Best word count tracker printable: a word count tracker printable to help you crush your creative goals in 2019!

I love this time of year. The decorations, the gifts, the parties, the cheeriness, the promise of a deep exhalation and some time off.

In just a few days, Jarrett and I are going to sit down together to do our Year End Review. It’s a tradition that started with my Monthly Review system, but it’s been completely eye-opening in helping us see the year past and the year ahead.

We review our finances, celebrate accomplishments, pinpoint problem spots, and set our goals for next year. I like order (correction: I crave order), so my goals fall into a hierarchy:

1. Faith + Service Work
2. Health
3. Relationships
4. Work

So with just a few days left in the working year of 2018, my mind is already turning to 2019. And I’ve realized my big Work goal is simple: I want one hour each morning to create.

To write, to design, to edit, whatever. For clients, for you guys here at c&b, for me, whoever. But I want just one hour in the day where emails, notifications, and small to-dos can’t infiltrate.

What’s your big creative goal for 2019?

If it’s also to get That Big Project done—you know, the one on your bucket list—but you just can’t wrap your mind around how you’ll find the time, I have hope for you.

I created my new Literary Paper Co. membership to work specifically for writers, artists, and creators who are ready to make big progress on their big projects—things like writing a book, or launching a blog, or brainstorming a business.

Even if you feel like you’re barely keeping up with your life now, this is the way to carve out a few precious minutes for your creative work.

Each monthly package is designed to help you establish a creative routine that takes just 7 minutes. But by giving your best energy to your creative work, you’ll start to see how even 7 minutes a day can add up to major progress toward your major goals.

I don’t want 2019 to be one more year where we let the things we care most about slip through our fingers because we can’t find the time. One more year where the demands of the world drown out the demands of our creative souls.

So if you want 2019 to be different—if you need it to be different—come join our happy family of creators who are getting it done with Literary Paper Co.

The last day to order is this Sunday, December 16th!

All January packages will be sent on Monday, December 17, so the cut-off for placing your order is this Sunday, December 16^th.

I can’t wait to share these products with you and to hear all about the amazing things you’ll be making in 2019!

I’m ready to crush 2019—sign me up!

Tell me more about what I’ll get in the subscription!

 Questions? (I love questions.) Head to the comments section of this post, and hit me with ‘em!

What I’m reading this week

1. I can’t wait to put this to use. (And yes, Polly, Rachel, and I are making a book on this!)
2. Kristen always has wise words on the writing life, but I especially like this thought: “The simplest way to circumvent resistance is to make an action automatic, to turn it into a habit, a consistent practice.” That’s what a Literary Paper Co. subscription is all about!
3. So much beauty here…
4. And even more beauty for your day.
5. All the writing retreats for 2019, in one place.

What we’re eating this week

Here’s what I want: a drone that follows me around while I travel with a packed cooler of delicious, homemade, healthy-ish food. And while we’re at it, let’s build a wine fridge into it, too. I’m sure Amtrak wouldn’t mind this if I slip them some hush-money that is actually just a hoagie. I’d cover up most crimes for a hoagie, personally.

(We had a beautiful snowfall in Richmond on Sunday.)

Monday: I’m home, and I MacGyver together a very inauthentic, only loosely Vietnamese pho from some leftover homemade stock. Luckily, sriracha is the great equalizer.

Tuesday: You know, I still love my Instant Pot. Do you, or have you gotten tired of hearing about them? I’m just getting the hang of making pasta in it, and now I’m hooked on a Chicken Pesto Shells concoction that is sort-of-ish healthy-ish.

Wednesday: I’m in NYC, so just hangin’ with my drone full of hoagies and wine bottles.

Thursday: Jarrett is in NYC for meetings, too, and we’re going to wine and dine my Yaya at Ye Olde Smashburger.

Friday: It’s the Stonesong holiday lunch! I’m so excited. Trading in my drone for merriness and feasting with the very best work family around.

Cheers!