Firstly, a Happy New Year to you all. I hope the writing gods are kind to you in 2020 and inspire you to write many new stories. It is customary to make goals or resolutions with the arrival of a new year, some will be accomplished others not, but no matter what, we can help ourselves by planning. There are several way to do this, such as:

1. Making a goal board
2. Using a planner
3. Writing out each goal on your calendar so you have a deadline
4. Work with a group of friends to encourage each other to stay on track
5. Or even a mixture of some or all of the above!

As you can see from the image, I have four different 'planning' tools - I always use the same fridge calendar, where dates are entered for all my 'writing' related items such as conferences, meetings and events etc. This year I am attending a new event, When Words Collide and traveling to  new parts of Alberta and British Columbia on writing road trips. The weekly notepad with the lovely floral background now has my facebook/twitter group schedule so we all post the same subject each day enabling us to share and comment. The smaller notebook has freelance projects listed in it with details, contact information and deadlines. I also have a new 'word of the day' desk calendar, which I will use to inspire my Muse. What do you use to keep yourself on track with your writing life?