Task it Tuesday - Dec 29

Originally created by The Geeky Blogger, Task it Tuesday is a weekly meme to help you--and me--get things done. The challenge is to post a task or list of tasks you want to complete before next Tuesday. These tasks can help you with your blogging life, reading life, personal or professional life.

This is my last Task it Tuesday. I hope you have enjoyed following along as I did my best to balance my professional and personal lives. Sometimes I succeeded. Other times I failed. Either way, I am happy for the journey. 

Here is what last week looked like:

• Daily Bible reading--Five days
• Walking five days--Three days
• Market new edition of A Christmas Kindness--Ongoing
• Send out family and friends holiday cards--Nope
• Blog at Christian Children's Authors and 4RV Reading, Writing, & Art News--Done
• Look into a new publisher for my GAP books--moving to January 2021
• Look into getting a small dumpster--moving to January 2021
• Put up the last tree and put out my Santa and angel collections--Done
• Bake something special--Cinnamon rolls
• Wrap remaining gifts--Done
• Play a board game with the kids--Not yet
• Read, write, or both--I read some

For my last to-do list of 2020, I am making a few changes that may take multiple weeks.

• Daily Bible reading at 7 am
• Walking five days
• Reconsider author website and add an editing page
• Update my Sphere of Influence mailing list
• Design a new real estate logo 
• Research new publisher for my GAP books
• Study for my MA Real Estate Broker's test
• Complete my NC Real Estate Post-licensing education
• Update my real estate leads spreadsheet
• Schedule one week off and order a dumpster to complete cleaning the house

I am sure I will think of more as I set my goals for 2021 (not that they aren't brewing in my head already), but this is a good start.

Thanks for your loyal readership. I hope you will check out my other blogs.

Task it Tuesday - Oct 27

Originally created by The Geeky Blogger, Task it Tuesday is a weekly meme to help you--and me--get things done. The challenge is to post a task or list of tasks you want to complete before next Tuesday. These tasks can help you with your blogging life, reading life, personal or professional life.

We have come to the last Task it Tuesday of October. Last week flew by in a blur. This week will be close to the same. I have a short break at the beginning of November before the National Association of Realtors Conference starts. After that, I hope to get the house in order for the holidays... I still haven't finished fall cleaning. 

Here is how I did last week:

• Daily Bible reading--Missed a couple days, but enjoyed Bible study
• Walking three days--DONE
• Parent/Teacher conference Monday--DONE
• Inspections Tuesdays--DONE
• Meetings Wednesday, Thursday, & Friday which I need to prep for--DONE
• One class on Thursday--growing in your career is important--DONE
• Finish editing two chapters for a client--one is done and I'm working on the second--NOPE
• Meet with local charity Friday to discuss holiday fundraising events--DONE
• Come up with marketing plan for the new edition of A Christmas Kindness--NOPE
• Look into getting a small dumpster--won't happen, but need to keep it on the list--Never even thought about it
• Continue reading Systemology--No time
• Continue reading The Christmas Spirits on Tradd Street--One chapter
• Start looking into a new publisher for three of my books--won't happen, but need to keep it on the list--I knew this wouldn't happen

This is my last to-do list of the month:

• Daily Bible reading
• Walking three days
• MassSave Audit Tuesday
• Meetings Wednesday
• Media interview Thursday
• Finish editing two chapters for a client--Working on the second
• Come up with marketing plan for the new edition of A Christmas Kindness
• Look into getting a small dumpster--won't happen, but need to keep it on the list
• Continue reading Systemology--Probably won't happen
• Continue reading The Christmas Spirits on Tradd Street
• Start looking into a new publisher for three of my books--won't happen, but need to keep it on the list
• Plan to be off Friday (we will see how that goes)

I will leave you with a bit of encouragement to get your own list done.

Women in Publishing Summit

This week I dedicated time to the Women in Publishing Summit. This is the second year I've participated. It is a totally online conference for women with a ton of fabulous information for authors from writing tips, to marketing tips, to self-publishing and more. 

Some of my favorite topics so far:

• JoEllen Taylor: Building Your Career Foundation as An Author So You Have Financial Freedom When Life Happens
• Desiree Peterkin Bell: Finding your voice, writing your narrative
• Eileen Cook: Using Psychology to Build Better Characters
• Shayla Raquel: Bump Up Your Book Sales with Email Marketing

I haven't made it all the way through the conference yet, but I bought the All Access Pass, so I can  go back as time allows.

I will definitely sign up for next year's conference. Even though I've been part of the publishing industry since 2005, I learn so much from the Women in Publishing Summit. You can check them out at https://womeninpublishingsummit.com