New GYWO Goal!

[ceruleanmornings]

New year, new goal, yeah! Well, technically we're still in old year but my mindset has gone on to 2026 already. 2025 has dragged on so long that I'm mentally way into the next year already. I'm hoping 2026 will be "my" year. None of that "toxic positivity" stuff. I'm just saying what I'm sincerely hoping.

I have officially joined 2026 getyourwordsout and now have a banner for it. Woohoo!





GetYourWordsOut: Year Eighteen!
Pledges & Requirements | getyourwordsout.net

I have pledged for "The Excursionist" habit pledge, which is to work on writing 180 days out of the year. Yes, it's kind of ambitious that I couldn't even do the Backpacker last year (120 days) and now I'm pledging for a higher day count. Well, I'm thinking that the count was too low last year might be one of the reasons I kept putting it off. Like, I was always thinking "it's only 3 months, you've got time!" and before I knew it, time had flown by and wham, it was September! So I'm thinking if I make the goal a bit harder, I'll be less complacent and I will start early. Also, I actually do want to seriously attempt the challenge this time, and not let life completely suck my motivation out. Push myself a little, you know? So 15 days a month working (not writing words only, but working on fics, including planning, brainstorming, anything as long as it's my fiction related!) on my writing should be the bare minimum I want to set for myself. I want to try to make this an actual career-like thing and not a hobby, so I definitely need to treat it like one. We'll see how this fares for me next year. I do feel like starting over, kind of, at 41 when it comes to career is, uh, a choice. But hey, better late than never?

Comments

[ceruleanmornings]

Thank you! I actually want to try my hand at a horror short story. New experience, and I've been reading a lot of horror short stories lately so I'm like, maybe I can do it too!

[groundwiremantaray]

Oooh, very cool!