Strategery
So, it's technically not a word, or it wasn't until 2000, but getting from where you are to where you want to go takes more than a simple strategy. It takes some serious strategery. Strategery is about working backward in time from your goal to your present situation. The important thing to remember is that it doesn't matter where you are now. What matters is you are fully aware of where you are and are prepared to move in a planned direction. No more treading water, no more procrastinating, no more wishing and hoping, no more fuming and bitterness, no more regret. The past is the past, and it's unchangeable. Where you are is unchangeable. Where you are going is up to you. It's not enough to have a goal or want it really bad. You have to strategerize a plan. Do you want to get a novel published? Have you started writing it yet? When do you want to have it completed by? How many words a day would tha...