Snowflake Challenge 2

[spiralicious]

In your own space, set some goals for the coming year. They can be fannish or not, public or private.

I revisit my goals frequently so these are going to change. When it comes to my goals for the year, I like to do a brainstorm of what I might like to work on for the year at the beginning of January, let them simmer for a month or two, then tweak them into more refined, workable goals. (Okay, they get tweaked during the simmer period too, but they don't feel fully formed yet.) These are my current 2022 goals in their brainspew/word salad form:

clean my room/make a difference in my habitat/create a space that is livable and comforting

finish my shit

improved relationships/relationships that feed my soul/create affirming relationships

fix the food issue

clean bathroom – like a full deep cleaning and decluttering

effective decluttering – I had a massive multi-day garage sale planned for 2020, which obviously didn't happen, and while I could use the money more now, than I did when I was planning that in 2019, I need to sort stuff out and to make space/downsize more at this point and I'm still debating the best way to do that going forward

read at least 30 books

write 60,000 words one month, just one month

do more things that bring me joy – the more I poke at this, it seems to be more about revisiting pastimes I've abandoned for various reasons and miss and carving out time to do them.

more selfies – This is actually an attempt at building more self-acceptance by taking pictures of myself (maybe even pictures I like of myself) and considering I take zero selfies now, any selfies would be more selfies. I'm not posting them anywhere.

more self-affirming queerness – I am not entirely sure where I was going with this, but I stand by it

finish Batman project

more pagan stuff – there has to be a better way to word this

Complete the Snowflake Challenge

create more

more effective self-care

learn time management

create boundaries

take up space

to be in/create a community where I feel seen

to remove guilt from pleasure

to not shrink my queerness to make others comfortable (where it is safe to do so)

make sure every pair of glasses has a protective case

spare batteries for everything in the house

Comments

[apachefirecat]

Between the comment above concerning "fix the food issue" and your mood, sweetheart, you have me concerned?? Are you having trouble getting food?? There's little I can do right now to help, but once we get back on top, if you're still having some issues, I WANT to help. We may not speak much these days, but you remain one of my oldest and dearest friends.

As for needing a better way to coin the "more Pagan stuff" goal, perhaps something pertaining to the Spiritual side of your life?

[tarlanx]

Phew! That is a lot of goals... but then you should see my weekly checklists *grin* I hope you have managed to complete at least a few of these by now :D

I can see some of your goals are ones I have struggled with over the years.

I do wonder if the time management and removing guilt from pleasure are partially related. I always felt guilty for taking time out for ME when there was so much else to be done. I still feel that way sometimes but I am slowly learning to let myself be happy if I want to spend an entire day reading or writing or creating- or even day dreaming :D

The bathroom deep-clean made me laugh as I have the same thing on a personal checklist - it's been there THREE WEEKS already! Every time I go in there I look at the floor and sigh because I really want it clean but I don't have the enthusiasm to get on with it :D