1. Discipline myself to get up early and go to bed at a time that will give me 7-7.5 hours of sleep.
a. The learning is that I need that much time but if get to much it tends to throw off my cycle of sleep that I need.

2. Prioritize what is important to me and not push it aside.
a. Prayer and devotion time. I feel so much better.
b. My day job pays the bills so I need to commit to that.
c. Prepare my writing submission, i.e. most require clips; resume; and a cover letter.
d. Prepare my online submissions
e. Curriculum materials I use for my class adapt for sale.

3. Set up my schedule on Sunday and give a copy to my husband.
a. The learning is that I don’t get caught doing something or saying yes to and already over loaded schedule.

4. Evaluate the cost of an organization, class and schedule and list the pros and cons of becoming a member or registering.
a. The learning is I paid for two classes that I ended not being able to attend this year because I didn’t do #2 and #3.

5. Pay more attention to the business side so I can see where my (meager) writing & online earnings are going to. I have decided that one day a week, (maybe Saturday) I will deal with my business aspects.

6. Network, better. I was able to secure two paid jobs by just asking. This was a out 3, which isn’t bad. I just need to look at how I asked. In addition, I neglected to send out my thank yous for prizes that I have won. This goes along with #4.

7. Finally, keep track of which social media accounts provide me with better networking, opportunities, help with skills set, etc.. and which do not so I am overcommitting myself. This relates to #2, #3 and #4 and influences #5 and #6

1. Write down (maximum of 5) disappointments, challenges, and/or failures from 2015.
a. not writing in my blog
b. not completing any curriculums
c. losing my job

2. For each challenge/disappointment, write a BIG FAT judgment about it. Make it the kind of judgment your inner critic would make when it’s at its meanest.
a. I thought about it, but there were always excuses. Such as spending a lot of time reading books, sometimes reading the same one several times over and over.
b. I just didn’t take the time to learn the skills. Yeah, there is always an excuse to not to work on this, an hour a night would do it, but I spent it drinking with others or my husband. Just took time not to do it.
c. I was not a good steward of my gifts/talents. I was obnoxious.

3. Now, for each judgment about each disappointment challenge, pause and think, “What do I REALLY know to be true about this?”  In other words, use your inner wisdom to transform those judgments into understandings. 
a. I needed to discipline my time, but I had over committed myself to to many situations. However, I did spend at least one period during the month and put together some writing on my blog.
b. I needed to spend time with my husband, but he would have understood if we had limited to a specific amount of time. In addition, he would have like to spend a date night with me instead a specific amount of time during each day.
c. The old saying 2% talent and 98% sweat would apply, but if I utilized it I would have completed more.

2015 was a learning experience