In 2020, I set 10 values-based goals, and in the process, I’m working hard to see the value of the “in-between.” I believe everyone’s a work in progress, after all. A monthly review comes at an excellent time because one of my creative role models, Alexandra Franzen, is running a checklist contest. This is thanks to…
Category: Serving Goals
Year in Review 2019
Hello! It’s January 21, 2020. A year and two days ago, I formally published the site you’re now reading, where I revealed a blog featuring a mighty list of 19 goals, a list of services including free coaching sessions and options for 19 people, a handful of testimonials… and one ambitious yet optimistic kid on…
2020 Vision
First time here? Or followed me down a not-so-dark alley of the Internet in 2019? In 2019, I set an admittedly ambitious 19 goals for the year. You can explore them all here. Now that it’s been nearly a year since hitting that first “publish”, and the calendar has turned, it’s time for a new…
Why I write every week
Why am I here? Tough question, to ask why you’re here, in this life or even under the clarification of “here online”, it’s a question of purpose and motivation. But I’ve been thinking about why I do what I do, whether it’s for a paycheck or not. What gets me up in the morning, what…
The art of single-tasking
I write this after a workout. While alternating between leg curl and its partner, leg extension, I listen to Trevor Noah philosophize with his “good friends” on the (de)merits of social media and consider the scribbles you’re now reading. Moments later, I’m waiting for dinner: my boyfriend’s redrafting, and I’m tapping away, inspired by those…
I published 6 months ago. Here’s what I’ve learned so far
On January 19, 2019, I pressed “publish” to kaylielongley.com. Cue: jumping up and down on my kitchen’s linoleum floor, countless calls between my brother and me as its server shut down, and tons of edits to my homepage… that’s still a work in progress, thank you very much. At the time of writing, it’s almost…
Book Review-Ish: How Tidying Up Reveals Progress on Other Habits
After writing about wanting to read more in May, I did! I’m not sure if it was because I wrote about it last week and this proved to be an external motivator, or if it was the feeling of having a long sought after book in my hands but… I finally buckled down and read…
How to Embrace your Different Identities without Sacrificing One Role
We all play many different roles in life. There is power in associating yourself with multiple titles. There are almost always communities attached to these identities. And there is no shame in giving up one identity, temporarily or otherwise, to work on another. I care about these different self-given associations. Not only am I a…
April in Review: How do you maintain a habit?
Have you ever heard the phrase, “If it’s meant to be, it’s up to me”? There’s a lot of work in maintaining good habits, and this phrase is particularly encouraging. A lot of folks struggle with starting something new, but what happens when you finally overcome that first mental hurdle of starting? You keep it…
Just another WordPress site? Why I set 19 goals and how I accomplish them
“Hello world.” So starts each WordPress site, down to the all-too-often forgotten comma after “hello.” It’s good to be here, world. (See what I did there?) After years of setting (and forgetting) resolutions, I began recording and mastering my goals. I tracked my progress on scratches of paper, on my phone’s calendar, and even on…