Boudoir Beledi Bellydance Troupe by Dance Photographer - Brendan Lally
Happy New Year!
The first Round of A Round of Words in 80 Days for 2012 begins today. I’m psyched, even though it’s 4:30 in the morning and I should be sleeping instead of writing.
Whatever.
It has helped my overall productivity greatly to participate in these rounds, celebrating victories with fellow participants and giving myself an auto-reset every few months. This is far better than slowly slipping off track and having to find my own way back. The last round was great through NaNoWriMo, then I fell off the wagon.
So, new goals?
- Yeah, 1k a day for 5 days a week is still good.
- Someday, I want to reach 2k in 1 hour. I’ve come close, but never reached that benchmark.
- I will begin another serial story and put a chapter up on the blog every Monday.
- Although I won’t yet name a date, I will keep evaluating my own progress regarding novels and getting published, and I’ll make sure I have that long-term goal in sight instead of just splashing around in the pool having fun.
- And since others are including fitness goals, I’m going to begin by doing one of the fitness workouts from cable-on-demand at least 5 days per week, even if it is just a little 5 minute routine of bellydance arm movements. (Don’t knock it till ya try it… my shoulder muscles are burning!)
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AmyBeth Inverness 
Ohhh, maybe I’ll join you in belly dancing! That sounds awesome! I’ve done yoga from the on demand menu, but I didn’t realize there was belly dancing!
1K a day for five days a week is awesome!
If you hit 2k in an hour, you’ll have to start a new twitter hashtag for it–I love participating in #1k1hr!!
Good luck! Great goals!
Hi!
What is this “on demand” you speak of? Sounds like just the thing I need to get me moving off my fat arse! lol.
Sounds like you’re really getting along great with your goals and I hope you continue to do so.
All the best,
Kelly.
We have digital cable tv, and it has a fairly extensive selection of shows “on demand.” I just hit the “on demand” button and browse through the menu. A lot of TV shows are available about 24 hours after they air, so if I miss one of my favorites, I can watch it any time I want. There are lots of movies, some free, some pay-per-view.
I recently discovered that under “Sports and Fitness” there are numerous fitness routines. Yoga, aerobics, and then I noticed “Bellydancing!” Several of my friends do bellydancing and love it, so I tried a short one. It was only 5 minutes long, and concentrated on the arms, but it was a surprisingly intense upper body workout and tons of fun! Perfect for someone who is very out of shape but wants to do SOMETHING!
Oh that does sound great!
I’ll have a flick through mine when I get a chance to see if I can find something similar. Thank you!
Kelly.
I have a belly dancing workout video, and it’s one of the hardest workouts I’ve done. It’s also one of the most fun. 🙂
Good luck with your goals this round!
Don’t have cable, but belly dancing is something I’ve always wanted to try… Wonder if there is a good dvd out there for beginners.
Good luck with all of your goals!
Love the goals! A good kick in the butt is *always* helpful, right? Happy New Year!
I’m so going to do a search and see if I can find a belly dancing deal on TV. Did a yoga one over the summer that was a blast.
You’ve got some great goals going into this round. Wishing you all the best with them!
Great goals and I am glad someone else needs the motivation of ROW80 to get exercising! I attended a bellydancing class a couple of years ago and loved it, such a good workout and so fun! I must look up some more classes.
Have a great week one!
Sorry I’ve been so absent for so very long.
I hope you have a GREAT year, and you meet all your goals and surpass them!!
Belly dancing is the best exercise! *Goes off to find DVDs*
Best of luck with your goals!
I saw on twitter this morning. It was 8:30am for me though lol
Great goals you have there! And I love any dance style, even bellydance. Hope you enjoy it 😉
Good luck!
You can write nearly 2,000 words an hour? That’s amazing, more than I usually write in a whole day lol Good luck with getting published, and even though it’s a long term goal, don’t forge to have at least *some* fun in the meantime 😉
Great goals and cheering you on to 2k an hour. I’ll have to check my on demand programming and check for some fitness shows. Great idea. Thanks.
I will not join you for belly dancing, but I’m in for the word count!