Accountability: Goals for Week Ending January 17, 2026 (January 2026, Week 2)

After last week’s hiccup, and the health-scare that followed, I’m trying a few new things that I’m not ready to talk about in full. They involve a little catch-up, a lot of forward planning, and a lifestyle shake-up that will impact my work capacity. This shake-up will lead into a habit change that will take around six weeks to establish, so definitive goals will be scarce, and global aims will take their place.

To whit:

1. Re-establish a writing habit (approx. 6 weeks, around Feb 22)

2. Establish an exercise habit that slowly escalates to deal with the current health threat (approx.6-8 weeks – March 3)

3. Alter dietary habits to match also to deal with the current health threat threat (approx.6-8 weeks, around March 3)

4. Continue altering and establishing sleep habits…yes, to deal with the current health threat (approx.6-8 weeks, around March 3)

5. Work toward completing the back-list publishing cycle on all titles (approx. 4-5 months, around June 14)

6. Complete the remaining 2 series still outstanding (12 months, around December 31)

7. Establish new projects (around December 31)

Next accountability report will be more a progress report, but I have some things I need to get on top of, and some complications to negotiate. As a family, we are adapting to my husband having the onset of Huntingtons...yes, still, after the diagnosis twelve months ago, but it's degenerative, and the situation is not static, and I am not the only one of us with autism symptoms.

On top of that, I'm now monitoring my blood pressure, and making some lifestyle changes to reduce the chances of stroke, and heart disease, which means my current workload and production schedule have to change. It's been an interesting week.

I am also still trying to establish a writing and content creation career, while looking for work I can do from home to supplement it. In short, I'm too old, and too overqualified, and my skill set and current experience are too narrow for most, but you never know, if I keep trying I might luck out.

And things will keep changing as I need to focus more on my husband.