Snowflake Challenge #4 - Set Some Goals for the Coming Year

[jedibuttercup]

Challenge #4 - In your own space, set some goals for the coming year. They can be fannish or not, public or private. Leave a comment in this post saying you did it. Include a link to your post if you feel comfortable doing so.

I've shied away from doing this the last couple of years, due to generally low energy, but I guess it's hard to meet goals if you don't bother to set them in the first place.

Fannish goals? First and foremost, get at least one more chapter out for backagainharry. Of my remaining WIPs, that one haunts me the most; it's already 19 chapters and 70,000+ words in, but I haven't updated since early 2017. *facepalm* After that: participate in this year's slate of exchanges (probably ten or so, plus the August crossover TtH Fic-a-Day) and work on my lingering wishlist prompts.

(I'm beginning to think that part of the reason I've been more in exchanges than any other form of writing lately is that my BFF has all but stopped writing fic herself in the last few years, in favor of crafty RL projects, and also that I moved into a solo apartment in 2017. Since then, writing just for me without someone to bounce things off of in person or an external motivational structure has felt like writing to an echo chamber sometimes. I still get ideas, they just don't make it to the keyboard. I'll just have to figure out a different way to think about it, I suppose. Hopefully getyourwordsout will help with that.)

In RL: I have two upcoming roadtrips - I need to finish the photobook from the last one before either of those happen, and start printing and assembling the best of my landscape photos for display. I've been meaning to do that for years, and I have the perfect wall for it - I've been to so many beautiful places since I started my trips in 2012, I think a wall o'lovely to stare at would help with motivation too. :)

I'd also like to get through more of my pile of unread books, but considering I keep buying more .... So, read at least 100 more books this year, I guess? :) This is also the year my car is officially paid off (yay); and I need to get off my ass and find a new primary doctor so I can start doing wellness checkups (sigh). I am About That Age, so it's time.

Comments

[pronker]

Good for you to attempt the photo wall; I'm sure it'll inspire! :) At one time, I made a collage of favorite places' photos, which turned out to be maybe 4x3 feet. It helped.

Get Your Words Out sounds like LJ's old Fic Finishing comm, I guess?

[jedibuttercup]

Get Your Words Out is more about setting general goals than specific fic? Wordcount goals start at 75k for the year and work their way up; or you can choose habit pledges instead (120, 240, or 350 days). You pick one and sign up by Jan 15 and then report your progress every month; you can choose to be more or less involved in motivational events on the comm, as well. We'll see how it goes this year. :)

[fadedwings]

This all sounds so great! Good luck with it all ♥

[jedibuttercup]

Thanks! :)