Hellooo, everybody!
It's a new year and we're starting with an oldie but goodie. Per popular request, I am bringing
back my quarterly goal videos. For more than a decade I have created quarterly goals which are
work related, writing related, and personal goals that I aim to accomplish within the next three
months. The reason I use the three-month format is important. One quarter tends to be the perfect
amount of time for goal setting. It's not too long where you'll end up forgetting your goals,
but it's not too short where the pressure becomes stiffling. I usually create around
twenty goals and the idea is to complete at least half of them by the end of the quarter. I don't
force myself to accomplish all twenty goals because let's be real, more often than not,
that would be impossible. Life happens, sometimes goals change and sometimes new obligations pop up.
Aiming for at least 50% provides enough wiggle room for the unexpected, while still holding
yourself accountable. Now if you're new here, back when I first started my channel I used to
showcase my quarterly goals here on YouTube. The idea was to announce my goals publicly,
thus providing more accountability because if I failed the quarter, I had to announce it to
thousands of people. Pretty embarrassing. I also wanted to encourage you all to create your own
goals. So you could track yours alongside mine. But eventually I stopped making these
videos because to be honest, people started being really weird about them, I started getting a lot
of creepy intrusive messages. Because what else is new? But now that I've been on YouTube for eons,
I’m used to the wackos, you don’t phase me. Recently I've been receiving messages
to bring back my quarterly goals videos, a lot of people found them very inspiring.
So I took a poll on YouTube and the results were overwhelming. You guys want some goals,
and I'm happy to share ‘em. I encourage you all to create your own quarterly goals using my format,
or a format of your choosing. And if you’re new to the quarterly goals format, allow me to show
you how it's done. Did I kick last quarter’s ass, or did I flounder and fail? Let's find out.
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Now I'm here to break down my goals for the quarter. But first,
let's take a look at my goals for October through December 2022 and see how I did.
First, we'll start with the writing goals.
My first goal was to complete ten publishing tasks for Shut Up and Write the Book. For
anyone who’s published before, you know that there are a million publishing tasks to do,
and I had to fly through them because the publishing date
is approaching very soon. Anywho, I completed those ten publishing tasks.
Which brings us to my second goal. Complete ten more publishing tasks. I did this as
well. This includes uploading formats, proofreading formats,
finishing hardback wraps, finishing paperback covers, copyright—all that good
stuff. There are literally maybe forty plus publishing steps. So yes, I completed this.
Which brings us to goal number three. Complete the final publishing tasks, which I also did.
If I hadn't, the book wouldn’t be available to purchase on January 24th, and I would be fucked.
Goal number four, complete ten marketing tasks. For every publishing task, there's
like three or four marketing tasks you have to do. Graphic design, website updates, PR outreach,
podcast interviews, don't forget about ARCs! Anywho, I completed the ten marketing tasks.
Which brings me to goal number five. If you see me looking down I'm looking down at my
list of goals. Goal number five, complete ten more marketing tasks, which I also did.
Goal number six, hold a book sale. You guys already know about my big Black Friday sale,
if you missed it, too bad. It was awesome.
Number seven, hold a merch sale. That was also a Black Friday sale,
and it was super fun. Thank you to everyone who participated. If you wanna check out my
merch store you can get cool merch like this. Yeah! We can be twins.
Number eight, become active on TikTok. I am now available on TikTok,
you can go watch me make a damn fool of myself over there. It’s fun! Subscribe,
follow, whatever the fuck it’s called on TikTok. I don’t know, I’m still adjusting.
Number nine, my most exciting goal, get back to work on The Savior's Army,
and guess what bitches, I did it. I'm back to work on it. I am so excited to
dive back into Tobleila’s story, it is so much fun. I'm having a blast.
Now we move onto my personal goals.
We have number ten, which was a personal finance goal that you guys don't get to know about,
because it's personal and it's money related. But all you need to know is that I accomplished it.
Number eleven was, start my roof replacement. Which was basically just you know, getting
it going, having the people come out and take the measurements and stuff. Anywho it started,
it’s boring information, I don't think you guys need me to elaborate. The point is I did it.
Number twelve was to complete six home improvement tasks.
That included replacing some screens on our windows, hanging up some pictures,
painting some scuffs on the wall, you know glamorous stuff. That goal is accomplished.
Number thirteen, finish Christmas shopping early. You people who wait until Christmas Eve to do your
Christmas shopping are crazy. I don't understand, I don't vibe with you. I usually finish around
Black Friday. That's what I did this year, and that's what I recommend to all of you.
Number fourteen was to schedule a large waste pickup. Basically just like large cardboard boxes
and appliances that we no longer need, and that we can get rid of, but we can’t donate to charity,
just schedule it to get rid of it. Riveting, I know. Anywho, I did that.
Number fifteen, donate all of my old clothes, bedding, and books to charity. Which I also did.
