What are your plans for the new year? I\u2019ve been slow to get mine solidified, but I\u2019ve got a hazy idea going, so I\u2019ll share.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Most of mine revolve around two things: my kids and writing. Of course there\u2019s the obligatory \u201ceat less junk food\u201d goal that I have every year, too, but the kid-focus is pretty strong. I want to help them grow and become and settle and achieve\u2014you know, all the best verbs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
My middle daughter needs a good launch into high school, and my youngest into a good middle school. School changes are rough, and my plan is to be The Mom <\/strong>they need for that transition. Also, I’m hoping to get my oldest daughter started playing the organ. She’s great on piano, but now’s a great time to start the organ–before she gets too busy with college classes. Also, I want to listen better. Listening! Isn’t that the bulk of a mother’s job?<\/p>\n\n\n\n As for writing, it\u2019s pretty simple: I want to write several books (I mean eight, specifically)\u2014and I want each one to be a little better than something I\u2019ve written before in at least some aspect.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It seems like I learn something new with every book I attempt. I say attempt <\/em>because not all of my books end up in the bookstore, believe me. Some are just \u2026 yikes. Maybe my goal should be \u201cNo yikes <\/em>books this year.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n I almost always have a reading goal, as well. Last year it was to read several journals of my ancestors. I found three, and that was pretty amazing. They were all men, and this year I\u2019d like to find some of my grandmothers\u2019 journals, if any exist. We’ll see!<\/p>\n\n\n\n What are your plans for 2019?*<\/p>\n\n\n\n *I hope some involve reading a bit of lovely romance.<\/p>\n\n What are your plans for the new year? I\u2019ve been slow to get mine solidified, but I\u2019ve got a hazy idea going, so I\u2019ll share. Most of mine revolve around two things: my kids and writing. Of course there\u2019s the obligatory \u201ceat less junk food\u201d goal that I have every year, too, but the kid-focus […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"bgseo_title":"","bgseo_description":"","bgseo_robots_index":"","bgseo_robots_follow":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2125","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2OUjT-yh","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.authorjennifergriffith.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2125","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.authorjennifergriffith.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.authorjennifergriffith.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.authorjennifergriffith.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.authorjennifergriffith.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2125"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.authorjennifergriffith.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2125\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2126,"href":"https:\/\/www.authorjennifergriffith.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2125\/revisions\/2126"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.authorjennifergriffith.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2125"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.authorjennifergriffith.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2125"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.authorjennifergriffith.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2125"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}