I have made a bunch of small, achievable goals for next years! Some of them includes visiting a museum, traveling within my country, use my paints at least once, drink as many flavors of bubble tea as possible...
I'm going to be moving into my own place in early-to-mid 2025, so mostly just looking forward to that, as well as the final season of My Hero Academia airing. I have a feeling it's going to be much better than this year was. Anything else I accomplish aside from that is just extra at this point!
To be less sarcastic. Online it's not too bad because I can take a minute to think about what I'm about to say, but irl practically everything sentence I say is sarcastically funny or sarcastically scathing. I don't even mean to be so biting, but that's how it is. Doesn't help that half the people I talk to don't understand what sarcasm is. Like I could say "I would have never guessed you liked lasagne, since you eat it so much" and they'd think I was being serious. So I'm going to try get rid of it in the company of people who aren't my close friends, and tone down a little in the company of my close friends.
Also, I'm going to try and get better eating and sleeping habits. I'm very irregular with both, and it's not good for me. So I'm going to try set certain times and stuff for those.
I'd like to get into a better diet and sleep routine. I can imagine my body will feel so much better and less sluggish
For hobbies, I'd like to learn how to crochet (I already got a kit for Christmas). I'd also like to actually achieve my goal from this year of reading at least one book a month. This year I only read for the first three months
I'd also like to stop procrastinating and take more opportunities. Instead of staying home and doing nothing all the time when I'm off, I'd like to volunteer or visit new shops/places. Just gain more life experiences
I'm doing a resolution bingo card for next year instead of a traditional list! c: Basically I've filled up a bingo card with different kinds of resolutions in a random order, from life/self-improvement stuff to fun smaller things, new skills, etc. and the goal isn't to do all of them, but to get bingo! And I figure anything I don't complete in 2025 can be part of my 2026 card if I like this approach.
Some of the ones I have on there are for art/life/career improvement are a little personal, but some of the other ones I have on there include:
Make a mixed-fruit cream cake
Be able to do 10 low pushups (rn my pushups are very shallow aa)
Dye my hair
Go thrifting and refresh my wardrobe
Try bubble tea
Finish two manga series
Complete section 4 in my Duolingo French course (40 more units)
Learn to make macarons
Finish six video games in my backlog
Attain more of my dream collectibles on TBT!
And I have a couple other resolutions that felt too abstract for a bingo card, namely to worry about what other people think about me less, and to try to put more good and positivity out into the world. I've been working on both of those already for almost a couple months now, but I definitely want to keep up with them throughout next year.
I just want to be better at being a human being independent is so hard and it’s more of a hope than anything but I’d like to get better at taking care of myself - especially regarding sleep (she says at 1am ) and eating habits. I need to think more in depth about other stuff, this year has just zoomed by
I never really make any and if I do, I never achieve them. But, lately, I’ve been thinking about some goals I have for art.
Short term goal(s):
I’d like to make some improvement drawing, doesn’t matter how big or small.
-specific: maybe start with improving how I draw faces
I want to do some drawings for some people here that have done some drawings for in the fair and this recent event and for some that didn’t get any drawings. I hope I can find time to do thatz
Long term goal(s):
I’d love to be able to draw people better and be able to draw good fan art; I have some tarot card ideas that I’d love to try making (ideally maybe try a whole set).
Armor! I like some characters with armor so if I can learn how to draw and shade armor that’d be great (I was working on a FFXII drawing that had armor in it but never finished it; maybe down the road be able to finish it or redo it and draw it digitally since I was working on it traditionally).
Other goals:
Try to take a step back and time away when something upsets me, and maybe ask for help right away instead of waiting.
My two big goals for the upcoming year are to do everything I can to be more the person I want to be, and to be more comfortable and adventurous with my art \o/
* I plan to focus a lot on my writing endeavors. I definitely wanna post a lot of stuff to WattPad (mostly fanfiction, but I do want to post OC stuff later on down the road). I will also be working on outlines for future books I actually intend to publish later on down the road once I complete one and once I get my bank account...which leads me to my next thing.
* Unlike the thing above, I have no control over this, but I am hoping to get a bank account and my Texas state ID. My dad and I have spend over a year trying to do my guardianship stuff first, but we have failed miserably. Most lawyers just do not want to do it. So, in a few months or so after my dad gets his hip replaced, he told me he is going to take me to the bank and try to get me an account without the whole guardianship status. He said he will take my birth certificate and my school ID. I am also hoping he will explain the whole guardianship situation to the bank. I really do not wanna get my hopes up, but if my dad can pull this off, it will really make a difference in how this year will play out. I know that sounds dramatic, but we will finally be able to break free from this dead end and move on to other things.
* This is linked to the second point, but I am hoping for my life to be more active in 2025. 2024 felt like a dead end, since my dad spent a lot of time trying to get through to this one guardianship lawyer. >_<
My main goal is to cut down on coffee. I buy 24-ounce cold brew coffees from Starbucks several times a week, and it's seriously draining financially. I also drink several cups of coffee at home after that. It keeps me up very late and sometimes leads to all-nighters. I'm also sensitive to caffeine, and it makes me very anxious. When I feel a large wave of anxiety from the excess caffeine, I tell myself I'm going to cut back, and then I can't help myself and drink more. It feels like a real addiction.
The other main resolution is to go to social events in my town. I don't know anyone where I live, and the social isolation bothers me. I have the opportunity to attend some social events, but I haven't yet because I didn't feel like attending them. My goal is to force myself to get up and go to them.