Fandom Snowflake - Day 13

[lebateleur]

Day 13

In your own space, set some goals for the coming year. They can be fannish or not, public or private. Leave a comment in this post saying you did it. Include a link to your post if you feel comfortable doing so.

Reply to Yuletide fic comments this year: The pace of RL picks up at the end of each fiscal year and by December, with its multiple holidays, birthdays, travel, and all the associated prep, it's just crazy. I like the idea of writing YT treats or doing Fandom Stocking, but they aren't really feasible. Grabbing a few moments for YT replies probably is, so I'm going to focus on that this year.

Post a fic a month: My perennial resolution, which I came closest to keeping two years ago. This year, I'm switching things up. If I don't have anything complete to post to AO3, I will at least post a WIP to Dreamwidth. Every. Darn. Month.

Learn 40 new tunes: To play at sessions, etc.

Read 100 books: Another annual goal, which I've thus far managed to meet over the last decade. This is my public announcement that I plan to keep the streak going!

Master basic conversational Bangla: I'll take this one slow and steady, but over 12 months, I will get there.





これで以上です。

Comments

[siberian_skys]

I have to ask. How do you manage to read a 100 books a year. That is amazing. I've tried over the years to meet a far less loftier goal and I still don't manage. I feel like a slacker.

[lebateleur]

Oh gosh, please don't! There are people on LibraryThing who read upwards of 150, which makes us both slackers. :) For my part, my reading to TV/movie watching ratio is pretty high, which helps. And I also try to do What Am I Reading Wednesdays, which is a surprisingly good motivation not to sit on the same book for weeks at a time.

[siberian_skys]

It probably doesn't help that I do it backwards. I watch a lot of TV. I don't know what happened, though. I used to read a lot and watch TV. I don't know why I can't seem to do both anymore. I've also not had a lot of good luck finding really enjoyable reading material. Most of the things I start just aren't up to par. I'm going to google Library Thing and What Am I Reading Wednesday. Hopefully I'll get some motivation.

[lebateleur]

Agreed! I used to have that superpower, but I've lost it. Last year I made more of a push to systematically watch series from start to finish and my reading total suffered for it. I don't understand; it's not like there's any less time in a day than there was 10 years ago.

LibraryThing is a book catalog/discussion site that (I think) predates Goodreads. It's got a robust recommendations algorithm, lots of user-written reviews, and very active annual reading goals communities.

What Am I Reading Wednesday is kinda like Fandom Snowflake--every Wednesday, DW users who feel like participating post lists or reviews to their journals of what they finished, are currently, and/or plan to read. There's no set format or even requirement to regularly participate, and it's a pretty good way to get ideas.

Hope some of this is useful!

[siberian_skys]

It's all very useful. I bookmarked The Library Thing and I'g going to look at What Am I Reading Wednesday.

I'm with you. I have no idea how I lost that Superpower either. I've always been an avid TV viewer and I still managed to be an avid reader. I'm blaming old age. :D

[lightbird]

Great goals! Very impressive that you manage to read 100 books a year. I'm a pretty avid reader but I don't think I've ever accomplished that.

[lebateleur]

Thank you! It's kinda fun to try to meet that goal, but if I fail I'll still be fine with it so long as I've read something. :)