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Now we’re really approaching the homestretch ROWers… Today’s check-in marks the one week mark before Round 1 ends and we pause to collect ourselves for Round 2. Have you decided what your goals for Round 2 will be?

Why not make being a sponsor one of them? Part of what makes any group work is the support members give each other. As a sponsor, you can be a vital part of that supportive energy. Just let me know in the comments or email me @ mousefir (at) gmail (.) com.

And… while you’re at it, please let me know what changes you’d like for the upcoming Round 2.

One change I’m thinking of making is reducing our weekly check-ins to once a week. But that is a change I won’t make without a majority consensus—so let me know. And… if we do eliminate one check-in day, which would you prefer? Would it be easier to change the date totally to say Thursday, and use the Monday inspirational post as a way for people to add in a progress comment or link?

Or, should we simply leave things as they are?

Let me know

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How is everyone doing? Feeling ready to forge forward? Or do you need to recalibrate some? No problem if you do… just adjust in your check-in post and let us know. We’re not here to judge, just support and encourage you as you ROW.

If you’re new to the ROW80, just add your link and jump right in.

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Welcome to the first check-in of 2023! Hopefully you’re off to a good start, but sometimes the best progress comes from taking an extra few moments to plan your steps…

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ROWers ROCk!

Yes, that capitalization is intentional.

As we drift into a new year and a new Round of Words in 80 Days, we’ve been talking (in the group Facebook Chat) about what we really need to help get ourselves through the rocky periods as well as those fountains of creativity. And so, may we introduce…

A Round of Creativity in 80 Days

Like the original ROW80 created by Kait Nolan, the ROC is an 80 challenge for writers (though anyone with a creative bent is welcome to peek in and join, we really like to promote writers). Also like the original ROW80, we will do 4 ROWnds per year starting on the first Monday in January. We’ll request you have a blog, but you can post your links to other social media check-ins as well. But most of all, like the original ROW80, you will need to have measurable goals, and you will need to be able to make a goal post articulating them so that your fellow ROCers can cheer you on.

Since the 2nd of January would be our first Monday of 2023, I’m exercising my “administrator privileges” here and declaring that the first Round of Creativity in 80 Days starts officially on January 9th.

After Christmas I will post updated details on how we will be handling our check-ins and adding any changes to the actual page that I can. Right now, I am looking for feedback as to what worked (or didn’t) in the original ROW80, and what you’d like to see instituted in our challenge. The ROW80 ROCs will work best if we support each other and share the connections and visits. So please feel free to leave a comment about what would make this challenge better.

Thank you.

Ready, Set…. Oops! GO!

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Oops!  I missed the starting bell, folks, but yep, we’re off and running.  It’s the very first Round of Words in 80 Days of 2020.

The “Roaring Twenties” have arrived!  Got you goals?  I hope you’ve posted them already, but here’s the linky just in case you missed it.

We’ll save your goals links there for the whole ROWnd so you can easily go back and find them whenever you need a refresher.

Ready? Set. Goals!

Here’s a little, unofficial check-in for you all (it is the between ROWnds break, after all) as we prepare for a whole new Round of Words in 80 Days. Are you ready? Have you designed some yet?  If you’re having trouble figuring out what to do, why not try the S.M.A.R.T. strategy?  It’s worked for a lot of people.  It may be just what you’re looking for.

Here’s how you do it:

• Specific — work daily on The Greatest Magnum Opus Ever as opposed to write every day
• Measurable — do 10 pages of revision each week on TGMOE instead of revising things as they catch your eye
• Attainable — set a Test Mile; if you exceed it, great, but plan to do an amount of work you can guarantee to do.  I’m a big fan (of course!) of Those Five Sentences, but maybe you’re working on queries or line edits…  you can use the same strategy there with a bit of tweaking
• Relevant — if you’re trying to write an article on hippos, you may not want to spend your ROWnd researching the craft of iron smelting in Industrial New England (though, with enough time and effort, I’m sure there is a story there!)
• Time-based — because our Rounds of Words go for 80 days, there is already a built-in time-frame to your goals, but not everything you do will need that long.  Some things might need a day or a week…  some might need all year; the point is to make sure you give yourself a time to get those things done

There you go, something you can do.  And if in doubt, start small.  You can always add more later.

Oh, and in case you didn’t know where it was, here’s our goals linky. Add your goals and we’ll save the links here for the whole ROWnd so you can easily go back and find them whenever you need a refresher:

Sorry, but since this is an unofficial check-in, we don’t have a linky for that today. For now, feel free to use the comments or our FB threads to let us know how you’re doing. 🙂

Round 4 End-of-Round Check-in

This is it, ROWers! The final (official) check-in of 2019 has arrived. Though, because the calendar is a bit twiggy this year, I will be posting, along with our goals linky, a check-in next Sunday (not the Wednesdays as they are holidays for many).

Just to update all of you, this will be a longer than normal break between ROWnds. Traditionally, Round 1 of the ROW80 starts on first Monday of the New Year. Since that puts us on the 6th, you all are welcome to jump in for our unofficial between-rounds check-ins or enjoy a long goal-free break.

It’s your ROW80, they are your goals and aspirations, and you know what your spirit needs right now to achieve them. Hopefully we’ll all be raring to go by the time January 6th comes around. 🙂

For now, here are those linkies you need.  First of all the All Powerful Goals linky 😉  You should click here if you’ve got plans for our upcoming Round 1 2020.

Next up is your regular check-in linky, and we have that one below. Remember this is also the End of Round check-in, so you may want to assess your progress for the past 10 week. Click away and tell us all how it’s going (or you can leave something in the comments or on our FB page). We love to hear from you. In fact, you may want to get in touch by the other two methods if you’re interested in Sponsoring or are looking for an Accountability Partner for Round 1 2020.

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Here we are folks, just a few more days before Round 4 ends and Round 1 of a whole new year looms before us.  Are you ready?

Here it is…

Of course, this is your Wednesday check-in too, complete with linky (below). Why not have a click and share how you’ve been doing lately.  Or, if you prefer, you can leave something in the comments or on our FB page. We love to hear from you. In fact, you may want to get in touch by the other two methods if you’re interested in Sponsoring or are looking for an Accountability Partner for Round 1 2020.

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We are entering the homestretch here, folks.  Almost to the end of the ROWnd, end of the year, and the beginning of new dreams.

Yep, every ending is a chance to begin something new.  🙂

And since we know you’ve got dreams and aspirations, why don’t you start planning (and posting) them.  The Goals Linky IS active, ROWers. Here it is…

Of course, this is your regularly scheduled Sunday Check-in too. And do we have a linky for that? You know it. Click away and tell us all how it’s going (or you can leave something in the comments or on our FB page). We love to hear from you. In fact, you may want to get in touch by the other two methods if you’re interested in Sponsoring or are looking for an Accountability Partner for Round 1 2020.

Round 4 ends this Wednesday. Are you ready?

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You know it.  We’re headed into the very last days of Round 4—there very last days of 2020 for that matter.  And we’re headed for some comfy changes here at the ROW80.

In fact, the first of those changes for 2020 is up…  We are bringing back our LINKY list.  🙂

(Yeah, I missed it too.)

And with that, we’re also setting our goals for 2020.  Since I’ve been mentioning planning and adjusting for a while now, I thought “Hey, let’s do this thing; let’s start planning for Round 1 2020 right now!”  So, here it is, your Wednesday Check-in and your goals post for the New Year.

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And remember… if you have any suggestions for improving thing here at the ROW80, let us know. We can’t fix what’s broke if we don’t know about it. 😉