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So I obviously failed horribly at getting back into posting here daily last month. It got to the point where I just gave myself permission to slack on this until the beginning of the year because that seemed like a good jumping off point to get back on the horse (to mix my metaphors horribly.)
I don't do New Year's Resolutions per se, they've never really worked for me. What I do do now is something someone (can't remember who for sure) on my flist a while back talked about. Where you pick a one word description for what you want to focus on improving over the year instead of making specific resolutions.
The word I chose for 2019 is "connection". I've fallen into bad habits of just reading/watching instead of participating in conversations, situations, social media or even real life interactions and I really want to break those. Speak up, interact, provide my own creative works, etc. Just connect instead of just passively observing.
So part of trying to focus on that I hope will be to post here more regularly and interact with others here and on other people's posts. (And leave comments more on fic I read or vids I watch, as well as getting back into writing more fic myself)
Hopefully this won't turn into me feeling like I'm yelling into an empty room. *grin*
And I'm attempting the snowflake challenge, again in an effort to stop being so much of a passive observer:
Day 1
In your own space, talk about your Happy Place-the things that give you joy, calms you or keeps you sane. Leave a comment in this post saying you did it. Include a link to your post if you feel comfortable doing so.
The first thing that springs to mind as an answer is the things I'm fannish about. The episodes, scenes, moments, that make me fall in love with something are Happy Places for me. Stuff I go back and wallow in when I need cheering up or an injection of joy or comfort. This can apply to well loved fanfic and vids as well.
Critical Role is a big part of that kind of happy place now and when I've had a really bad day I will just jump into the archive of past eps and go from favorite moment to favorite moment until I feel better.
I don't do New Year's Resolutions per se, they've never really worked for me. What I do do now is something someone (can't remember who for sure) on my flist a while back talked about. Where you pick a one word description for what you want to focus on improving over the year instead of making specific resolutions.
The word I chose for 2019 is "connection". I've fallen into bad habits of just reading/watching instead of participating in conversations, situations, social media or even real life interactions and I really want to break those. Speak up, interact, provide my own creative works, etc. Just connect instead of just passively observing.
So part of trying to focus on that I hope will be to post here more regularly and interact with others here and on other people's posts. (And leave comments more on fic I read or vids I watch, as well as getting back into writing more fic myself)
Hopefully this won't turn into me feeling like I'm yelling into an empty room. *grin*
And I'm attempting the snowflake challenge, again in an effort to stop being so much of a passive observer:
Day 1
In your own space, talk about your Happy Place-the things that give you joy, calms you or keeps you sane. Leave a comment in this post saying you did it. Include a link to your post if you feel comfortable doing so.
The first thing that springs to mind as an answer is the things I'm fannish about. The episodes, scenes, moments, that make me fall in love with something are Happy Places for me. Stuff I go back and wallow in when I need cheering up or an injection of joy or comfort. This can apply to well loved fanfic and vids as well.
Critical Role is a big part of that kind of happy place now and when I've had a really bad day I will just jump into the archive of past eps and go from favorite moment to favorite moment until I feel better.