Bethany Henry: Writing & Wellness

Did you know that the “R” in SMART goals can sometimes be defined as “Risky?” To be honest, I wasn’t a big fan when I first heard this. I love goal setting and have used the SMART framework for inspiration for a while now. Making goals is great! Let’s all make good goals and work towards achieving them. I’m all in. But this? Risky goals? I don’t think of myself as a risk taker. I like to wear comfy PJs and I’m kinda scared of heights. Risky goals just seemed a bit… much, don’t you think? But the more I thought about the new term the more it grew on me. You see, being a comfort and safety loving individual, it can sometimes take a lot to get me to learn new things. Now I’m not saying we should be foolish. Risky doesn’t need to mean stupid- but it does involve challenging ourselves and going beyond what may feel comfortable. What Is Risky? Risky is defined as  “involving the possibility of something bad happening.” Risky goals don’t need to involve putting ourselv...

It’s a fresh year my friends! That means new calendars and new chances. Did you set any New Year’s resolutions? I’m a huge sucker for goals- I love setting them, I love talking about them, I get way too excited and scare people away by asking them too many questions about their Goals and Dreams and other Big Things. I’ll try not to scare you too much today. 😉 But goals are awesome! Goals are exciting because they give us a chance to dream and they give us a way to make those dreams a reality. How can we beat that? I’ve talked about goals before but it’s worth coming back to because that’s how we make progress. I’m really good at forgetting what I’m doing and getting distracted by shiny things, so repetition is good. Speaking of getting distracted, how many times have we set goals and then forgotten all about them? I bet I’m not the only one. Is this a problem with the goals or is it user error? Well… potentially a bit of both.  So today we’re looking both at how to creat...

The writing cycle is the ongoing journey every writer is on and what we’ve been looking at in this Steps To Success novel writing series. Last month we talked about publishing our writing, which can seem like the “finish line” of sorts. Some may say we’ve reached the end of the writing journey. But really it’s only the beginning. That’s why I’m excited to be wrapping up this series as we begin a new year! Because it’s not really the end of our writing- it’s also just the next step of the writing adventure. The writer’s life is a revolving door of ideas and projects, successes and failures. We send one story out to be published, we have another one in the works. Brainstorming, drafting, revising, editing- it never ends. The writer’s life is a constant cycle on repeat. Today we’re talking about the importance of continuing on through this cycle. To start with, we’ll review where we’ve been… because it’s where we’ll be heading back again. Steps To Success: Writing Your Story The Steps to ...