2018 Goals

2018! The new year! I’m mostly excited for it because it means I get to start a new planner. Other than that, years are nothing more than a form of measurement to me. I’ve had a bad relationship with them in the past, but here I am, ready to face yet another year on planet Earth. In order to motivate and push myself, I’ve created a short list of goals that I hope to accomplish in 2018. If you’re wondering why these aren’t resolutions, you can check out this post to learn more about why I ditched making resolutions.

number one

Grow they/them/wear into a successful and well-known blog, reaching all types of people around the world and developing a community of LGBTQ+ folk. I hope to be able to start making money from it this year, but of course, that will come in time, with lots of hard work.

number two

Re-teach myself to draw! This year I stopped drawing altogether. Despite wanting to pick it back up, the most I've drawn in the past month are a couple doodles. I realized that the best way to go about it would be to start over, teaching myself to draw from the very basics.

number three

Read at least 12 books. My hope is always to read as much as possible, but mental illness tends to get in the way of that, so I'm trying for the minimum of a book a month.

number four

Discover and explore new music! For some reason it's so difficult for me to keep up with even the couple of artists I absolutely love. However, I do want to expand my horizons and listen to a bunch of new stuff this year!

number five

Expand my social circle. Like, actually make some friends. That would be good, I think. Now that my confidence is rising, I feel like being social is something that I can actually start doing more.

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That's it- just a short, basic list. I don't want to overwhelm myself, as I have done in the past.  I feel good about my ability to be able to accomplish everything on my list, and I look forward to progressing as a creator and a person in the year to come.

What is your biggest goal for 2018? I'd love to know!

December Goals

Happy December! We are finally in the last month of the year, which is both exciting and scary. The new year is approaching, as is my end-of-year existential dread lol. But before that happens, Christmas has to happen! *much internal screaming* My Christmas cheer is through the roof this year. If you know me, you know that giving gifts is one of my favorite things to do. Making people happy is what makes me happy. This year is particularly exciting because it’s the first year I get to celebrate Christmastime with my girlfriend, Ruth. She also loves Christmas so that’s really great.

To start off my month of Christmas decorations, good food and stressful present shopping, I put together a December goals list. Being the (mostly) organized person that I am, I want to start making monthly goal lists to keep me on track and remind me what I need to achieve.

1. Create posts for Blogmas
2. Work out 4-5 days a week
3. Have a great Christmas!!
4. Read an entire book
5. Take care of myself

Prepare yourselves. I’m launching this blog with 25 days of Blogmas! I’m going to be honest, I only just decided to participate yesterday, so I am far from prepared. But I have many holiday-based ideas that I plan on whipping up into 25 solid blog posts. Wish me luck, but more importantly stay tuned to see how I do!

Because I push myself to get lots done on a daily and weekly basis, I prefer smaller goals to big ones. These are just a few things I hope to get done this month. They are pretty straight forward; I won’t get into too much detail. I’m hoping to make this a regular feature on the blog, so stop by at the end of December to see if I’ve completed all my goals!

What is your biggest goal for this month? Are you participating in Blogmas?? Let me know!