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End of year rambling
Dec. 28th, 2014 03:55 pmWow, I really fell down on that posting meme. I'm going to try to go through it all and just finish it as I come to it, because there were some good questions on there, but Christmas really devoured my complete attention. Enough so that I only remembered today that I needed to renew our health insurance by the end of the month, whoops. but that's done, so yay.
But really, that pretty much sums up how the entire year's gone. It's been a pretty hectic year, and not one I enjoyed, frankly. There's been a lot of upsets, starting right at the very beginning of the year, and still on-going. Since Christmas and yesterday, my nephew's condition has apparently declined, but I've not heard much more beyond that. I'm on standing watch for his big brother to come over here to give his parents time to cope, though it hasn't happened yet. I take that as a good sign.
The neck surgery my uncle had in October was not as successful as it had originally seemed either. He's having problems with that again. And I'm not complaining about it, though as a perfect end to the year where nothing went right, Robin Hood will be spending our tenth anniversary babysitting. My brother called me freaking out yesterday, because every other option is out of town all week. We've shuffled our plans a bit, and will go see our movie in the morning, probably take the baby to dinner with us, and have more or less tossed out the idea of doing anything else. This is what getting old is like.
But it's the end of the year, so I want to talk a bit about goals. I have a few, both grown up and hobbyist.
I think all of these are attainable, though some probably more unlikely than others. The first one is the one that is going to really be stressing me out, and will undoubtedly impact all the rest. But getting it accomplished will also clear up so much stress in my life, which is why it's number one.
But really, that pretty much sums up how the entire year's gone. It's been a pretty hectic year, and not one I enjoyed, frankly. There's been a lot of upsets, starting right at the very beginning of the year, and still on-going. Since Christmas and yesterday, my nephew's condition has apparently declined, but I've not heard much more beyond that. I'm on standing watch for his big brother to come over here to give his parents time to cope, though it hasn't happened yet. I take that as a good sign.
The neck surgery my uncle had in October was not as successful as it had originally seemed either. He's having problems with that again. And I'm not complaining about it, though as a perfect end to the year where nothing went right, Robin Hood will be spending our tenth anniversary babysitting. My brother called me freaking out yesterday, because every other option is out of town all week. We've shuffled our plans a bit, and will go see our movie in the morning, probably take the baby to dinner with us, and have more or less tossed out the idea of doing anything else. This is what getting old is like.
But it's the end of the year, so I want to talk a bit about goals. I have a few, both grown up and hobbyist.
- Be in a house by June. This is the big one. We've been saving up and paying off old debts all year, and are at the point where we'll be able to seriously start looking in February.
- 365,000 words written. I tried it this year, and actually got pretty damn close, all things considered. My spreadsheet lists 204,027 words as of today. There's no way in hell I'll get even close to the goal, but 200,000 words isn't exactly chump change either. Even though I fell short, I'm still very pleased with my overall word count, as it's the highest it's been in years.
- Finish Trickster God. I've been working on it for ages. I want to be done.
- Minimise ongoing WIPs. I've started trying to keep with a posting schedule within the last few months, and I find it helps me keep on top of them, but I don't want to deal with having to keep on top of so many. I'm going to try to adopt a stance of only posting once I've finished, or am close enough to finished that I can complete the fic before I'm done posting. I really like the WIP way of posting, because I like the back and forth with readers, but it really wears me out sometimes.
- Get better at saying no. I agree to too much, both IRL and online, and it needs to stop.
- Get better at recognising the difference between friends and mutual followers. I put myself under so much stress this year, not wanting to upset mutual followers whose posts constantly upset me. I need to get better at knowing when to hit the unfollow button, and not care so much about doing it.
I think all of these are attainable, though some probably more unlikely than others. The first one is the one that is going to really be stressing me out, and will undoubtedly impact all the rest. But getting it accomplished will also clear up so much stress in my life, which is why it's number one.
