January... No February

 Is February the new January? I ponder as I check my goals from last month, and I have yet to make much of a dent in making them a reality. 

I did have a positive start to the new year; I've seen my best friend for dumplings, watched many new films, read a couple of books, and even made some progress on my witchy novel. I also decided that I will be publishing an e-book version of The Moon is a Lesbian once I figure out how to do that, and I need to write some more poems to add to it, too. So keep an eye out for that.

January was good to me; I had a life-changing epiphany and decided I couldn't wait for things to happen; I needed to be more proactive in getting things done. It sounds obvious, but I had let myself fall into a two-doom hole, and my sister's snap back to reality allowed me to pull myself out of that hole. So, I had the January blues, but I am better for it and have been sorting myself out. 

My January stats:

• Films watched: 31, my top three being But I'm a Cheerleader, Last Night in Soho and Quiz Lady. I have a Letterboxed account if you fancy seeing what I watch. 
• Books read: 3.
• Days journaled: 16 days in total.
• Words written (witchy novel): 2,000. Total word count so far: 13,000.
• Meltdowns: The limit does not exist.

I am grateful for the month ahead; we are one month closer to spring. I am over Winter. I need flowers to come back, the sun to be around more and just tolerable outside temperatures. I've set some small goals for the upcoming month, such as reading 3 books, writing 10,000 words for my witchy novel, and writing a few more poems for the new version of The Moon is a Lesbian! 

This post was supposed to go live last week, but I got sick. Thankfully, after much sleep, many films, and lots of Lemsip, I'm back on my feet. I'm writing the first week of February off and starting on my goals on Monday!

Hope you all have a lovely weekend! See you next week with a poem I've been working on!

January... No February

Friday, 9 February 2024

Goals for 2023

 Happy New Year!!

2022 has finally ended, and I, like so many, have welcomed 2023 with open arms. I've started the year with so much positivity and just an eagerness to do more and really be the best me possible. I've been journalling about what I'd like to happen this year and I thought it would be nice to share some of my goals and aspirations with you lovely lot on the blog. 

But first, let's do a little reflection about the WritingMyHeart blog! In 2022 we achieved:

• Over 38.5K views - this has blown my mind!!
• The two most read posts were pieces of my creative writing: Diary Entry of Rita Rosco & Such A Fall
• Posted 23 blog posts! 
• 6 book reviews
• 5 pieces of creative writing!

We've had a fab year on the blog, I am so happy that people come here and read what I've got to say. It's heartwarming seeing you guys enjoy my blog content. My creative pieces are so well interacted with it really makes me feel so amazing. All I've ever wanted to do is write, and I love that you guys are reading my words so much! I can't thank you enough, anyone who has read a single post on my blog and or if you're someone who keeps coming back- just know I appreciate you so much!

I'm setting some goals for the year ahead, these are mainly writing based because that's a very important aspect of my life.

My 2023 goals:

• Post at least one blog post a week-every week.
• Write more book reviews- at least once a month.
• Continue to share my creative writing.
• Finish writing my novel.
• Self-publish my own poetry collection.

So, those are what I'm working with in my writing life. The last one I am particularly excited for, I have been collecting and writing a lot of poetry over the past year and I'm hoping to get the self publishing process underway by my birthday (March). I will share more details about this in the future, I'm currently still putting the poetry together for this but I think this is going to be pretty big for me- so keep an eye out!

I shared a blog post on New Years Eve about the reading I did in 2022, and I wanted just reiterate here that last year I read 30 books and this year I am hoping to beat that! My first read of the year is Song Of The Forever Rains by E.J Mellow, I was gifted this book by my lovely friend Meg and it sounds like everything I could ever want in a book!

I hope you all have the best year ahead and all your hopes and dreams come true! See you next week. 

Goals for 2023

Monday, 2 January 2023

Childhood

The patter of rain from the window
wind gushing in my freedom.
Laughter between friends
running a wild havoc.
Pure delightful nonsense
oh those were the days.
The days stolen from us.

Ripped from our tiny palms
toys replaced with politics
laughter transformed into tears
singing strained into stressful screams.
No care in the world
to caring too much for the world.
Bruised knees to broken hearts.

Where can we restart?

 

Childhood

Tuesday, 9 February 2016