Fandom Snowflake Challenge #2

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Challenge #2

In your own space, set some goals for the coming year. They can be fannish or not, public or private.

Oh man! SO MANY! This year, just like the year before and the year before that (for eternity) it’s the year that I get MY SHIT TOGETHER! FINALLY!! Buuuuut, this year I mean it… sort of. I mean, I want to keep it light and somewhat sarcastic so that if the world falls apart and takes me with it, I come here next year and instead of feeling like a total and complete failure, I sort of shrug and say, “Well, I guess we saw that coming. Here’s for a better try this time (for eternity.)” *raises glass and toasts optimism and gloom in one cheer* How very 2021 of me!

Non-Fannish Goals

Keeping this general because I’ve spent a lot of time and space contemplating them and now I’m just ready to get to it already.

Finish Hiking Challenge:Last year, I challenged myself to hike 50 trails in The Shenandoahs before the end of my 50th year. That ends at the end of March. Good news, I only have 10 more trails to hike. Bad news, I haven’t really gotten into the whole Hiking in Freezing and Miserable Weather yet (though I have enjoyed, more than I thought I would, hiking in the rain) and January-March is nothing but miserable weather--especially on the weekends for some reason. But I WILL get this done. For my reward, I will take my walking adventure overseas--to ITALY!! Wish me luck, not just for completing my goal, but that I’ll be able to travel overseas sometime in the near future.

Get Organized: Again, last year I set a goal to start Bullet Journaling, but then got overwhelmed by the amount of choices and all the ways you can personalize that and make it your own. And because I am the kind of person who likes to imagine that they are way more creative than they are--or have time to be--I got a blank book and just started doing it. This attempt served two purposes, 1) I really do need lists and written proof of what I need to do and have done. 2) I need more structure than I myself could provide for myself. So this year I got a Commit30 Planner that seems to have everything I need (including foo-foo mantras) without some of the bells and whistles that overwhelmed me in my earlier searches. I think it will also help me figure out just what I really do need in a journal.

Keep Being Awesome! This is mostly here to remind me that no matter what else I do or don’t do, that at my core, I am a good person, trying to do good things and to keep at it, no matter what. ♥ ♥

Fannish Goals:

Start Getting Involved in Writing Challenges Again: or give in to the reality that maybe my fannish involvement isn’t in the written word anymore--but I’m not willing to do that just yet. So, I’m giving myself ONE MORE year to produce words (seriously, this year was Yuletide and THAT’S it and that is unacceptable!

Keep Consuming New-to-Me Media: Easiest goal EVER! And the one that I feel I might have NAILED last year. Yes, last year, I did set the goal of reading specifically, but that didn’t go as planned. Sure, I read more books that I had the year before and I loved all the books I read--seriously guys, please read Jason Reynold’s Long Way Down! But, I still failed the goal. So, I’m cutting myself some slack and including reading into all other media, cause that I NAILED! And I’m sure they’ll be time to talk about all of that sweet, sweet New Fandom feels in later challenges.

Checking in More: Again, I think I have to find a new way to do this. I love Dreamwidth, I do. But by the time I come to say hello, posts are days and days old and people have already moved on. And by the time I have the energy or space to write anything for myself, it’s lost its sizzle. I hate doing fandom on FB--but I do it more than I have before--it’s weird. Tumblr is also weird for interactions and serves more as a fandom Pinterest for me. But, I did just start trying to sort Discord and if anyone wants to tell me about how that works for them, that would be lovely. I’m in a Veronica Mars Fic writer/reader one and it’s lovely with general chat with people from all over the world and different “rooms” for specific days’ themes and whatnot. It makes me feel super connected without being overwhelmed with conversations I can’t keep up with.

And, I think that’s it. W00t! Two down! So far, so good.

♥ ♥

*meep* I really hope I still know how cuts work. 😳