Not resolutions, goals.
2015 is going to be a busy year, as always. But more importantly, it’s going to be momentous (see below). I thought it would be helpful to me to actually write down some of what I hope to achieve this year, to try to get myself organised and even a bit balanced, if possible. And hey — I thought I’d bring you along for the ride. Here we go:
Writing
* Continue to research, plot and structure my next novel. This will be my third in the series of books set in today’s Cambodia, and by this time next year, I want to be so ready to write that I can’t hold myself back any longer.
* Continue to write poetry, send them out into the world, and try to get a few published. Within this, continue to write poems into the imagined next collection.
* Write one short story or flash piece that I feel happy with and confident about sending out. Note the word ‘confident.’
Writing Through
* Run all the workshops successfully which have already been planned for 2015.
* Book workshops for 2016.
* Secure the charitable status so I can raise money to subsidise the expansion, which is already happening like a runaway train. This will include looking towards establishing Writing Through programs even outside of Cambodia.
* Find people to help run the organisation
Anjali House
* Continue to work with Anjali House to secure its financial and administrative sustainability.
* Do whatever I can to help my students now in their last year of High School to complete the 12th grade and gain entry into University or fulfilling employment.
Theatre Delicatessen
* Carry out my duties as Chairman of the Board to the best of my abilities.
* Continue to assist them to bring their creative goals to fruition.
* In this time of growing maturity, help the organization maintain a sound financial and administrative foundation.
Friends
* Stay in touch as well as I can, no matter where I am in the world.
* See my friends as much as I can, no matter where in the world they are.
Family (saving the most important for last)
* Celebrate two big birthdays — one for my mom and one for me.
* Celebrate the first of the Guiney boys’ weddings!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
* Continue to help plan the second of the Guiney boys’ weddings!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Yes, it will be a big year, just as yours will be, I’m sure. As I sit here on the first airplane ride of the new year, I’m wishing all of us the health and energy to see it all through.
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