2023 ended weirdly abruptly for me, but I got the shot in the arm I needed in order to hit the ground running in 2024. This year's going to be absolutely crazy, but for me personally, I feel my worst years are finally behind me. I'm ready to stop drowning in a sea of...
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I’ve had a lot to think about over these past few days, and I’ve been trying to come up ways to improve. It’s not just about better writing but better everything. This year there’s a lot of things I’ve got to get myself up to date on, and fast. Not least of the things I’ve got to get cracking on and polish up are my video editing skills. I’ve always had a knack for it but it’s been well over a decade since I had any real projects to work on. It’s going to be necessary this year, so that youtube account is probably going to see a lot more use in 2022. My art is also going to be a focus this year, though not in the monthly goals for January (or February). It’s one of my weakest area right now, so it needs that much more attention. Rather than focusing on anything specific starting out, I’ll try to work in smaller projects where and when they’re needed. Onto the goals for this month.
January Goals
Starting out I’m trimming back in some areas and adding new things in. This monthly approach is way better for me than something as broad as a New Years Resolution or as time constrained as National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo).
- Lydia’s Golden Treasury: Chapter 5 1st Draft
- Fleeing Victory #16-17
- Read 1 novel
- 2 Blog Articles for the site
- Upgrade the Prinz Heinrich (vanilla thruster set)
Most of these are going to be consistent until the projects they’re tied to are finished. For example, there are only seven chapters in Lydia’s Golden Treasury, so after Chapter 7 is finished in March, April will have a new priority goal. Until then LGT chapters are right at the top. Some of these are probably going to become permanent monthly goals, like 1 novel read and 2 blog articles. These are just things to help me stay focused and get some consistency going again. I used to do a lot of reading but as I started to focus on the blog more, as well as spending a lot of time on discord, I found less and less time for it. Tossing them in here should help me get back on track. At least, that’s what I’m going to find out. I’ll decide on the novel I’ll be reading tomorrow. I’m cutting back on the Fleeing Victory chapters so I can also focus on other stories I wouldn’t have the legroom to start on otherwise. Those stories probably won’t get added as official goals any time soon. I’d rather let those progress naturally until I know where everything is headed and have a good workflow set up. That’s all for now. Once again, Happy New Year!
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