The first day of the rest of my life...

Today is the day that I begin writing for publication. I am free to design my days for the next 10 weeks to accomplish my summer goals:

• Work at least 20 hours per week, writing. This will include blogging; committing my storytelling to the written word; composing responses to the lesson for the week of Creativity Coaching
• Type as many of my poems from age 12 as possible during the summer
• Photograph at least one illustration for each story or poem
• Enlist at least one Creative Coaching client to mentor (for practice, for free)
• Reading at least two hours per day, including materials for the Creativity Coaching course, as well as Imagine, How Creativity Works; a devotional; If the Buddha Dated; and The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, for fun
• Read at least one hour per week of Spiritually Healthy Divorce, Navigating Disruption with Insight and Hope
• Prepare and follow through with a summer curriculum for two brothers, on the topic of character development, meeting twice per week, one hour per session
• Exercise at least a half hour per day, 5-6 hours per week
• Maintain a healthy Eat for Life, Dr. Fuhrman vegan diet
• Lose 1-2 pounds per week
• Widen my circle of friends, while maintaining those that I already have
• Participate in Meetup.com events, once per week
• Take Fergie to the dog park at least once per week

What would keep me from meeting these goals?

Fear.

• Fear. Fear of myself, of what will find its way to expression; fear of success, of failure; of loneliness; of togetherness; of rejection; of acceptance; of becoming overwhelmed by my plans.
• Illness. At any point, my lungs could flare up.
• Of interference by Joe. The hearing for the Final Restraining Order takes place in three days, and I hope that the court will issue an order that he cannot ever contact me again.
• Of meeting someone for whom I will want to subvert my goals.

Lethargy.

• Practicing avoidance of people and myself through lethargy, distraction.
• Watching movies for distraction, staying up late to do it
• Failure to prepare healthy foods, out of a sense that "I'm not worth it."
• Failure to exercise, for the same reason.

Avoidance.

• What happens when I meet with success? I back off. When the poets loved my reading, and told me that, I didn't go back.
• When my photos won awards, I stopped entering them.
• When friends and family compliment my work, and offer suggestions on how to market/publish it, I stop working on it.