1. In order to be more productive, I need to impose a routine. I will try to write three morning per week. Even if only for 30 minutes, I will show up at the kitchen table. I will do chores later. Or not at all. 2. Bad writing is better than no writing. It doesn’t all have to be my best work. It can’t be. I will allow myself to write some garbage. 3. Bad writing clears a space for the good writing that will soon follow. I will believe that and persist. 4. Simply congratulating someone on his or her new book is not enough. I will buy as many collections by other poets as I can afford. I will spread the word. 5. If I want to receive reviews, I must be willing to write reviews. I will write at least two reviews this year. Minimum. 6. Waiting for invitations to read means more waiting than reading. I will send out queries to community colleges requesting a reading and / or workshop. 7. What I do is worth something. I will be bolder about asking for an honorarium. If the answer is No, I will go anyhow as long as it doesn’t kill my budget. Having a good time matters, too. So does supporting new series that are just getting off the ground. 8. If I don’t want to keep repeating the same subject matter, I must be on the lookout for new subject material. All the time. I will try new forms. I will remember my mantra: Weird is good. 9. My memory is not totally reliable. If I get a good line or phrase while watching tv or nodding off in my chair, I will write it down. Otherwise, that good idea will be gone by morning. 10. My husband can be stopped from interrupting me while I’m trying to revise. I will politely ask him to read the newspaper quietly to himself.