Friday, January 1, 2016

2016 Resolutions

A new year, and now some new goals!

First, let's look back on the past year and see how I did...

Read ONE non-work book a month
I did...okay here. I missed 3 months. And my goal was to not read any queer romances as part of this "book a month" but I definitely fudged on THAT end. But I also read a bunch of different books, which was good. So, mostly a win. And I want to keep this up!

Write 5,000 words a month
YES. I feel like I did well here. There may have been a month or two where I didn't hit, but I made up for it with some of the other months. And that size is good for me right now. I want to keep it up, definitely.

Focus more on the craft of writing
Erm. Maybe? Writers' group and editing has definitely improved, but I haven't really actively done anything to work on the "craft of writing." Sooo, gonna say FAIL

Waste less time online
...define "waste"...

Live my life honestly
Sorta? All my friends use "they" pronouns and are cool with it and yay! But I'm still not really out with my family. Things didn't really change as much as I had hoped in this regard. I didn't necessarily feel like I was lying, but I wasn't 100% honest either. But then, who does live their life 100% honest with everyone in their lives?

And for this year? Well, I want to continue trying to read outside of work and hitting my 5K words a month. But those are continuing actions, not new goals.

This year's goals are going to be a been more physical in their aim.

- Take care of my teeth!
- Make necessary doctors' appointments!
- Make MORE necessary doctors' appointments
(I really hate making doctors' appointments)
- Work on generally treating my body well (exercise, eating, stretching, and RELAXING)

No one wants all the details about how I work from home and have become a slovenly cave-dwelling monster, so we'll just leave it at those basic things. Though there is one thing I want to work a bit more actively toward, and that is buying a freakin' house. But that's kinda huuuuge, so I don't know if it, in itself, will happen this year. But I'll take some steps toward it. (Oh goody, more talking to serious professionals. UGH.)

And if anyone has tips on how to deal with the obstacle that is making doctors' appointments, please let me know!



1 comment:

  1. Just received a check for $500.

    Sometimes people don't believe me when I tell them about how much money you can make by taking paid surveys online...

    So I show them a video of myself actually getting paid over $500 for filling paid surveys.

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