Number sixteen was to whiten my teeth. I think they look pretty good. That is done.
And last but certainly not least. Goal number seventeen was to create an exercise schedule.
[Crickets chirping]
So this is the only goal this quarter that I didn't accomplish. I did exercise, I just
didn't create like, a schedule. It was just all over the place, like whenever I could exercise,
I did. So I didn’t create the routine, I did get the exercise in, but you can’t win ‘em all okay.
As you can see, I completed sixteen out of seventeen goals, which means I definitely won the
quarter, and not only that, I almost got 100% of my goals completed, which literally almost never
happens. Self-five! Honestly, 2022 was a really rough year for me. So the fact that it ended on
such a high note is super inspiring and motivating for me. It's definitely what I needed. December
especially has been a really positive month for me. I've been feeling really good. A lot of really
great changes happened, both in my personal and professional life. So I'm really, really
excited about it, and I'm really looking forward to 2023. I think it’s gonna be a good year for me.
Speaking of 2023, now that we've covered last quarter’s goals,
it is time to set some new ones. Here are my goals for January through March
of 2023. I got three months to knock ‘em out of the park. No pressure.
Goal number one, write 100 pages of The Savior’s Army. I think this will be my most important
writing or business-related goal this quarter. I really, really, really want to get a ton of words
on the page for this book. I'm so excited to be back to working on it. It was so hard to work on
TSA during 2022 because life was so chaotic and it kind of sucked my creativity dry. But now I'm
feeling so much better, and the words have just been flowing. So I'm really, really excited that
I'm back to work on Tobleila’s story, and I really, really hope I accomplish this goal.
Number two, finish all my release work for Shut Up and Write the Book. This has to happen
because the book is coming out this month. If I don't finish the release work, it’s not
gonna be live. There are only just a few little loose ends to finish, so I think we’ll be good.
Number three, check out the K-lytics fantasy romance report. If you're not familiar,
K-lytics is a website that allows you to download reports that basically give you all the Amazon
information about a particular genre. It helps you pick a title for your book, it helps you pick the
cover art, but most importantly, at least what I use it for, is it helps me pick keywords and
comps for my books. I just think these reports are super helpful. They're usually around twenty
to thirty dollars. And every year or so, I like to download a new report and make sure that I'm
updating my keywords and comps of my books to fit the new trends on Amazon. If you're
interested in K-lytics, I have an affiliate link listed to them below. Definitely check ‘em out.
Goal number four is to update The Savior's Champion and The Savior’s
Sister back matter. Now that I have released another book, or I am releasing another book,
usually you have to update all of your previous books to showcase you know,
in the back of the book it'll say like, oh, these are all the books this person has written,
blahbitty blah. I wanna update that now that Shut Up and Write the Book is coming out.
Number five, clean out my Instagram profile. About
once a year I like to go to my socials and kinda clean out crappy content,
or old content is no longer relevant. So, that’s what this is all about.
Number six, update my Patreon. You can become a patreon today, it’s linked below.
Number seven, hold a book sale. I am hoping to do this in February for Valentine's Day since
it will probably be for my fantasy romance books, so keep an eye out!
Number eight, hold a merch sale.
Number nine, look into special edition book boxes.
Number ten, join the Alliance of Independent Authors.
Number eleven, update all my buy links for The Savior's Champion, The Savior’s Sister,
and Shut Up and Write the book. This is basically the links that I provide
to people if they wanna buy the books. I just like to make sure I am being as
precise and organized as possible. I know it's super exciting stuff.
Number twelve, update my YouTube descriptions.
Number thirteen, update my merch store. Does that mean there will
be new merch? Maybe, maybe not. Who’s to say?
Number fourteen, update my website.
Now we move on to personal goals.
Number fifteen is to complete six home improvement tasks. There aren’t that many tasks left to do,
but if you own a house you know, there's just always something to do.
Number sixteen, update my YouTube backdrop. I guess it's kind of
a business goal, kind of a personal goal, ‘coz it’s my house. Whatever.
Number seventeen is a personal finance goal, that's none of your damn business.
Number eighteen is to finish setting up Cliff’s music studio. We have three guest bedrooms in
this house. One is an actual guest bedroom, one is this room which is my YouTube studio,
and then the third is Cliff’s music studio with all of his recording equipment,
and his instruments and all that stuff. And we just need to finish zhuzhing it up.
Number Nineteen, since I didn't do this last quarter,
is to create an exercise routine or schedule.
And number twenty, is laser hair removal. I am lasering
all the hair off my legs, damnit, and I'm excited.
So those are my goals for this quarter. Will I succeed? Will I fail? Find out in three
months. I encourage you all to create your own quarterly goals. Like I said,
since I started doing this, I have been way more productive. I have gotten so much more
accomplished. Definitely join me on this journey, and leave your goals in the comments below.
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