Decide Who You Will Be in 2023
What are you answering to?
My husband always told my children when they complained that someone called them a name, “It ain’t what they call you. It’s what you answer to.” He got that from an old W. C Fields’ line.
One of the most profound things that I learned in 2022 was “I never fail, I either win or learn. ”I wrote about it in my article Never Fail Again.
I started a publication called Tightening the Belt. Which has acted as steppingstone to a regional book series that I am writing with a friend in 2023.
What I am answering to in 2023
In 2023, I am answering to the names Ozarks region writer and publisher. I am also answering to the name of Ozark Granny for our book Ozark Grannies’ Secrets. I am throwing myself into those titles that I am calling myself. No longer will I consider myself a loser or a failure. I am a winner which is another name I call myself.
I am a learner. I never fail to learn something new every day. If nothing else, I am learning Spanish using the Duolingo course and have been for over 500 days. Probably most important, I am learning how to run my business better this year than I have ever done in the past. I am working to build a business that will take me to what I hope will be my next big title…