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Goal Check In – October

We’re fifteen days into the last ninety days of the year and it’s time for the first goal check-in. In all honesty, I wanted to film an update, but it’s amazing how much quiet time you don’t have when you work full-time from home and also homeschool. So, we’re going old-school blog post check-in.

To see the full parameters, you can check out this blog post.

Here’s how we’re doing —

Getting up earlier and focusing 1 – 1.5 hours of the morning on writing/editing projects — for the most part, I have been getting up Monday – Friday and getting writing done (thanks a lot to the Desperate Writing Department.) This last week has been a little rough. I thought I might have been coming down with something, so let myself sleep in.

Walking 5 days a week, and adding in a workout 3 days a week — Walking, yes. Adding in the workout. . . I might have forgotten that step.

Yes, I will be drinking all the water — I’ve been doing pretty good with drinking about 80 ounces of water a day. I’d like to bump that up to 120 by the end of the month.

No sugar — on the day-to-day I’ve been doing good. There was a stint there (cough husband out of town) that I indulged a little more, but we’re getting back on track.

Daily quiet time — Same as the writing and walking . . .

Refocusing for the rest of the month. I need to make sure that I’m getting in bed/sleep the night before so that I can get up early (which will help with three of the five goals). I’m going to bump my 80 ounces to 120 ounces by the end of the month, and going to make sure that unless it’s a special occasion, I stay out of the sugar (we don’t generally buy it and have it in the house, so shouldn’t be *too* hard.)

What about you? How are you doing on your goals? 

 

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Read Atlas of Neely Spencer now on Substack!! (Lin Read Atlas of Neely Spencer now on Substack!! (Link in bio)
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Here’s a little more about the project I’m releasing chapter by chapter on Substack: The year is 1925. Neely Spencer’s mother wants nothing more than for her three daughters to marry well. While her sisters are more than happy to conform to the expectations of society, nineteen-year-old Neely craves more. She wants adventure. For years, she, along with her father and older brother, have been researching an ancient lost city in the Amazon. When her brother goes missing while searching for this lost city, Neely, with the help of a handsome stranger, embarks on the adventure of a lifetime. But, if she’s not careful, there’s a chance she might lose her heart in the process.

Read Atlas of Neely Spencer now on Substack.
Meet Me at the Christmas Cottage is available now Meet Me at the Christmas Cottage is available now wherever books are sold! 

📖 blurb: She just wants a nice, quiet holiday getaway. Too bad her new—and way too handsome—accidental roommate comes with an annoying dose of holiday cheer.

Successful, but writer’s blocked author Bronte Parker just needs some holiday peace and quiet to jumpstart her brutal writer’s block. Hence her rental at a quaint cottage on quiet and remote Jonathon Island. So what’s the deal with the double booking? And worse…the sudden Santa can’t leave—not with a record breaking blizzard overtaking the island. Suddenly her world is all about eggnog, Christmas movies and decking the halls with all type of distractions.

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But when he discovers the author has writer’s block, well, the doctor is in. He’ll help her fix it by showing her a real Christmas—something foster kid Bronte has never had. And maybe it’s working because as surprise Santa sweeps her up in the magical Jonathon Island Christmas festivities, a new story starts to come alive inside…one where maybe a happily-ever-after could actually exist.

But is this just a holiday romance? And what happens when the blizzard ends, the air clears, and duty calls. Is the magic over?

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✨ Meet Me at the Christmas Cottage available now ✨ Meet Me at the Christmas Cottage available now wherever books are sold! 

📖: She just wants a nice, quiet holiday getaway. Too bad her new—and way too handsome—accidental roommate comes with an annoying dose of holiday cheer.

Successful, but writer’s blocked author Bronte Parker just needs some holiday peace and quiet to jumpstart her brutal writer’s block. Hence her rental at a quaint cottage on quiet and remote Jonathon Island. So what’s the deal with the double booking? And worse…the sudden Santa can’t leave—not with a record breaking blizzard overtaking the island. Suddenly her world is all about eggnog, Christmas movies and decking the halls with all type of distractions.

He’s a soldier who needs a merry Christmas…

After two years away, Army surgeon Jonah White is thrilled to be going home for the holidays. Too bad his parents have escaped the island for a tropical Christmas cruise, renting out their place—his home!—to a seriously uptight author. And thanks to a blizzard, he can’t even escape.

But when he discovers the author has writer’s block, well, the doctor is in. He’ll help her fix it by showing her a real Christmas—something foster kid Bronte has never had. And maybe it’s working because as surprise Santa sweeps her up in the magical Jonathon Island Christmas festivities, a new story starts to come alive inside…one where maybe a happily-ever-after could actually exist.

But is this just a holiday romance? And what happens when the blizzard ends, the air clears, and duty calls. Is the magic over?

#christmasreads #christmasromance @sunrisemediagroup
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🎁 Meet Me at the Christmas Cottage now available!
Atlas of Neely Spencer is being released on Substa Atlas of Neely Spencer is being released on Substack and you can read the first ten chapters for free (cause I’m writing and releasing as I go and that’s as far as we’ve gotten!!)
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I can hardly believe we’re ten chapters in with I can hardly believe we’re ten chapters in with this adventure! 

Get caught up now (it’s free!!) on Substack!!
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