Have you celebrated your writing success lately? If so, great! You should! If not…why not?
Bit #9 – Goal Setting and Celebrating Success
As I mentioned when we discussed tracking or logging your writing, writing is not often tangible. You can spend hours with little to show for your effort. Most often, celebrating writing success comes when a project is completed (e.g., publication, turned-in assignment, etc.). We should not wait until the end of the writing project.
To increase productivity and sustainability, we need to celebrate all stages of writing, not just the milestones.
So, how do we know what to celebrate? Start by setting goals for your writing. These can be micro (short-term) and macro (long-term) level goals. Your goals should be specific and measurable (i.e., SMART goals). Then, you celebrate every time you achieve a goal (whether micro or micro).
This week, set 1-2 SMART goals for your writing and determine how you will celebrate when you achieve your goals. How you celebrate is up to you, but the celebration should match the achievement (i.e., bigger celebrations for larger goals), and celebrations do not always have to cost money or be food-oriented (my downfall). Just think about how your motivation will increase when you have something you are working toward and looking forward to. 🙂
