I've spent a lot of these first days of 2010 catching up on blogs, reading the writerly resolutions of others and being comforted that I'm not the only one that 2010 has caught by surprise. One of the more unique approaches to the new year was to pick one word that you'd like to sum up the year. I thought this was a great way to focus your goals for the year.

My focus word for 2010: Calm.

2009 has been such a frantic year and I'm so surprised I managed to keep as on track with my writing as I did. I'd like 2010 to be a lot calmer. I know to do this I'll need to keep my goals realistic, my mind clear and my surroundings tidy and organised.


Usually I'll have a lovely list of goals for the year that cover all the important areas for a writer: writing, reading, learning and paying it forward. Just look at 2006, 2007, 2008 and you saw the results of 2009 yesterday. This year, perhaps to start the decade, I'm doing something completely different!

I'm only looking ahead to the next two months. I know that once Family Trust is finished I'll need to re-evaluate, re-fuel and re-focus my writing.


I've also been on the hunt for a new blog theme. I started thinking big, dramatic and colourful but couldn't find anything to suit the personality of my, my writer or the blog. Now I think I'll have more luck finding something clean and simple with a splash of colour in a very suitable header. But of course, if any talented reader out there would like to design something for me I'd be absolutely thrilled.

Here's to 2010. *clink*