I, personally, like to take the opportunity to express aspirations: not just trying to stop doing things I feel are harmful, but also to try new things or practice positive things more. A couple from me:
- Avoid sarcasm when dealing with people, especially strangers, it does not go over well when they don’t get the joke
- Do something positive, helpful, and non-criminal to counter the right wing political trend. (granted, this one needs more detail)
How about you?
My biggest goal is to get a new band together. After moving across the country in 2021, I have desperately missed writing, recording, and most of all, performing.
Kill the Batman
I resolve to give up New Year’s resolutions. It’s too god damn much pressure.
Unfortunately now that I’ve made my resolution, I can’t figure out - did I succeed or fail at keeping my resolution?🤔
Someone I knew told me that instead of making resolutions, they used the new year to review the last year, and then maybe adjust their ongoing goals in response. Seems way more useful to me. I’ve done it a bit, and it gives more of a sense of direction/velocity, and less opportunity for guilty failure.
To remember to make resolutions next year
Same as last year and the year before.
Drink even less alcohol than last year (and I cut way back last year, too)
Tryna not drink so much, starting with Sober January. I’ve been drinking heavily after an incredibly rough year of personal BS, and I need a break from it to get my head on straight.
My resolution is fuck it
All of it?
(Seriously, that’s actually a good resolution if you have anxiety)
Try to be able to comfortably run a half marathon. This time last year I set the same goal but for 10k and I’ve definitely hit that goal, but want to go further.
To either finish projects or cancel them and move on. No more lingering crap.
Slow down, live in the present, and enjoy who and what I already have in my life. That includes being more forgiving to myself and others, worrying less about all of the possible things I could be doing (personally and professionally) and instead choosing one thing at a time to focus my energy on, and being more aware of my own thoughts and feelings, then expressing them in a healthy way.
To do dry January at least. Been drinking way too much lately
I plan to cause more chaos.
I’d like to travel more this year. I have a list of places I’d like to see.
- Fremont Street in Las Vegas
- Hawaii
- Big Ben
- Akihabara
- A sunlit beach
Now that I have steady work, I can finally afford these things.
A sunlit beach? Is this different from a normal beach during the day
I don’t really do resolutions, but I’m looking forward to 2025 being a (hopefully) better year. I’ve already started a few things but I have a lot on my sort of to-dos.
- Find a new place to live
- Finalize divorce
- Focus on healthier foods, better habits
- Take my dog to a wide open beach and let him run
- Take back my independence
- Hope and pray the new political administration is more incompetent than they want to be
- Focus on my friends and found family, be a good person
The future holds so much right now and while I’m still struggling to feel optimistic, I do get the small tingles of hope now and again.
