Okay, so goal isn't a verb.  Send me hate mail. (Just about the "don't use a noun as a verb" thing, please.)

I set some goals this week, and posted them here, thinking that publicity would push me to do all those things I declared I would do. 

hmmm. . .

Doesn't work for everyone, does it? I've heard this from other writers - that they don't set goals, they just write. In the past, I always like checking things off on my "to do" list. This time was different. Those goals got heavier as the days passed, and a little voice inside me said, "You can't tell me what to do." 

I kind of resented the list by day 3.   kept forgetting about it, too. Didn't want to look at it. 

So, I conclude that "to do" lists for writers may become like "honey do" lists for husbands. They nag and harass you into doing things at best, or make you procrastinate and resent them as symbols of potential (or current) failure at worst. (This is why I do not make "honey do" lists. I gently persist. No, it's not nagging.)

I did accomplish some of my goals, but definitely not all of them.  I completely enjoyed certain things, so those are what I did, mostly.  I wrote several articles and submitted some of them.  I got serious about my health (lost 5 pounds, thank you very much!)  I attended an author chat and went to my critique group. I also finished up my end-of-the-year list at school. 

So, although not 100% successful at my goals, I did pretty well.  I got several ideas for how to make my website, and this blog look more professional, too.  It's going to be a bit of work, so it may take me all summer to fully implement all the ideas floating in my head.  My goal (oh no! not the G word) is to make more people bookmark my site, and make this blog subscription-worthy. 

I think this next week will not have goals.  Or, maybe just one, so that I do have the satisfaction of checking something off my list.