A New Year, some new goals (a blog post)
Jan. 11th, 2015 01:13 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
aldersprig2014 didn't exactly suck for me, it just - happened. I seem to have lost large parts of it, didn't get a lot done until the last three months, and gained a bunch of weight.
But new years are a lovely time to start fresh. So this year, I'm going to try to be more aware of lost time and of lost plans.
Of course, as I'm writing this, I'm sick as a dog, and my only plans for today are to rest, drink lots of fluids, and take a short walk out to the barn for some firewood.
But starting as soon as I'm better!
Writing:
I'd like to submit 4 stories for publication/month.
I'd like to earn $200 from writing (donations, commissions, publications, etc)/month or $2400/year: this is an arbitrary figure picked because it's possibly-doable while being a challenge.
I want to finish a rough draft of Rin/Girey.
I want to do the first Addergoole Kickstarter
I want to draft one other novel.
Health
I would like to lose 3 pants sizes in my preferred brand/type jeans. That's about 14lbs/pants size for me, or 42 lbs over the next year.
I'd like to exercise at least 2x every week for at least 30 minutes
Other
I'd like to have an updated author page done by end of February.
I'd like to make significant progress (finish a stage) on a house/home project for three weekends out of every four I'm home.
Very Other
I'd like to have a process in place for handling failure that is more adaptive than "man, I suck," panicking and moping.
I would like to leave more detailed and helpful comments on others' writing.
I think that's enough :-)
What about you? Any changes for the New Year?
But new years are a lovely time to start fresh. So this year, I'm going to try to be more aware of lost time and of lost plans.
Of course, as I'm writing this, I'm sick as a dog, and my only plans for today are to rest, drink lots of fluids, and take a short walk out to the barn for some firewood.
But starting as soon as I'm better!
Writing:
I'd like to submit 4 stories for publication/month.
I'd like to earn $200 from writing (donations, commissions, publications, etc)/month or $2400/year: this is an arbitrary figure picked because it's possibly-doable while being a challenge.
I want to finish a rough draft of Rin/Girey.
I want to do the first Addergoole Kickstarter
I want to draft one other novel.
Health
I would like to lose 3 pants sizes in my preferred brand/type jeans. That's about 14lbs/pants size for me, or 42 lbs over the next year.
I'd like to exercise at least 2x every week for at least 30 minutes
Other
I'd like to have an updated author page done by end of February.
I'd like to make significant progress (finish a stage) on a house/home project for three weekends out of every four I'm home.
Very Other
I'd like to have a process in place for handling failure that is more adaptive than "man, I suck," panicking and moping.
I would like to leave more detailed and helpful comments on others' writing.
I think that's enough :-)
What about you? Any changes for the New Year?
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Date: 2015-01-11 07:37 pm (UTC)- Figure out how to draw and write so that it is fun again rather than a source of stress and anxiety.
- Get better at connecting with people. At least comment more on stuff online.
- Post a week review journal each Sunday.
- Don't go nuts.
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