking all the time.
11. Read 48 books. I’m going to try for this reading goal again.
12. Work on reducing my TBR pile on my bookshelves and on my Kindle
13. Maintain my health; reduce my sugar intake
14. Visit Ireland
15. Continue marketing my books and looking for new ways to market
That should keep me busy enough so I don’t get bored.
My words for 2023 are Savour the Moment
Wishing everyone a super 2023: May many of your dreams come true!
80 Responses to "It’s 2023, Time To Set New Goals"
January 3, 2023 at 8:45 am
That’s a very impressive list of goals, Darlene! All the best for accomplishing them!!
January 3, 2023 at 9:27 am
I can’t wait to read Amanda in Scotland. There is so much in that country!
January 3, 2023 at 10:47 am
Great goals Darlene! Looking forward to the next Amanda!
January 3, 2023 at 11:03 am
There’s much to comment on here, but I’ll zero in on just one: your mother’s diary, which equates in vintage to my aunt’s teenage diary. I began 2022 imagining I would build a book from just that. As it turned out, snippets of her diary are just a small part of My Checkered Life.
I look forward to Amanda in Scotland, Darlene! 🙂
January 3, 2023 at 8:35 pm
I thought of your Aunt Ruthie’s diary when I was given my mom’s. I’m sure there will be some great material in this one too.
January 3, 2023 at 11:21 am
That is a very inspirational list. You definitely shouldn’t get bored! Wishing you a happy and healthy year ahead!
January 3, 2023 at 8:35 pm
Thank you, Donna. I love starting the year with goals to work toward.
January 3, 2023 at 11:46 am
Great goals, Darlene – I’m intrigued by your mother’s diary. I would have a hard time reading just one page a day. We share a goal for 2023 – less sugar! Here’s to a productive and healthy new year 🙂
January 3, 2023 at 8:38 pm
I know. One page a day might be hard but we’ll see how I do. It will be great to think, that’s what mom was doing and thinking on this day 80 years ago.
January 4, 2023 at 3:05 am
Yes, it’s a wonderful idea. I’d be so curious I might not be able to help myself. How nice that you have her journal 🙂
January 3, 2023 at 1:27 pm
Those are great goals, Darlene. I admire how many you have. As we’re both writers, I share some of the same goals. It’s going to be a great year!!
January 3, 2023 at 1:50 pm
Exciting list, Darlene, and I hope you get to tick them all off this year. I’m looking forward to those short stories. And what a treasure that diary is!
January 3, 2023 at 8:45 pm
The diary is indeed a treasure. January 2, 1943 entry. “Broke my New Year’s resolution.” I think I will be getting a laugh out of my 14-year-old mother’s scribbles.
January 3, 2023 at 2:41 pm
Those look doable and fun. Ireland trop research for an Amanda book?
January 3, 2023 at 8:46 pm
They are doable. Ireland, a possible research trip? You never know.
January 3, 2023 at 3:09 pm
A great to-do list, Darlene you certainly won’t be bored I write a daily diary and have done for years I hope mine will be read like you are looking forward to reading your mothers Happy New Year xx
January 3, 2023 at 8:51 pm
I too have boxes full of journals I’ve kept over the years. Will my kids read them, not sure?
January 3, 2023 at 6:08 pm
Happy New Year! It’s nice to have new goals, I’m right behind you. 🙂
January 3, 2023 at 8:52 pm
It’s such a great way to start the year! Good luck with compiling yours too.
January 3, 2023 at 7:35 pm
Darlene, I love the quote and a perfect one for the start of the New Year! Your first goal is a precious one and what a special diary to savour through the year. Enjoy working towards all your goals, books and travels – a busy but enjoyable year ahead!
January 3, 2023 at 8:54 pm
Thanks, Annika. Always good to have things to look forward to. And I love lists. xo
January 3, 2023 at 11:02 pm
What a wonderful set of goals. I hope everyone of them is fulfilled.
January 4, 2023 at 2:21 am
Such an interesting list of goals! For me, there are some truly unique things ahead, some not sharable yet, but my overall goal is to support all of my friends and family in their endeavors while staying creatively stimulated with my own! Happy New Year!
