Welcome to my November 2018 Project Report. My goal with these monthly reports is to help other authors, entrepreneurs, leaders, or anyone else who wants to make an impact through their work. Each month It share how I spent my time as an author and creative entrepreneur and the successes, failures, and lessons I learned along the way.
How I spent My Time in November 2018
I track every minute of time I spend working on projects using an app called Toggl (here is why). Here is a list of the projects I spent the most time on last month:
- 22:05 –Speaking (Wisconsin Directors of Religious Education Federation & Preparing Others)
- 18:57 – NaNoWriMo Novel
- 12:01 – The Religion Teacher Email & Customer Service
- 5:07 – Weekly Review
- 4:06 – Morning Preview
- 3:10 – Daily Review
- 2:48 – Accounting and Setting Up Business 401(k)
- 2:46 – The Religion Teacher Newsletter
- 2:39 – Formative Fiction Newsletter
- 1:24 – Freelance Writing (Catechist Magazine)
Total Time Spent: 85:44
Here is what I produced last month:
- Worksheets: 00
- Articles/Blog Posts: 00
- Newsletter Emails: 00
- Videos: 00
- Books: 0,000 words (0000 words of nonfiction / 0000 words of fiction)
- Workshops & Webinars: 0
2018 GOAL UPDATE
In the past I tried to focus only on mission and vision and not specific performance goals. I’m trying something different this year and setting some big goals for myself as a entrepreneurial author. You can find my goals here. This is the progress I have made so far:
73% / double the number of members TRTm members (audacious goal)
3,162/5,000 copies sold of Christ in the Classroom (good/great)
1/1 published work of fiction (good)
6/7 paid speaking gigs (expected)
62/50 Read 50 books (good goal)
55% Paid Off / Pay off mortgage in 2020 (good goal)
24:39 PR / Run a 5K under 23:00 (good goal)
Incomplete / Start a support ministry for startup founders. (expected goal)
You can read about the process I used to set these goals along a scale of success here: A Simple Process for Setting Bigger Goals.
November 2018 Highlights and Lessons Learned
#NaNoWriMo2018
I wrote a novel!
Well, I wrote a 20,000 word children’s book.
I don’t think I’ll ever publish it. It was a great learning experience and prepared me for the many other works of formative fiction that I am going to work on in the future.
I’ve written a lot of short fiction before, but writing something book-length was really great. Just writing “The End” was such a fun thing to do.
#1MillionWordsforKids
In conjunction with my first fiction book, I announced a public challenge to keep myself accountable as a writer. I will write one million words for kids by the time I turn 40 (June 2021).
I am already more motivated to put in my writing time and increase my productivity so I can get as much practice as a writer as possible. I’m looking forward to documenting this process on Instagram for the next two years:
Workshops in Wisconsin
I had a great time presenting three workshops in Stevens Point, Wisconsin. The people were great and they responded very well to a long few days of listening to me. It was a great way to end the year on a high note as a speaker.
