Fandom Snowflake: Challenge 4 Goals

[ysabetwordsmith]

Challenge #4

In your own space, create some goals. Leave a comment in this post saying you did it. Include a link to your post if you feel comfortable doing so.




See my 2020 goals in review.  I finished a lot more than I thought I had, with some exciting unplanned additions.  I had a cooking goal, so there are scads of recipes in my 2020 goals.

These are my goals for 2021.  You can see my other year-beginning posts on January 1.  DoSmey! Targets scattered all over the place!  This year I am trying bullet journal pages to track a few things.  I have already completed two goals, one of which you can share:
* Things to Do Together
I have started a bunch of others, including:
* Fresh Starts Bingo (where I already made bingo due to Tuesday's Poetry Fishbowl)
* Rose and Bay Awards for excellence in crowdfunding

If you find New Year's resolutions or other goals to be daunting or merely unsatisfying, I have collected some resources on various alternatives along with the traditional approaches:
* Bullet Journal Pages and Habit Trackers
* Fun New Year's Resolutions
* Host an Introvert Party or join a Comfort Corner instead of going out.
* Make a Temperature Afghan or Other Project
* New Year's Resolutions (including creative alternatives)
* One-Day Resolutions
* Recurring Posts


How are you doing on your resolutions?  Most of them die off within the first couple of weeks, so I like to encourage people to share theirs and gain support.

Comments

[sjh2009]

I don't make resolutions as always feel like I've failed if I don't manage to keep them, that's why I like the idea of goals, they're like suggestions, you don't have to do it but they're something there to work towards.

That's an ambitious list, I'm impressed, good luck with them all, I hope you achieve everything you want to.

Thanks for those links too, they look useful.

Thank you!

[ysabetwordsmith]

>> That's an ambitious list <<

I have a long list because if I only have one or two things and don't meet them, I feel like crap. If I have a target-rich environment, I can usually hit a bunch of them.

I only tend to feel bad in a slow year if I haven't even made half. But that makes me take a closer look. Did the year suck? Did I laze? Or is my list full of cruft and needs adjustment?

>>Thanks for those links too, they look useful.<<

Yay! I've seen people struggling with a lot of the same things, and after the second or third time I've repeated myself, I usually make a post so I can just link it.

Squeee!!!

[fuzzyred]

*excuse me while I do a fangirl squee* You linked to my post!!!!! :D :D :D :D *ahem*

Squealing aside, my goals are going well so far, and I like having my colour-coded white board to keep track of all the recurring ones. I like seeing progress, being able to say "Hey I did it," so for the long term goals a short-term way to keep track is nice. I haven't completed any single-time goals yet, but it's very early days so I'm okay with that.

Congrats on completing a few of yours already!

Re: Squeee!!!

[ysabetwordsmith]

>> *excuse me while I do a fangirl squee* You linked to my post!!!!! :D :D :D :D *ahem* <<

You're replicating something I think the world needs more of. Teamwork for the win! I will happily boost the signal any time you're running it, I just don't do a lot of outbound blog reading at present.

>> Squealing aside, my goals are going well so far, and I like having my colour-coded white board to keep track of all the recurring ones.<<

Go you!

>> I like seeing progress, being able to say "Hey I did it," so for the long term goals a short-term way to keep track is nice. I haven't completed any single-time goals yet, but it's very early days so I'm okay with that.<<

That makes sense.

>> Congrats on completing a few of yours already!<<

I like having at least one I can finish the first day. It makes me feel like I can Get Shit Done. :D

Re: Squeee!!!

[fuzzyred]

>>You're replicating something I think the world needs more of. Teamwork for the win! I will happily boost the signal any time you're running it, I just don't do a lot of outbound blog reading at present.<<

Yay teamwork! I'm fairly good at mimicking things, with enough spin to make them my own. I have a much harder time coming up with things from scratch. I'm very much a follower, rather than a leader. The Comfort Corners are every first and third Sunday, though you certainly don't need to signal boost every one.

>>I like having at least one I can finish the first day. It makes me feel like I can Get Shit Done. :D<<

This makes sense. I used my first couple days for planning. I don't do well winging it, and just *having* a plan makes me feel accomplished, even if I can't execute it fully. I like having lots of goals, but they can also be overwhelming, so I need to start slower. I can see how getting one done right off the start would give a good boost of confidence and motivation though. :)

And! I just wrote my first bingo fill! Mine is nowhere near as polished as yours, but I think I followed the triolet form correctly, so go me!

Re: Squeee!!!

[ysabetwordsmith]

>> Yay teamwork! I'm fairly good at mimicking things, with enough spin to make them my own. I have a much harder time coming up with things from scratch. I'm very much a follower, rather than a leader. <<

I am very good at generating ideas and solutions. I can't always implement them, but I make a fantastic engine for brainstorming or troubleshooting groups.

>> The Comfort Corners are every first and third Sunday, though you certainly don't need to signal boost every one. <<

Thank you! I have jotted reminders for the first several.

>> I don't do well winging it, and just *having* a plan makes me feel accomplished, even if I can't execute it fully.<<

I am good at improvisation, but complex tasks benefit from having some sort of tracking system.

>> I like having lots of goals, but they can also be overwhelming, so I need to start slower. I can see how getting one done right off the start would give a good boost of confidence and motivation though. :) <<

What you see now has been honed by years of trial and error. I tried a point system for a few years, but abandoned because ... well, I hate math. This year I'm trying a new system with bullet journal pages. The amount and type of goals has similarly evolved over time. I wrote posts about different options this years because I saw so many people lamenting their failures or saying they hate resolutions, and they didn't seem to be varying their attempts.

>> And! I just wrote my first bingo fill! Mine is nowhere near as polished as yours, but I think I followed the triolet form correctly, so go me! <<

Go you! \o/

I like triolets. I like most repeating-interlocking poems. :D

Re: Squeee!!!

[fuzzyred]

>> I have jotted reminders for the first several.<<

Thanks! :D

>>What you see now has been honed by years of trial and error. I tried a point system for a few years, but abandoned because ... well, I hate math. This year I'm trying a new system with bullet journal pages. The amount and type of goals has similarly evolved over time.<<

Ah, that makes sense. Doing something many times usually results in it evolving and often getting more efficient or better suited to you. I don't have a formal points system, but I do award partial credit for most goals of progress is made but the goal wasn't followed to the letter. I hope you find the bullet journal pages to your liking.

>>I like triolets. I like most repeating-interlocking poems. :D<<

It was rather fun to write. I also wrote a Quatern, which is another interlocking form. I did a hexaduad today, though that one hasn't been typed and posted yet, and isn't interlocking.