Is it me or did January seem like the longest month ever? I mean has it only been 2020 for 31 days? It feels like months since we celebrated the holidays. Anyway I’ve been busy ya’ll. I mean really getting things done and making plans to get even more accomplished in the next few months. Okay quick update on hubby. He’s still not here. Then end. lol. Listen I have to laugh to keep from crying. I mean I do still cry sometimes but not as often and I am really getting on with living my life as best I can without him by my side. I get really mad when I have to do something that I really wish he was here to do for me. Like shoveling the snow. I was hot about that ya’ll for real. I actually made a video of me mad shoveling the snow and sent it to my husband. I’m sure he was like yeah I’m glad I’m not there right now lol. I came in the house and angry typed a message to the attorney we are working with too. Everybody heard from me that day. Seriously things are slow but they haven’t stopped. The attorney is still working to get the requested documents so that we can submit them. She explained to me yesterday that although they’ve only requested three documents in some cases it takes several documents to obtain one. Also some documents that were submitted previously need to be redone because they were not done properly which could be part of the problem. So like I said he’s still there.
I’m here still working my day job, helping my mom three nights a week with the parenting programs and taking my online classes. That’s just the main stuff. Things I’m obligated to do. I’ve been busy doing other things that I want to do as well. My new found energy and excitement can be attributed to two things: 1) I’m back in church singing in the choir YASSSSS. I love it, never realized how much I missed it. I hadn’t left church per se, but haven’t sung in the choir for at least three years. 2) I got invited to join a Face book group called the Crown Holders Sisterhood. Ella, Curry who is a household name among many in the literary world created this group by invitation only and it has been and I hope will continue to be an awesome experience. Ella has many years of experience with the book industry but it’s not just about that. She’s sharing all types of information with us about how to market ourselves, how to prioritize and plan. She shares many positive uplifting quotes and articles. There’s so much. It’s exactly what I needed because I have so many things that I let go in 2019 that need to be handled this year.
So I'll hit the ground running February 1st. I’ve got my new planning system in place (going old school ya’ll desk calendar with color coded items by category). Check it out.
I've also moved my home office from the basement to across the hall from my bedroom upstairs. I love my new location. There's light and it's warmer up here too. They say sometimes a change of scenery is good for the soul. I believe it because this has been one of the most productive weeks I've had in a very long time.
Areas of focus in 2020 are my non profit organization, A Blessing for You, ABFU. Assembling my board of directors and working on finding grants, sponsors and partnerships this year.
I plan to put my life coaching certification to work this year. I recently recorded an audio presentation about the importance of learning how to connect your dots. I'll be sharing this with you at some point in the near future.
Author Terri D’s will be focusing on marketing to promote the books already published this year. I have a few in progress projects but not sure I'll get those finished this year with everything else I have planned. I’ve already started. I had a book signing last weekend at Barnes and Noble that went very well. Check out this picture. I'm going to put this on my website. He's the face of my new marketing campaign.
