granting you a dreamlike life

I don't really do year-end wrap-ups anymore, nor do I really do resolutions or whatnot. I'm terrible at remembering things that happen, and I pretty much always fail my resolutions, so....

I started out this morning feeling like I wanted to make some goals, and am ending today feeling like cessation of existence would be preferable. So that's how my first day of the new year is going.

But anyway. Goals! Those are good things to have, right?

• post once a week to keep track of what I'm watching/reading
• get back into exercising regularly (still need to figure out how to measure this)
• walk more (again, need to figure out how to measure this)
• apply for at least 4 art shows / conventions (whether I get in or not doesn't matter, I just have to start applying again)
• attend aikido class at least once a month (more often if schedule and money allow)
• continue hosting Shakesreads
• plan at least one in-person Shakesreads event (possibly another anniversary meeting?)
• sew at least two dress shirts
• cosplay
  
  • HPS done in time for SDCC
  • old-skool Iron Man rebuilt in time for SDCC
  • create proper Shaun the Valet vest and put together a Shang-Chi cosplay (by WonderCon? if not, SDCC)
• deal with my TBR stack
  
  • read all the comics
  • file and catalogue said comics
  • update my pull list
  • weed out comics I don't want to keep
  • read all the books (I think there's like. 9 or 10? I haven't counted in a while. It's a totally doable amount, if my brain will fucking cooperate. Except for Anathem, which should count as 7 books with how big it is.)
  • weed out books I don't want to keep
• Mandarin learning
  
  • contact possible tutors for speaking / grammar practice
  • keep up daily practice on Mondly, Duo, Drops, TofuLearn, and HelloChinese
    
    • look into getting a subscription for HelloChinese, Drops, and Du Chinese (wait for sales/excellent deals)
• Croatian learning
  
  • keep up daily practice on Mondly, Drops
  • look for more ways to practice and learn
• Unfuck my habitat (needs to be a bit more quantifiable / achievable)
  
  • bedroom
  • workshop
• Become more financially secure (ha. ha. ha. ha.)
  
  • make enough to get off medi-cal
  • make enough to be able to cover own expenses
  • make enough to be able to move the fuck out
  • figure out if a live/work space could be made to work
    
    • roommates?
    • a whole bunch of crafty type people displaying their stuff in the same retail space?
• try to do Beau Sia's weekly intentions
• actually go to the goddamn doctor about the many, many health issues that I've been trying to ignore

That seems like plenty of goals, varying from relatively easily doable to "this is a fucking joke, innit?" But at least I'm throwing these ideas out there as possibilities, and maybe having it out there being somewhat public will be the kick I need to actually attempt to do these things.

(At least continuing to host Shakesreads should be fairly easily accomplished, heh.)

edit to add a forgotten cosplay goal

Our neighbours decided that playing loud thumpy music at 6am on a Saturday was a great idea. They followed that up with power tools at 7am.

WHY. WHY PEOPLE WHY. WHY YOU DO THIS TO ME.

I would be less annoyed if I'd actually, y'know. Slept through the night until then, but no, my knee was being finicky so I was up working and icing it until it eased up enough so I could sleep. And then some weird fucking dreams, too. Ugh.

So now I am Le Tired, and had to run out and get hymnals from the church so I can play for the Methodists tomorrow as well, which means this afternoon is me learning a bunch of songs that I've never heard before, while mom also wants me to do a bunch of things for HER because they can't decide if we're having people over or not, or if it'll be today or tomorrow, and if we are, then I have to also COOK which meant I had to go to the grocery store too. Because again, they couldn't decide, so we didn't get the groceries yesterday, when it would have been easier...

Adding to my annoyance: the cord on my Shen Wei pendant is shredding and making my neck itchy, so I need to make a new cord, but I don't think I have any more end caps, and again... lots of things to do today/tomorrow. So I guess I'll just continue to be itchy. And tired.

whine whine whine whine ugh