Welcome to the Creative Pen podcast. I'm Joanna Penn, thriller author and creative entrepreneur,

bringing you interviews, inspiration and information on writing, publishing options and marketing ideas for your book.

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Hello, creatives. I'm Joanna Penn. And this is episode number 595 of the podcast.

And it is Wednesday, the 29th of December 2021.

As I record this from Auckland in New Zealand, and yes, I'm back in the clothes closet recording the show.

So thank you for all your lovely comments and tweets and emails about the roundup for 2021. I appreciate your

kind comments very much. And this is another solo show on my creative and business goals for

2022. Now, remember as you listen, that I am a full-time author entrepreneur, so I have a lot

going on. And if your goals are

simpler than mine, like finishing your book or publishing for the first time or selling 1,000

copies, then fantastic. You don't have to have such extensive goals as me. And in fact,

I probably shouldn't have such extensive goals. As you will hear, I just can't help myself.

So I would love to hear about your goals and plans. So please leave a comment or tweet me at

the creative pen or email me, Joanna at thecreativepen.com, if you'd like to share and we can

keep each other accountable for another year. Right, let's get into it.

Creative and business goals for 2022. We make plans. God laughs. The old Yiddish proverb will no

doubt stand true for another year, but I just can't help myself.

I need to make plans to have something to aim for.

But given how 2021 didn't quite turn out as expected, for 2022, I will hold my plans and goals

loosely and won't be surprised if they change. If I start off with lower expectations, perhaps it

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