Goals. Habit. Addiction...in a good way.

I'm going to confess, I am horrible at taking selfies.  I watch my kids take gorgeous photos of themselves and marvel. Sigh. I was out for a walk yesterday in 22 degree weather and wanted a pic of me all bundled up with the very picturesque Mercyhurst University in the background.  Well, you can see half of me bundled, and a very nice shot of the Hirt Academic building in the background.

But the good news is, despite the 1/2 selfie and cold weather, I managed to get in a four mile walk.  I'm still on my 10,000+ steps a day kick.  It's been a few years and I think it's time to admit, I'm a step-addict.  I traded my Fitbit Flex for a Fitbit Charge 2 this year.

I haven't missed my 10,000 step goal since I started January 1, 2014.  Just looked up my totals:

Totals

15,582,975 steps 6,814.95 miles

I wore my FitBit in Disney last  week and there were extra hours at the Magic Kingdom one night.  As I followed the excited kids, I glanced at my Fitbit and saw I was at 28,000 steps.  I felt this surge of excitement  myself, despite being exhausted (the family tends to keep me running at Disney...their mantra is Hurry Up, Mom!!)...I was going
to break 30,000!!  I've broken 25,000 steps, but 30,000 has been illusive. As I was tiredly basking in my breaking-my-record glow I glanced down again and...I was at zero steps.  I realized it was midnight.  Like Cinderella, the clock struck and messed up my night.  The good news is...I had a few thousand steps when I woke up the next morning.

Here's my point.  (Yes, I have one. LOL)

I set a goal in 2014...10,000 steps every day.  And some days it was tough, but I stuck to it.  I made myself walk even when I didn't feel like it.  And somewhere along the line, I didn't force myself any more.  I wanted to get out there and get those steps in.  My goals had become my habit.  And now, I've realized that my goal/habit has become an addiction.  LOL

Goals. Habit. Addiction.

That's how my writing came about.  At first I wanted to write, so I decided I had to write something—anything—every day.  Pretty soon writing was a habit.  And now, all these years later, it's an addiction.  LOL

It's no longer January, but it's never too late to make a resolution and set a goal! And when you do, I hope it becomes something you enjoy and make a permanent part of your life!

Holly

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Just One Thing

A Day Late and a Bride Short

Spring Forward

 Happy spring!!

Even though spring's a week away, in most of the US, we're springing forward today.  I feel like I've gone back in time when I lose that hour.

Speaking of going back in time....

I'm going back to some of my earliest writing this week.  A Day Late and a Bride Short, my first Silhouette Romance, is finally available as an eBook!!  Thirteen years ago, when I sent this proposal to my editor, she sent me back a note from the Senior Editor saying that with that title, she'd expected a marriage of convenience story.  My original idea wasn't that at all, but as a very newish author, I said, "That's exactly what it will be."

My editor bought the proposal.  It wasn't quite the story I intended to tell and to be honest, I wasn't sure how to write a contemporary marriage of convenience.  As someone who's been married for many years—someone who is still wildly in love with her husband—I have to confess, marriage isn't always convenient!  But I fell in love with the story and the characters!

I had so much fun going back in time with this story!  My house was loud and crazy back then...wait, it's still loud and crazy.  Maybe that just goes to show that as much as times change, they stay the same!

Oh and you can have a chance to win  a copy of A Day Late and a Bride Short (Kindle Edition) in an Amazon Giveaway!. NO PURCHASE NECESSARY.See Official Rules.  

Reviews:

More than Magic Award Winning Book

"... a beautiful, and sweet, love story."  ~Romantic Times Bookclub 4 1/2 Stars Top Pick
"Ms. Jacobs has done it again!" ~Kelley Hartsell, Love Romances
"My favorite Holly Jacobs book yet!" ~Cheryl St.John, Author of MARRY ME...AGAIN


Speaking of fun...I've been playing with videos again.  There's a new Cooks and Books...definitely on the book side of things this time!  And the first of my "Ask the Author" videos.

My kids would tell you that I amuse myself a little too easily!  LOL

I hope you're reading for spring! I'm heading to Barbara Vey's Readers' Luncheon in May!!  Maybe I'll see some of you there??  I'm so itching to get out to the garden again!  I'm sure there will be more Cooks and Books videos when all the fresh produce starts coming in! Do you have any fun spring plans??

Holly

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