Let’s Set August 2025 Goals!

My writer productivity skyrockets when I set monthly writer goals, and it’s time to share my August goals. At the beginning of each week I break them down into daily tasks that fit my current schedule. Do you know how great it is to finish projects? Of course you do! For me, setting monthly goals makes it all possible.

Every month I share how I did the previous month as well as what my new goals are. Let’s get to it!

HOW DID I DO? Jill’s July 2025 Goals

WRITING:

• Prep Creating a Writing Life for release in September. Check!
• Review production plan for next 6 months. Check!
• Final edits The Rancher’s Unexpected Match. Check!

HEALTH:

• Eat low calorie, high protein foods on weekdays. No check.
• Exercise for 20-45 minutes every weekday morning. Check!
• Mini-workouts at least 5 evenings a week–a 10 minute walk, or 15 minutes on the stationary bike, a short YouTube workout, etc. Check!

PERSONAL:

• We have a vacation planned, and I want to relax and enjoy it as much as possible. Check!
• Sit on my deck and read! Check!
• Go to a local farmer’s market. No check
• Make blueberry jam. No check

July was a busy, fun month. I wasn’t writing or revising a book–making this a RARE month!–but I had a lot of book-related duties to attend to. In less than one month, my nonfiction book for writers, Creating a Writing Life, releases! I am so excited to have this book out into the world.

On a health and personal front, I did great with exercising and ate well most of the time. But we had a vacation, and when we returned, I was eating leftover candy. So, the low-calorie, high protein goal flew out the window!

I did NOT make time to visit a farmer’s market or make blueberry jam. However, I did stop by a local produce stand, and I froze sweet corn for the winter, so I’m still happy.

JILL’S AUGUST 2025 GOALS

WRITING:

• Set up promotion for Creating a Writing Life (September 3, 2025)
• Expand plot, write long synopsis and first three chapters for Wyoming Inheritance book 4
• Continue writing the first draft of Wyoming Inheritance book 4

HEALTH:

• Eat low calorie, high protein foods on weekdays.
• Exercise for 20-45 minutes every weekday morning.
• Mini-workouts at least 5 evenings a week–a 10 minute walk, or 15 minutes on the stationary bike, a short YouTube workout, etc.

PERSONAL:

• Soak in the sun in my backyard as often as possible
• Go to a local farmer’s market
• Take half a day during the week to do something fun like visit the Zoo or the art museum

I’m determined to enjoy every drop of summer. We’re blessed to have warm weather through September (usually), so I’m making the most of the next two months while maintaining a tight writing schedule. We’ll see how much I accomplish in August!

I’d love to hear your goals for August! Any challenges? Fun things planned? Let me know!