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The Focused Writer by Kieran MacRae

Zen Friday Reflections

Published about 1 month ago • 1 min read

Kieran MacRae

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Take stock of the week

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Happy Friday!

How has your week been Reader?

I hope you managed to make a little progress on your goals this week.

I was doing my Friday reflections in my journal and thought of you.

Do you ever stop to look back at what you achieved?

It’s too easy to keep racing ahead without taking a beat to admire what we’ve accomplished.

So here are the four prompts you can use in your journal for your Friday Reflections:

What went well this week?

I achieved…

What didn’t go well?

Next week I want to…

My journal entries were all about putting the finishing touches on my Focus Planner Templates this week.

What’s that you ask?

Simple one-page planners designed to effortlessly plan the next move of your writing business.

Believe it or not, I’ve been using these planners since 2016. It was the year I committed to taking my business full time, and I knew I’d have to focus in to make it happen.

Stay tuned for their release, plus the training that comes with it.

You’ll be the first to know.

What are you proud of achieving this week?

Much love from my screen to yours,

P.S. I wrote this while listening to Lord of The Rings LoFi...

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