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I’m Baaaaack -with a ROW80′er Sponsor Promise
Helloooooo there my dearest readers -oh how I missed you all (thank you all for your understanding & patience whilst I took a much-needed break away to recharge and focus on my family and me). This time away has given me valuable moments to sit and reflect on what matters in my life and this nearly had me staying away for good (I plan to write in more detail about this over the next few weeks). In the last two months I realised I needed to balance all my needs so I can be a better, well-functioning, well-rounded person and hence, here I am with some much-needed changes so my working day routine and life works harmoniously for me. This in itself makes it a perfect way to start ROW80 2012 (Round one).
ROW80 2012… My New Year Resolutions Goals
Sponsoring: It’s that time again, ROW80 2012 has officially kicked off and this time I’m going to tackle ROW80 differently; firstly I’m a sponsor (yay!) and so I plan to visit my designated team and cheer them along and part with some words of wisdom so please keep a lookie-outie for when I grace your lovely blogs. 
Blog: To avoid the massive blogosphere-burn-out-syndrome I will be aiming to post two blog articles a week (if I am up to it and have time to spare, then an extra post here and there may materialise; but I’ll not be focusing too much on making that happen as I plan to start 2012 stress-free. I do not want a repeat of last year’s panic attacks). Saturday I will unveil my new blog schedule.
WIP: By the end of ROW80 2012 (round one) I want to be in a position where I am in the process of publishing an ebook (a compilation of short stories). To start this off, over the next few weeks I will select 8-11 stories which I hope to edit until it’s nearly perfect.
Tie-loose-ends:
- Before I went AWOL I had a few articles planned that I never managed to complete and post; therefore I intend to sort them out and post them as initially planned:
- Fun Game – It’s in Your Head.
- Guest blog posts and Author Interviews I was arranging before I vanished; there’s a few people I need to get back to therefore, I will be contacting them and scheduling their articles in the relevant Friday/Sunday slot.
- Catch-up on my emails (there’s a few).
- My Critique buddies and I need to have a catch-up (email me if I don’t get round to emailing you first).
- I never managed to finish that beta-reading I signed up for; therefore I plan to complete that by the end of January.
ROW80 Related Aims:
- Create a ROW80 page under the Social Interactions menu.
- Provide weekly/fortnightly updates (depending how stretched I am).
- Visit my allocated team and do what we ROW80′ers are best at doing: Cheer, Cheer, Cheer!
- Write an Inspirational post by the end of this week.
If you want to cheer or see who’s participating this round click here and investigate!
Has life thrown you a wobbly too? Do you feel you need to take a step back and put other priorities back into your life? How are you managing to make your goals for ROW80 work for you? Any tips/advice you would like to share? Would love to hear from you.
This is me for now, I’ll be back on Saturday with a new revised blog schedule, until then have a wondrous couple of days.
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About the author: Creative from the word go, an artist at heart – writer, poet, photographer, blogger... I am currently working on my first novel Becoming – Mystical Realisations and I have also started some research for my novella (currently does not have a title). Read more from this author17 comments:
Welcome back, Yikici! I’ve missed your articles and stories. I joined ROW80 for the first time too. I understand the challenge of not getting burned out. Perhaps we can help each other with that? I know you will be a great sponsor.
Selena, Haley & Jorge thank you for your warm welcome back messages; you are all too kind and I sincerely appreciate your comments and encouragments. 
Haley, I love the sound of helping eachother out, what sort of things do you have in mind?
So glad to see you back. Glad you are feeling better. Don’t worry about numbers of posts, after all it is all about quality not quantity. I have missed you!
Billie Jo! You are quite right, quality is certainly better than quantity; I’ll keep that in mind. 
Thank you for your comments, it’s made me smile -oh, I have missed you too and the lovely challenges!
I’m so happy to see that you’re back, and that you’ve taken on sponsor duties for ROW80! You are already wonderfully supportive, and I know you’ll do a great job.
Looking forward to the new stories and articles to come!
Aww Jamila that is one of the sweetest thing anyone has ever said to me, thank you! I really aprreciate it.
I’m a first time ROW80er. May I thank you for neing a sponsor? The incentive and support you sponsor give us in invaluable.
Fabio welcome to ROW80 and here’s a huge thank you for your kind words (it’s the first time I’ve taken up the sponsor role and I hope I will do a good job and not let my allocated team down). I agree, I found the ROW80 sponsors absolutely super when I first joined too and that is why I wanted to be part of it all.
Happy new year! Glad to see you back. I took some time off just to read and I find it easier now that I’m back to spend less time on social media.
Deniz! It’s lovely to hear from you too & thank you! Social Media is tough and I am certain I will do my best to keep it not too overbearing as I don’t want to get sucked in like that again. I must make sure I concentrate on the work that needs to be done or else there’ll be nothing to send off to query or publish! I’m glad you have taken sensible measures to make valuable use of your time.
Great set of goals, Yikici! When tackling this whole writing thing, keeping it from getting too stressful is so important! I wish you all the success in the world and look forward to keeping in touch with you during this round of ROW80.
Have a great week!
Oh, no! My comment disappeared. Or maybe it is awaiting your moderation. I will type it again, just in case (delete the duplicate please).
I’m soooo glad you are back finally. I was wondering recently where are you (haven’t seen you on Twitter for a long time). I hope your time away was well spent with your family, productive and that you accomplished all that you needed.
Great goals too. Social media is so addictive. I have to watch how much time I spent on Twitter, Facebook, Google+ and in the blogospere. Now I blog only once per week plus the ROW80 updates, but those are short. The biggest time sucker is reading and commenting on my friends’ blogs but I absolutely love it!
Good luck with the goals this week. I will be cheering for you all the way
And I meant “blogosphere” (recently I’m suffering from the fast finger symptom)
Thanks so much for volunteering to be a ROW80 sponsor! I appreciate your kind encouragement.This is my first round and it has been such a wonderful experience. All I can say is thank you!
Have a lovely and productive week!
You guys are soooo super! Thank you all for the lovely and warm comments; they always bring a smile to my face and help me to focus on what is important -to keep going!
Ruth & Veronica; thank you! Thank you! Thank you! *huge grins*
Angela, I certainly know what you mean about social media and commenting on blogs taking up soooo much time; the balance needs to be sought so all goals can be met. I’m glad to be back (and thank you for sincerely meaning that.); the time away was just what I needed; I’m feeling really good in myself already! Thank you! -and nope your comment was not in moderation; so no deletion.
So good to see you back! I joined row80 for the first time. Good luck with your sponsorship!