really want to write commentary on anonymity. the real question: do I make a pen name for this commentary account or not
hey @theoldaeroplane I’m gonna try that bullet journal thing! it seems to suit a lot of my needs for keeping track of things and logging important events… also for keeping my rants off the internet haha… any specific tips you have from a month’s learnings? š
ah yes. when u are writing the thing, and the thing does something completely unexpected.
me: unable to read a book about writing without stopping constantly to write
@annapear thanks for making the okay club with me I still go back and read it for myself sometimes <3
year recap!
those pesky 2015 goals:
- get my driver’s license – DONE! in, like, April.
- finish at least one non-fiction book – nope, but instead, Iā¦ended up launching my author platform, and starting work on my personal site!
- keep up on my health goals – exercise: I got my Fitbit working after I moved offices, and realized I do generally get enough steps to be considered something other than sedentary, and Iāve started doing prolonged physical activities like ice skating and walking around town with Jake twice a week; taking supplements: my doctor said that having enough vegetables and fruits in my diet, at my age, is sufficient! and recently weāve added a ton of blended fruit-vegetable juices and made healthier food choices, so ššš; eating/drinking enough: mostly, yes! shoutout to Jake and @amekay3, who always reminded me to eat, and my ever-faithful cups with straws for holding lots of water and making it easy to drink.
- publish FR – no, but instead, I…conceived of, wrote, edited, and published RLS instead!
- finish Daugment – DONE! I even got it edited.
- work on Pacemaker – just a bitā¦it’s on hold by the creatorās choice.
- read 30 books – DONE!
- finish a song – DONE! it was tiny, but I used it in a video project I submitted for work, so I count it.
- oh and bonus goal, I REALLY got better at cooking!
now for some 2016 goals:
- learn a physical skill – martial arts maybe, or juggling, or I donāt know, dancing?
- publish FR and Daugment – I have two mostly-completed manuscripts and the know-how to publish them. no excuses.
- find a house – we would really like to buy a place. good vibes needed.
- finish braindump on our cookbook – I feel like Iām actually qualified to work on it now, having gone through the process myself, and a year is plenty of time to word vomit another 15k words.
- continue doing 2x weekly activities with Jake – ice skating, rock climbing, martial arts, hikes, we can do a lot of it these days.
- continue good health habits – these include maintaining a healthy weight, drinking 60+ ounces of water daily, choosing tea & black coffee as my beverages, doing sun salutations in the morning and at night, and doing 2-3x home workouts in addition to the extended activities above.
- read 30 more books! – I’m even supposed to read some for work.
- write some fiction – maybe novella, maybe novel. no pressure.
- keep a bullet journal – I’m hoping this helps with all my various archiving/recording/logging needs.
stuff it would be nice to get to:
- practice drawing at least weekly
- continue coloring meditations
- submit at least 3 short stories to publications
- help my friend with his art history project