Some Goals for the Year (2026)
Jan. 3rd, 2026 04:09 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
prueturnerHello prueturner friends and fans!
Enjoy this public post that will hopefully keep me accountable in the new year and ignore that it is already January 3rd (I know, right?) I have a few goals that I'm trying to reach, and I think that writing them out and explaining why they matter (both to myself and my loyal audience :P)
Write 200,000 total words. This is less than I attempted and wrote last year, but I'm anticipating more work with my new job, both from settling in and because it's supposed to be a lot more hours that I'm actually working. I'm pledging with Get Your Words Out and if you're reading this before January 15, 2026 you can, too! I think I'll do a monthly recap--for fun! I love looking at statistics.
Get involved in 5+ exchanges. I fell off a little in exchange participation last year, and I really enjoy the feeling of sharing works with others. Even if I'm only pinch-hitting, exchanges have given me fantastic ideas for some of my favorite fandoms, and also given me some new things to take a look at.
Read 85 books. I like to keep track of this in a paper journal, but maybe I'll add some of the reviews that I do here for ones I particularly liked or anything I start feeling a little fannish about.
Update this site with links to my fanfic! I started out crossposting on Tumblr and AO3 but it got a bit tedious, but I think I'll at least keep a list with my fics stickied so people can read in a more central place.
And finally a fitness goal: I'm going to try and do more arm workouts this year. Tentatively saying two a week, but I want to be able to pick up my friend's dogs even if they're not little chihuahuas. And I do want to have a little of that "wow you can pick up those chairs?" when I'm helping with my local community theater sets.
Enjoy this public post that will hopefully keep me accountable in the new year and ignore that it is already January 3rd (I know, right?) I have a few goals that I'm trying to reach, and I think that writing them out and explaining why they matter (both to myself and my loyal audience :P)
Write 200,000 total words. This is less than I attempted and wrote last year, but I'm anticipating more work with my new job, both from settling in and because it's supposed to be a lot more hours that I'm actually working. I'm pledging with Get Your Words Out and if you're reading this before January 15, 2026 you can, too! I think I'll do a monthly recap--for fun! I love looking at statistics.
Get involved in 5+ exchanges. I fell off a little in exchange participation last year, and I really enjoy the feeling of sharing works with others. Even if I'm only pinch-hitting, exchanges have given me fantastic ideas for some of my favorite fandoms, and also given me some new things to take a look at.
Read 85 books. I like to keep track of this in a paper journal, but maybe I'll add some of the reviews that I do here for ones I particularly liked or anything I start feeling a little fannish about.
Update this site with links to my fanfic! I started out crossposting on Tumblr and AO3 but it got a bit tedious, but I think I'll at least keep a list with my fics stickied so people can read in a more central place.
And finally a fitness goal: I'm going to try and do more arm workouts this year. Tentatively saying two a week, but I want to be able to pick up my friend's dogs even if they're not little chihuahuas. And I do want to have a little of that "wow you can pick up those chairs?" when I'm helping with my local community theater sets.
