Fandom Snowflake Challenge 2

[cmk418]

In your own space, set some goals for the coming year. They can be fannish or not, public or private. Leave a comment in this post saying you did it. Include a link to your post if you feel comfortable doing so.



Personal creative goals-

1) Shoot for that 125k word marker again this year. I didn't make it last year, but there were times when the last thing I wanted to do was write, so I'm hoping to make those periods fewer and farther between
2) Get better at icon making- I've made a few, but I'd like to do more than just find a picture and crop
3) Paint! I bought acrylics and am going to try my hand at painting on metal
4) Continue to update my Ao3 and cross-post there as I go

Other goals-
1) Journal at least 5 times a week and update my posting to my LJ & DWs accounts more often (and maybe actually post something about myself in between July and December
2) Give feedback & rec things I really like & give encouragement to people that need it
3) Keep my health in line with regular doctor's appointments & exercise
4) Read some of the books that have been lingering on my bookshelf or in my Kindle
5) Find a TV series that I like and binge watch it (or maybe finish seasons 1-3 of "The Wire")
6) Try to be kinder (it's always on my yearly list)

Comments

[paulamcg]

Such a wonderful, comprehensive set of goals! YOu've got a great range in your creative goals, in addition to an admirable wordcount goal. And so kind of you to include encouraging others as one of the goals! (I'm afraid I've failed to set any goals for myself, and I enjoy repeating the word here instead. :))

[cmk418]

Thank you! I'm trying to broaden my creative horizons a bit- not quite sure when that will be but I have the whole year ahead of me (except November which is pretty exclusively given to NaNo) to figure it out.

Sometimes it's good to have a goal-free year and just go where the Muses and fates take you.

Thanks for commenting!

Thoughts

[ysabetwordsmith]

>> 2) Get better at icon making
3) Paint! I bought acrylics and am going to try my hand at painting on metal
4) Continue to update my Ao3 and cross-post there as I go
2) Give feedback & rec things I really like & give encouragement to people that need it <<

allbingo hosts a new fest each month. All formats and fandoms are welcome.

Painting on metal sounds interesting. I've seen people paint rural scenes on saw blades. *ponder* You could probably buy very cheap things to paint on at a junk shop, and just need to clean them up. I imagine it's what a lot of the paint-on-metal folks do around here.

>> 6) Try to be kinder <<

https://ysabetwordsmith.dreamwidth.org/11689961.html

Re: Thoughts

[cmk418]

Thanks for the links! I particularly like the kindness ones and will have to check it out. This is the first I'm hearing of allbingo but I may delve in and try that.

I work for an HVAC company and there's a metal shop in the back so I can gather scrap from there. I perked up a $5 IKEA mirror last year with it and have wanted to try to paint on it for the better part of a year.