Yes, we are. So it’s time for some res-res-resolutions!!!!

(I had sugar before this, so beware)

Let’s review the 2023 resolutions and see what a disaster life has been this year, shall we?

• ACCOMPLISHED: Blog daily. As always. Done. As always.
• FAILED: Post all backlogged blogs. Yeah, they’re still in the Word document. There are like 340 pages now, hahaha. I’m really going to try to get them posted in the next few weeks, though.
• ACCOMPLISHED: Walk/run 5,000+ miles. Yup! A blog on this will come soon.
• ACCOMPLISHED: Run a marathon. I finally did it, yo! I’ve actually run…15 of them? 16? Something like that now.
• ACCOMPLISHED: Complete another complete draft of my 2020 NaNoWriMo. Yes! I completed a new draft in May and I’m almost done with an edit of that draft. I should hopefully have another one by the end of the year.
• FAILED: Write more in general. I did not. I just worked on my 2020 NaNo.
• ACCOMPLISHED: Draw. Technically I drew something this year. It was just one thing, but hey, you make a vague resolution, you can meet it in a vague way.

Let’s see what we can do in 2024.

• Blog daily. Ye olde standard.
• Walk/run at least 5,000 miles. I’ll hopefully do more than this, but this is always a good baseline goal.
• Run at least five (official) marathons. I plan on doing more than five marathon distances, but let’s try signing up for at least five official marathon events. They can be virtual.
• Run at least one (official) ultramarathon. Minimum distance: 60 km. This can be virtual.
• Run a sub-4-hour marathon. I know that’s a low bar, but I’m slow.
• Do something with my 2020 NaNo story. Hopefully more than just another draft. I’d like to take the next steps in getting this story out into the ether.
• Do some non-writing creative stuff. I realized earlier that while I have been doing “creative stuff” in the form of writing, I haven’t done much in any other way. I’d love to be able to do some drawing or painting or something this year, so let’s put it in stone in the form of a resolution. Let’s say…three drawings/paintings minimum.
• Buy fewer frivolous/unnecessary things. Basically, I want to be more careful with my money. More conscientious of my spending. This is a hard one to quantify, so let’s say (as at least something to track) I can only buy a “frivolous treat object” once every two months.
• Take at least two French classes in my progression towards the certificate. This one is pretty self-explanatory.
• Get the DAMN BLOGS POSTED
• Limit my “down time” screen time. I’m good at losing way too much time to Twitter and/or TikTok. I don’t want to completely remove these sites from my use, but I do want to limit my time on them. So let’s say…I can have three 15-minute intervals of “down time” screen time over the course of the day.

I’ll add more if I think of more!