snowflake challenge #4

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Challenge #4:
Since this is the start of a new year, this challenge will be to set your own goals!

I looked over the goals I set from last year to see where I was and then set them accordingly. A lot of repeats, but some amendments too. :)

Fannish:

Write fanfic again and find joy/inspiration in doing so. Last year, I wanted to participate in less exchanges and write for myself more and I ended up doing way less exchanges, but that was because I just wasn't inspired at all/slightly becoming detached from fandom. So I'm hoping this year will be more positive

Complete my ficcish obligations - there are some way overdue ones that haunt me and I would like to actually get them out of my head.

Try to write for a new fandom. I think I would like the challenge.

Be more present and active, in both my DW and in my chosen fandom spaces. I think I get tied up to one spot (I drifted off to Tumblr for a brief period) and forget about the rest and I would like some balance.

Non-Fandom:

Travel. I said this last year too, but somehow it got away from me. This year, I would like to get out of my city and preferably the state.

Get organized. Another repeated goal. I have finally started parting ways with clothes and things i don't use, and I need to continue with that.

Be a better cook. I love to bake and I do enjoy cooking what I know, but I want to try new recipes. My mom is a great cook and I need to take advantage of that and have her teach me, especially my favorite foods that she makes.

Learn a new skill. I tend to get stagnant and comfortable and I'm pretty bad about being ... bad at things/not good immediately. I'd like to test my comfort zone.

Exercise consistently. I go through periods when I'm good and then weeks where I just fall off and I want to stay active on a regular basis in some way, even if that means just taking walks around the neighborhood.

Comments

[ragnarok_08]

I want to write more fanfic too, and to write for new fandoms as well.

Yes, exercising consistently is a good idea too :)

[wearing_tearing]

Good luck with your goals! Maybe trying to write for a different fandom will spark that inspiration flame again :D

I tend to get stagnant and comfortable and I'm pretty bad about being ... bad at things/not good immediately.
Literally me. I've decided that this is the year I don't care if I suck at things.

[prisca]

Sometimes, writing for a new fandom can bring back more fun into your fannish life. But there are other times when I love to go back to the good old times and create something for fandoms no one but me is still thinking about.

[kitarella_imagines]

I hope you get to enjoy fandom again. Looking back at my list of fics, there were years where I hardly wrote any fics, and some years, like 2023, where I wrote dozens. It is like a rollercoaster isn't it.

[corvidology]

What Would You Attempt if You Knew You Could Not Fail?

A dear friend gave me a coffee mug with that on several years ago and now I'll pretty much give anything that looks interesting a whack!

[flamingsword]

For stuff where I need variety to motivate me, like doing self-care, I have one of those free dice rolling apps and a corresponding list of things to do to both take care of myself and stay engaged. So if you wanted to try that you could maybe make a list of ten or twelve things that you think would be fun sometimes but that might, I dunno, hurt your knees or something to do every day.

Huh. Now that I’ve thought of it, I should probably try this. 😅 Yay for causing collateral thinking!

[bradygirl_12]

Fandom is always a rollercoaster. 🎢

Relax, go with the flow, and you'll be amazed how things will work out. In 2024 I wrote very little fannish stuff in the first six months, watched an old show that was new to me, started writing like crazy in the second half. ☺️

Tackling a new fandom is an excellent idea. 👍

[yellowrosess]

Good luck with all your goals :-)

Same here with trying new cooking recipes and doing more exercise.

[tinkaton]

Good luck with all your goals! If I ever wrote out my yearly goals I think there'd be a lot of overlap with yours haha, I'm constantly thinking about how I need to work on writing more, exercising, getting organized, etc. There's just so much to do!!

[silveradept]

Here's hoping for success in your goals, and that the output from it all is informative, even if it doesn't get to your liking immediately.

[royalblue31]

Good luck to you on all your goals this year! I too feel the WIPs haunting me lol.

[linky]

These are some great goals, best of luck with them!! 💖💖💕

[pianogurl330]

Good Luck for your goals this year! ♥

[scintilla10]

Great set of goals! Here's hoping joy/inspiration strikes, either in an existing fandom or a new one. :D

I love including "learn a new skill" as a goal! It's hard to be in that learning/things not coming out how they are in your head place. But it's so cool to try new things, or let yourself just do something different.

Good luck! ♥

[musyc]

I have finally started parting ways with clothes and things i don't use, and I need to continue with that.

WOOHOO! You can do it!