New Year's Resolutions
Jan. 1st, 2015 10:44 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
bloodygranuaileI don't appear to have written my 2014 ones down anywhere! But they involved the Goodreads challenged, which I passed (and extended--did 75!) and finishing my novel. I actually finished the draft of a different novel than the one I intended, but still, I finished a novel draft so it counts. I'm also gonna pretend that "faithfully keep budget spreadsheet for the entire year" was a resolution, because I think this is the first year I've managed to do that (I've done off-and-on budget spreadsheeting since college).
I think I also resolved to wear more side-braid, which I kinda blew. I did a couple side-braids, but not that often.
2015 resolutions will be:
1. Another Goodreads challenge (starting at 50 books). These will include at least 10 nonfiction books and at least 10 books by authors of color.
2. Write 10,000 words per month, for a total of 120,000 words for the year. Ack!
3. End the year at least $2500 ahead. This year I ended the year about $2200 ahead, so I think aiming for $2500 is a manageable increase. This includes the $100 that goes into savings every month, which is not a NY resolution but an ongoing practice (along with my monthly Roth IRA contribution and keeping the spreadsheet up-to-date) (apparently I am more fiscally responsible than I feel like I've been lately!).
Another thing that is not a New Year's resolution is my ongoing project to kick the weight I gained last winter, since that is, as was mentioned, an ongoing project, which I started in September. But I haven't given up.
I think I also resolved to wear more side-braid, which I kinda blew. I did a couple side-braids, but not that often.
2015 resolutions will be:
1. Another Goodreads challenge (starting at 50 books). These will include at least 10 nonfiction books and at least 10 books by authors of color.
2. Write 10,000 words per month, for a total of 120,000 words for the year. Ack!
3. End the year at least $2500 ahead. This year I ended the year about $2200 ahead, so I think aiming for $2500 is a manageable increase. This includes the $100 that goes into savings every month, which is not a NY resolution but an ongoing practice (along with my monthly Roth IRA contribution and keeping the spreadsheet up-to-date) (apparently I am more fiscally responsible than I feel like I've been lately!).
Another thing that is not a New Year's resolution is my ongoing project to kick the weight I gained last winter, since that is, as was mentioned, an ongoing project, which I started in September. But I haven't given up.
