2017 goals

[lauren3210]

Happy New Year everybody! I've decided to write down my personal goals for 2017, in the hopes that it will push me to complete them, so, here we go!

1. Quit smoking. I'm currently on day 3 of this, and it's going quite well, actually. I'm getting moments where I desperately want a cigarette, of course, but they're not too often. It's also not as hard to write as I thought it would be - I chainsmoke when I write - so that's a definite plus!


2. Quit Diet Coke/eat healthier. I am hopefully having an operation some time this year, and I want to be as healthy as possible for it - it's gonna hammer me to pieces as it is, I don't need to also be overweight and prone to illness too.


3. Complete at least one room in the house. I always start decorating a room, and then move on to something else before finishing it, which means I have a bunch of half-finished rooms and it's driving me crazy. I'm going to do it this year, though.


4. Finish an Original Story. I have about a dozen of these things hanging around, and my goal is to finish at least one, to the point where I can send it out for submission.

I also signed up for the GR reading challenge, and I put myself down for 200 books, which averages out at around 4 books a week. I'm hoping that at least some of these will be the ones still sitting on my TBR shelf, rather than jjust Kindle re-reads (I do that a lot).

I've seen a lot of you talking about Dreamwidth, and cross-posting there, just in case the server move does something nasty with our LJs. I'm going to look into that and see if it looks like something I can achieve without getting too frustrated.

I hope you all have a wonderful start to the year, and that 2017 is better for us all than last year was! <333

Comments

[smirkingcat.livejournal.com]

an original story done by you? sign me up for that, i'm intruged already!
and wow to your resolutions! you can do it *fingers crossed on the smoking front* it will save you so much money!
and WOW! for 200 books that sounds quite a lot, i shall try with 52! and make that a book a week myself so WOW to you! but you can do it, you are a fast reader!
good luck! for 2017!
and have great and wonderful year

[lauren3210.livejournal.com]

Good luck to you with your 52 books! I hope 2017 is a wonderful year to you! <3

[capitu]

Ahhh. I hear your #1. I'm there myself but still trying. :)

Happy 2017, Lauren! ❤️

[lauren3210.livejournal.com]

Ah yes, I saw your post about the smoking! Good luck, I hope you manage it! <333333333

[gracerene]

Yay goals! LOL, I am so cheering for you and that original fic--whichever one you can finish! :D

As far as DW goes, I've been planning on keeping LJ as my primary posting, and then just doing a periodic back-up of all my posts etc. every month or so. Cross-posting is just way too much hassle at this point, and backing things up is really quick and easy. :)

[lauren3210.livejournal.com]

Haha yeah, I have a few to choose from, don't I?

Ah okay, that makes sense, I might try to do that once I've felt my way around DW, thanks! <3333