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Quarter 1 Goal 2026 Review January to March

Quarter 1 Project Status Project #1: Finish book 2 in my main series On track/in progress Project #2: Publish my novella Completed Project #3: Review romance conference material On Hold Project #4: Review Jericho conference material On Hold Project #5: Google Drive Review & consolidate tentatively completed for now. Project #6: Genre exploration On Hold Project #7 Watching Instructional videos: On Hold Project #8 Complete LinkedIn Learning course On Track/In progress Project #9 The cover design course On Hold Which projects delivered meaningful outcomes vs. activity? At this time is it probably the Project #5: Google Drive Review where I had to jump in deep and do a file audit, which led to the discovery of how much work I've put into some incomplete projects. It was meaningful because it has realigned some of my goals and motivation to be more focused on the projects I have. I often forget about my novels-in-progress but that was a good reminder.  https://dabwrites.blogsp...
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March Update: 2026 Goal Progress Monthy Update

This may be repetitive of my quarterly review.  Project Status Project #1: Finish book 2 in my main series On track/in progress Project #2: Publish my novella Completed Project #3: Review romance conference material On Hold Project #4: Review Jericho conference material On Hold Project #5: Google Drive Review & consolidate tentatively completed for now. Project #6: Genre exploration On Hold Project #7 Watching Instructional videos: On Hold Project #8 Complete LinkedIn Learning course On Track/In progress Project #9 The cover design course On Hold Breakdown Project #1: Finish book 2 in my main series I've completed this round of edits, and it's looking good. I just need some tightening here and there. At the moment, I'm on a break but I hope to resume it soon. I have also outlined a plan of what I need to focus on. New issues, risks, blockers: None at the moment though I'm taking a short break.  Project #5: Google Drive Review & consolidate After a few false sta...
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February Update: 2026 Goal Progress Monthy Update

February 2026 Goals Monthly Update cute kittens My Master Goal Lists:  https://dabwrites.blogspot.com/p/2026-goals-projects.html I'm trying out different formats but this is what I have now. Project Status Project Status Project #1: Finish book 2 in my main series-in-progress On track/in progress Project #2: Publish my novella experiment-write-to-market series Completed Project #3: Review romance conference material On Hold Project #4: Review Jericho conference material On Hold Project #5: Review & consolidate other writing information on Google drive target: 30 docs in progress/ behind Schedule Project #6: Genre exploration On Hold Project #7 Watching Instructional videos: On Hold Project #8 Complete LinkedIn Learning course On Track/In progress Project #9 The cover design course On Hold Details of those on track Project #1: Finish book 2 in my main series-in-progress Progress this month  I have decided to make this my main focus for now rather than spread myself t...
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January Update: 2026 Goal Progress Monthy Update

2026 Goals Monthly Update I've decided to do it this was so I can monitor the progress under the heading and move on. I was wondering if I should write about the projects separately rather than a huge review. I need a way of organising this.  My Master Goal Lists:  https://dabwrites.blogspot.com/p/2026-goals-projects.html I'm trying out this format to see if it works so shall be using these headings if they apply. STATUS : Goal is set but action has not begun. On Track / In Progress: Active, moving toward the goal on schedule. RISKS - At Risk / Behind: Experiencing delays or obstacles. KEY RESULTS/MILESTONES: Sub-tasks required. BLOCKED : Cannot proceed due to dependencies. COMPLETED/DONE : Goal achieved. PAUSED : Temporarily stopped. Project #1: Finish book 2 in my main series-in-progress  STATUS : Ongoing.  This story is made up of five parts and I've completed part one which is called Strangers To Friends. Here I needed to add two secondary o...
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Is the Free Affinity Worth Learning?

Happy New Year. Last year, Affinity Photo became free to use and because I no longer had access to PS I decided to go for it. To be fair, it has been on my list of software to use if I lost access to PS. However I know from being on their mailing lists they had two main sales where prices where slashed to 50-70%. The summer and black Friday sales. When that didn't happen this summer, I held on tight because it a fair bit of cash. Then before black Friday there was this announcement. In the interim I was using Photopea which is pretty good. The caveat was I using it on my current Mac which has about 4GB. It works so why change it. Actually, I got a new one before I left my organisation because they gave 10% discounts.  Note I say free to use because you still need a license to access this and I'm not really sure what Canva is doing when it checks.  Affinity vs Photoshop vs Photopea the main difference to me. For now the main difference is Photoshop (PS) is super efficient and r...
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