January 4, 2023 at 2:25 am
You will have no trouble with that as you are already very good at supporting others. I wish you all the best with any new endeavours! Can’t wait to hear all about them. Happy New Year!!
January 4, 2023 at 5:01 am
Happy New Year! It is always good to have a list of goals for the New Year…and to keep them in plain sight. 🙂 Wishing you all the best in the coming year.
January 4, 2023 at 5:04 am
I agree, Linda. Telling the world about them also adds to accountability. Happy New Year to you as well, Linda!
January 4, 2023 at 5:45 am
That’s a great list, Darlene, and it sounds manageable! Most of the things on there actually seem fun. Wishing you much luck this year with all your goals, even the ones that you don’t quite finish. Happy New Year!
January 4, 2023 at 5:53 am
Thanks, Diane. Fun is important at this stage. All the best for a productive and fun 2023!
January 4, 2023 at 9:30 pm
Hi Darlene! I am also fascinated by the new year, having no mistakes yet.
January 4, 2023 at 10:55 pm
Wow! This is an exciting list of goals, Darlene. You go, girl!
January 4, 2023 at 11:22 pm
All the best with completing your goals for 2023. It’s neat that your mom kept her diary from when she was a teenager. That should be an interesting read!
January 5, 2023 at 1:43 am
It has been interesting so far. A great insight into who my mom was. I love it!
January 5, 2023 at 1:47 am
Fabulous list of goals! Oo, Amanda in Scotland, that sounds fun!
January 5, 2023 at 10:57 am
I’d love to visit Ireland (and all the other countries you’ve seen, lol), but will settle for reading Amanda’s take on the country. 🙂
January 5, 2023 at 11:04 pm
Nothing wrong with armchair travel. One of the reasons I started to write the series, so others can travel to these places without leaving home. xo
January 6, 2023 at 12:42 am
That list will keep you busy, Darlene. I wish you all the best in your goals. Happy New Year!
January 7, 2023 at 2:07 am
Hi Darlene, a good set of goals. I learned to self publish at the end of last year and it is very empowering.
January 7, 2023 at 4:16 am
An impressive list of goals, which I’m sure you’re capable of achieving.
January 7, 2023 at 11:14 pm
Wow what a bold list of goals Darlene and that’s incredible. All the best 🔥😍😍😍
January 8, 2023 at 6:07 pm
Happy New Year, Darlene. I wish you success with your goals.
January 10, 2023 at 2:06 am
Your 2023 goals are impressive. The most difficult for me would be to clean up my computer. Good luck with all your goals and your reading list. ❤
January 10, 2023 at 3:05 am
That is a difficult one and has been on the list for a couple of years. I just need to do it!
January 10, 2023 at 3:04 am
Hi, Darlene. Wow! You have a high level list there, good for you!
I would like to travel but I figure I’m saving money and can buy books to read about others people’s experiences – fact or fiction.
As for diaries, my mum wrote for parts of years, and I destroyed my own so no one else could read them. 🙂 Let the illusion live on.
Have a super productive and creative years, Darlene!
January 10, 2023 at 3:13 am
I am enjoying reading my mom’s diary. Funny the words that were used at that time. But girls are always girls no matter what. I have journals that my kids may or may not enjoy reading some day!
January 10, 2023 at 11:27 am
That’s quite a big list Darlene. You will be quite busy, let alone jumping into self-publishing. But the fun will be reading your mom’s diary! Happy 2023! ❤
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January 19, 2023 at 8:04 pm
Love your goals, Darlene – can’t wait to read the next Amanda book.
February 1, 2023 at 2:00 am
A lovely ‘To do’ list. I hope you can achieve all or most of them, at least. 4,11, 12, 13, and 15 are my goals, too, for the year.
Btw, I just started reading Amanda in Arabia, and I’m enjoying it . I hope to read the rest in the series, too. All the best for the new book. Your mom’s diary sounds exciting.
February 1, 2023 at 2:31 am
Thank you! I am working on some of them as we speak. By writing them down, I’m more motivated to make them happen. I’m delighted you are reading Amanda and her travels. Enjoy!
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January 3, 2023 at 8:41 am
They look like super goals. Best wishes in accomplishing them, Darlene.
January 3, 2023 at 8:32 pm
Thank you. They are doable. xo