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not-resolutions
Jan. 7th, 2013 09:14 amI still don't make New Year's Resolutions. Well, to be honest, I make them, but I don't call them Resolutions because I don't worry too much about breaking them. They are good ideas. They are things I'm attempting, but mostly I don't worry when they don't happen (like the year I said I was going to try to read all the way through Faerie Queene; hah!) Some words scare me, so I don't use them. Anyway, this year I am making three not-resolutions.
First, I'm going to keep applying for jobs. *sigh* I don't like applying for jobs. It's hard, depressing work. But I'm going to try to look for and apply for jobs about once a week this year (unless I'm working or sick or something). Quite reasonable.
Secondly, I'm going to keep updating Goodreads with every book I read. I'm not aiming for in depth analysis, or even summaries of every book I read, but I do want to keep track. It was fascinating this past year to see how much I read (this deserves it's own post). Speaking of which, I have a giant pile of books I should add to Goodreads . . .
Thirdly, I'm going to write this year. I'm going to work on my stories. *gulp* I'm going to try for at least an hour every week (whether or not I'm working); editing, plotting, or writing (or submitting). Some tiny part of my brain is complaining because I'm only aiming to work on stories for one hour a week, but I am stubbornly squashing it. An hour a week working on stories is more than last year. It is also working on stories, and it is only now that I feel like I'm able to start working on stories again. I've spent the last year recovering from the previous year, and it is only now that I'm finally starting to have the mental space for stories again. (The previous year or so, to sum up, Joel started a job, finished his Master's degree, we got engaged, planned a wedding medium distance, I quit my job, moved to LA, and we got married (the last three within a month).) I have a novel that's starting to come together in terms of plot (and I need to get the outline written down). I have short stories that I think I can now edit (it seems my stories need a very long cooling off time). I'm starting to feel like I can write again.
So. There are my not-resolutions for this year. How about ya'll? Any resolutions? Not-resolutions? (Or book recommendations. My TBR pile is looking rather scanty.)
First, I'm going to keep applying for jobs. *sigh* I don't like applying for jobs. It's hard, depressing work. But I'm going to try to look for and apply for jobs about once a week this year (unless I'm working or sick or something). Quite reasonable.
Secondly, I'm going to keep updating Goodreads with every book I read. I'm not aiming for in depth analysis, or even summaries of every book I read, but I do want to keep track. It was fascinating this past year to see how much I read (this deserves it's own post). Speaking of which, I have a giant pile of books I should add to Goodreads . . .
Thirdly, I'm going to write this year. I'm going to work on my stories. *gulp* I'm going to try for at least an hour every week (whether or not I'm working); editing, plotting, or writing (or submitting). Some tiny part of my brain is complaining because I'm only aiming to work on stories for one hour a week, but I am stubbornly squashing it. An hour a week working on stories is more than last year. It is also working on stories, and it is only now that I feel like I'm able to start working on stories again. I've spent the last year recovering from the previous year, and it is only now that I'm finally starting to have the mental space for stories again. (The previous year or so, to sum up, Joel started a job, finished his Master's degree, we got engaged, planned a wedding medium distance, I quit my job, moved to LA, and we got married (the last three within a month).) I have a novel that's starting to come together in terms of plot (and I need to get the outline written down). I have short stories that I think I can now edit (it seems my stories need a very long cooling off time). I'm starting to feel like I can write again.
So. There are my not-resolutions for this year. How about ya'll? Any resolutions? Not-resolutions? (Or book recommendations. My TBR pile is looking rather scanty.)