Shortly after my birthday, I came up with three priorities for the year.

• Get my weight down to 180lbs.
• Write a full-length play.
• Reduce our debt.

And for March, I looked at that list every day.

To make sure that those priorities stayed top of mind. I tried to find some step every day to move forward on those goals.

I plan to do the same in April. But to add some sub-goals to help move me along.

In April, I will do the following to work on those priorities:

• Get my weight down to 197lbs.
• I will write 20 pages of script.
• I will make 2 lumpsum payments on our new furnace.

I found looking at the list daily was helpful. But having the sub-goals will help focus the action into small steps.

And I guess I could break down the steps even more.

April Week One:

• Get weight down to 199lbs.
• Write 5 pages of script.

April Week Two:

• Get weight down to 198.5lbs.
• Write 5 pages of script.
• Make an extra payment on the furnace.

April Week Three:

• Get weight down to 198lbs.
• Write 5 pages of script.

April Week Four:

• Get weight down to 197lbs.
• Write 5 pages of script.
• Make an extra payment on the furnace.

Of course, I will have other things to work on during April.

I still have my lines to get down. And work on my songs.

I don’t have to train for the Around the Bay anymore, but I will still do some running.

As usual, planning is often more important that executing the plan. Priorities can change. Things will come up.

But at least with a plan, I have a sense of where I will be going this month.

Whether I get there or not remains to be seen…