We do not work well with goals—but we are rather good at hoping and dreaming, so let this be a thread of that.

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Widely speaking, we are aiming to:

• · Finish Three Novels · •

• · Read One Book Per Week · •

• · Create Art & Things for a Fayre (and probably remember to apply as a vendor when it's time for that) · •

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We will strive to say something in here every day or a few, but progress is a wild little thing, and we have never been ones to attempt to tame the concept of time, either. Perhaps we only come to share the good things—or perhaps we share nothing but out-of-context snippets of a thousand chronologically-unrelated things. Perhaps we share aesthetic boards of ethically-sourced art and vague tarot reads. Either way; on and off, periodically, occasionally, accidentally, unexpectedly, inevitably... we will remember to peek in.

Happy new year. May it be one of magic.

Much luck with your goals!

Happy dreaming!

Good luck!

"Every day", they said... hah.
But here is a quick check-in~

We have been writing every day, doing a good bit of focusing on who we are and therefore, by extension, giving our best to our stories... It is a time of going back to our roots, the storytelling places where we are at our happiest (and the most chaotic!), embracing the cozy tides of writing one sentence after another and not having a clue of where the story is going, at all.
It is a beautiful time. We've written so many lovely words.

Still hoping to finish three novels this year, although, if the few weeks so far are any indication, we may need to pick up the pace. The weather is getting less rainy and as such more walking-with-laptop-to-a-cafe-friendly, so it may be a good time to restart that tradition! Otherwise, of course, there are always notebooks—but one of the three novels drags its feet on paper and yet flies happily onto the page when typed, and who are we to deny the stories what they ask for...

Ah, also. Got about 2k out of the pledged 5k for Wriday, which made us a bit sad, although really we had a migraine and didn't get started until 10pm, so we are also very happy to have gotten words in at all. Nothing to complain about the day itself—but we keep wanting to do a 5-10k day just for fun, to see how it feels (haven't had a day over ~4k in a long while), and to remind ourselves that we can. Perhaps the New Moon Madness tomorrow proves the right time for it...

“We have written so many lovely words” - that is fantastic to hear! I am so happy for you. Good luck with NMM! *waves pom-poms*

Today marks two weeks of this year, and we've written every day so far

An exciting development, too: the space bar on our laptop broke so we got a cheap bluetooth keyboard to use instead, and learned that having the feeling of the keys matters much more than having a specific writing software (we knew that), formatting options, or even a screen. Which means we can carry this very lightweight keyboard anywhere we go, and just type away while connected to a notes app on our phone! So convenient~

(Is this disproportionate excitement? Maybe, because we also get a lot done just typing on phone directly—but also no, because anything that makes words even more enjoyable is definitely justified excitement)


As for other goals...
Reading has been slow, we're behind on the "book per week" plan, and it's mostly because we've just been sleeping a lot and having headaches a lot lately. Have been reading one fiction ebook and two non-fiction paperbacks, though, and currently debating whether to start a fiction paperback as well or finish one of the others first-- which I feel like should altogether kind of count as having finished one book's worth of... books... total. May need to adjust how the reading goal works, haha

Art-wise, we will be moving house sooner than expected, so we aren't starting any big projects now, but we've been working on trying out new things to add to our traditional art style (the comfort zone is black-and-white detail illustration), and so far that's been delightfully interesting.
We also figured that, unlike with writing, we can approach visual art somewhat academically without it smothering our passion for it, so, an additional goal:

• spend at least one hour every week intentionally learning (or practicing) a digital art technique that we know we want to incorporate in our style [this will easily stretch beyond one hour, but goals that sound like a chore are goals that get abandoned :,) ]

Bluetooth keyboards are a wonderful thing.

The keyboard on my computer is a little wonky (the shift key only works sometimes and the space bar has been weird lately), so we grab the larger of our external keyboards. It's got a nice clicky sound, and the keys have a good feel and I write so much better using that. So no, I wouldn't call it disporportionate excitement.

Hope you continue enjoying it! <3

“Goals that sound like a chore are goals that get abandoned’ oh I hear that, yeah very well said. Yay for the new keyboard! It’s great that it is bringing you joy. Well done this week and good luck for next. You’ve got this! *waves pom-poms*