{"id":145,"date":"2024-12-12T14:17:00","date_gmt":"2024-12-12T14:17:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2025-01-07T17:20:46","modified_gmt":"2025-01-07T17:20:46","slug":"2025-goals-part-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifewithkatie.com\/index.php\/2024\/12\/12\/2025-goals-part-1\/","title":{"rendered":"2025 Goals: Part 1"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you read my post yesterday, you may have noticed that I said I had things that I want to share with you. Well, welcome to day 1 of those things! As 2024 winds down, a lot of us are turning our attention to the new year. I don’t really do resolutions, but I do like to have a plan and a theme. The theme for 2025 is going to be ….<\/p>\n

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Education and Advancement!<\/div>\n
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As a writer, editor, and streamer, there is a lot that I can learn to improve on all of those areas. I truly believe that if I start investing in myself and in those areas, I can change the situation that my family finds itself in. I can get us out of a bad housing situation and into something that is truly ours. I can stop worrying that we’re going to be homeless. That’s one of my personal goals for 2025 that will be supported by my business goals. <\/div>\n
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You may have noticed that I broke the business goals into three areas: writing, editing, and streaming. I’m also going to split this into three posts, starting with my writing goals!<\/p>\n

My overall goal? Two books. I want to do one more toy store
\nbook and possibly wrap that series. That or figure out a better way to market
\nit. I think I need to talk to Phoebe about keywords on Amazon. She\u2019s much
\nbetter in that area than I am. She offered before, but we just never got around
\nto it. Okay, so let\u2019s break this down in more of a list format.<\/o:p><\/p>\n

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\n<\/span>Keywords with Phoebe <\/o:p><\/p>\n

o  
\n<\/span><\/span>See how much she\u2019d charge to go over all 6 current
\nbooks <\/o:p><\/p>\n

–           
\n<\/span>Write 2 more books by December 2025<\/o:p><\/p>\n

o  
\n<\/span><\/span>Bongo\u2019s Buddies<\/o:p><\/p>\n

o  
\n<\/span><\/span>Holidays at the Toy Store Part 2 (obviously
\nworking title there)<\/o:p><\/p>\n

–           
\n<\/span>Merch<\/o:p><\/p>\n

o  
\n<\/span><\/span>This is a cross-pollination kind of thing with
\nstreaming.<\/o:p><\/p>\n

o  
\n<\/span><\/span>Build up the fourthwall store.<\/o:p><\/p>\n

\u00a7 
\n<\/span><\/span>Character shirts<\/o:p><\/p>\n

\u00a7 
\n<\/span><\/span>Logo shirts<\/o:p><\/p>\n

\u00a7 
\n<\/span><\/span>Hats<\/o:p><\/p>\n

\u00b7      
\n<\/span><\/span>Baseball<\/o:p><\/p>\n

\u00b7      
\n<\/span><\/span>Beanie<\/o:p><\/p>\n

\u00a7 
\n<\/span><\/span>Mugs<\/o:p><\/p>\n

\u00a7 
\n<\/span><\/span>Notebooks<\/o:p><\/p>\n

\u00a7 
\n<\/span><\/span>Tote bag<\/o:p><\/p>\n

o  
\n<\/span><\/span>Talk to Will about getting designs from him<\/o:p><\/p>\n

o  
\n<\/span><\/span>Talk to Maxx about some new designs<\/o:p><\/p>\n

o  
\n<\/span><\/span>Talk to Eric about using the book covers in some
\nfashion<\/o:p><\/p>\n

–           
\n<\/span>Shows<\/o:p><\/p>\n

o  
\n<\/span><\/span>Alma – March<\/o:p><\/p>\n

o  
\n<\/span><\/span>Lansing – July<\/o:p><\/p>\n

o  
\n<\/span><\/span>Grand Rapids – November<\/o:p><\/p>\n

o  
\n<\/span><\/span>St Catherine\u2019s – November<\/o:p><\/p>\n

* Midland (?)<\/p>\n

–           
\n<\/span>Craft Shows<\/o:p><\/p>\n

o  
\n<\/span><\/span>Middleville<\/o:p><\/p>\n

o  
\n<\/span><\/span>Hastings<\/o:p><\/p>\n

o  
\n<\/span><\/span>Lake Odessa (Christmas)?<\/o:p><\/p>\n

*  Hastings – Jingle Mingle (Library)<\/p>\n

–           
\n<\/span>Show Stock <\/o:p><\/p>\n

o  
\n<\/span><\/span>My books<\/o:p><\/p>\n

o  
\n<\/span><\/span>Coloring book<\/o:p><\/p>\n

o  
\n<\/span><\/span>Snow Paw<\/o:p><\/p>\n

o  
\n<\/span><\/span>Cthulhu books<\/o:p><\/p>\n

o  
\n<\/span><\/span>Mittens (?)<\/o:p><\/p>\n

o  
\n<\/span><\/span>Stickers (?)<\/o:p><\/p>\n

o  
\n<\/span><\/span>Pins (?)<\/o:p><\/p>\n

o  
\n<\/span><\/span>Prints (?)<\/o:p><\/p>\n

–           
\n<\/span>Library readings<\/o:p><\/p>\n

–           
\n<\/span>Bookstore signings<\/o:p><\/p>\n

–           
\n<\/span>Holiday Bundles<\/o:p><\/p>\n

–           
\n<\/span>Look into ALLi (see Russell email 11\/27)<\/o:p><\/p>\n

–           
\n<\/span>Set up a mailing list<\/o:p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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As you can see, I’ve put a lot of thought into this. It’s that important to me. This is just part of a three page document that I wrote out. Come back soon for Part 2: Editing. <\/div>\n
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