jon_chaisson | [Writing] 2013 Writing Schedule

The whiteboard calendar makes a return after a half-year hiatus with a spankin' new writing schedule for 2013. I played around with this one this morning with the aim of the year being both fun and creative, as well as productive.

The first thing you probably noticed in the picture is how frequent the acronym ADOS pops up--it's there on every weekday. The main focus and goal this year is to finish this revision of A Division of Souls and prep it for submission sometime in Q3, thus most of my writing time will be dedicated to that. Once that goal is achieved, that acronym will change to TPOM (The Persistence of Memories, aka Book 2). I purposely didn't put it on the weekends in order to keep time available for other things. That's not to say I won't use the occasional weekend to work on it, just that it's not scheduled.

We also have the return of poetry and photography to the schedule. These were placed in the middle of the week, as they don't take up too much time and are a good distraction to the regular work schedule. The photography will show up on the Tumblr site, but the poetry will most likely stay offline, at least for now.

We also have Walk in Silence popping up on Sundays--this is the same as previous, as that worked out really well for me. This way I can spend a good long afternoon/evening working on it while listening to music. I may of course work on it during the week if time permits.

You may also notice that Saturday has "Art", and both weekend days say "Music." I'm really looking forward to this, actually. Saturdays I'll dedicate a bit of time to learning how to master my new Wacom tablet, not to mention getting back into the groove of drawing. I also want to spend a bit of time practicing my music. It's high time to pick up the guitars again, not to mention learn how to play with my new synth. I put these both on the weekend because I want to have fun! These two activities are things I've always loved doing, yet I never seem to give myself any time for them.

I also mapped out some of my goals and intentions this year, which aren't on the whiteboard but are on my mind nonetheless. There's a lot of personal and creative things going on in 2013 that I'm looking forward to. This year's mantra is "positivity"--time to focus on the things in my life that bring me peace rather than things that set my blood boiling and/or waste my time. This means creativity, community, learning, and forward motion. It might be a bit busy this year, but as said, the main aim is to have fun, be creative, and be productive.

I'm definitely looking forward to all of it.