*In My Toni Braxton Voice* "Seven Whole Days..."

Insert me moaning into a microphone… “seven whole days, without a word from me - seven whole nights, and you’re just about through…” Okay, it’s been more than seven days, more like thirty plus… and it feels like seven whole months…(deep sincere breath)…and I’m sorry.

I freely admit I’ve been a bad blogger/writer/communicator. I don’t want to blame the COVID-19 pandemic because I was slacking off before then.

And it’s not like I haven’t written great blog posts about writing, and reading, and life. And I even have guest posts, and features of other black authors and creatives! I HAVE ALL OF THAT! But I’ve just had the energy and stamina of a three toed sloth.

My life lately has just been a circular continuum of nap, think about food, binge watch detective shows, nap, work, nap, write, food, sleep, coffee, nap; unvaried for a couple of months now.

My brain is still going a mile a minute, but my body can’t keep up.

I’ve set aside this whole day to work on this site, and carve time out of my schedule weekly to be a better blogger and writer.

For such a pivotal year such as 2020, I had so many plans and goals about this website, my writing, my health, my finances and my life. When I say plans and goals, I do mean an exhaustive list of close to one hundred bullet pointed list of tasks, both large and small.

One of my YouTube obsessions is the channel, “How to Get Your Shit Together” and she just led a video called “DON'T WASTE 2020! Getting Back On Track With Your Goals. How To Reset Your Life - Mid Year Review” to help you complete a mid-year audit. Following her method, it took me close to an hour but I audited my planner and journal finding thirty-eight accomplishments.

My mid-year audit showed me a few things.

First, I’m not that far off from completing half the list which given the year we’ve had so far is a minor miracle.

Second, I have time to potentially finish that exhaustive, overly long and complicated list.

Third, I did a lot of the heavy lifting in the beginning of the year like getting this site up. The rest is just maintenance or follow-up like blog posts and other content.

I’m working on a plan to divide the rest of my tasks into more manageable bites and add to my Kanban board.

Have you done a midyear review? How are you doing on your 2020 goals? Have you fallen off? Are you winning 2020?

Kanban board in May…so much to do….