Early New Year's resolutions, and Old Year's conclusions · 6:23pm Dec 25th, 2023
Well, another year's come and gone. How did the resolutions go? Half and half in my case. Managed to partially accomplish what I set out to do, moving from wondering how to do things to figuring out what to do. I believe I've successfully identified the habits that are hampering or even harmful to me, so that's progress.
Resolutions for the new year?
-drop the unhealthy habits affecting my sleep and thought patterns. There's at least one I know will have immediate effect, but it's gonna be hell to drop, I fear.
-adopt better habits in communicating with people. I'm terrible at talking normally, I need to get better at it.
-related to the two above: reduce my online presence to the bare minimum, only what I feel I absolutely need. So get local copies of what you like, still not sure whether my FimFiction and DeviantArt accounts are worth keeping around.
-adopt an art habit, similar to what I know works for my writing habits. Also get back into writing, it's fallen off a bit. I don't know if I have any more pony stories in me at the moment, even the planned ones just seem kinda... meh.
-regain control of my emotions and thoughts. Even after ten-odd years, I'm still not back to the level I was before I joined the fandom. I want to get back to that level, and better. The holidays keep eating away at me more and more every year, and I hate that I can summarise the whole thing with a Robin Williams movie quote.
-at least once next year, go to a truly wild place and see the animals. Go out and touch fur. People say you should go out and touch grass, but I live in deer country; that's a quick way to get a tick. If I'm gonna risk that, it'll be from touching something softer and more thankful than grass, thanksverymuch.
See you in 2024. Happy holidays.
Cracker out.
I can definitely say you will be missed if you go, but I completely understand and respect doing what is best for you.
Appreciate the headsup before any potential nuking too.
Hope the new year is kind to you.
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Yeah, I'm not sure what to do, honestly. Stuff I'm working on right now, I don't want tracked back to my activity here, is the thing. Part of it, at least. It's a long story, and probably warrants more self-examination before anything else. Not a lot keeping me here anymore, and a few things driving me away, is the long and short of it.
But maybe the new year will bring a different perspective. All the best to you, too.
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Yeah, I can absolutely understand that. It's tricky these days to keep stuff separate when it's still live.
And thanks n_n