I set some pretty ambitious goals for myself in 2019. I didn’t meet all of them, but I did pretty well on the whole. I was having trouble deciding how I wanted to challenge myself in 2020, which is why this post is so late in coming. This post is also really late in coming because I got the flu last week, which brought my entire life to a screeching halt for more than a week. The flu is a gross illness guys.
In the end, I’ve decided that my biggest goal for 2020 is to keep up the momentum I’ve built for myself in 2019. Right now, thanks to the flu, I feel like I have to start building that momentum from scratch again, but once I get everything up and running I’m sure that won’t be the case.
Last November, I challenged myself to write every day. Not only did I succeed at that, but I continued in December and January. As of today, I’ve written ninety-one days in a row. Yes, I managed to write a little bit every day when I had the flu because I refused to have to start back at day 1. It’s become a habit for me now, and I really want to keep that up in 2020. In addition, I set a goal for myself to get up early and write before I go to work on weekdays. It’s been hard to adjust my sleep schedule, but so far I’ve written every morning before work since the start of the new year, and I’m already seeing some incredible benefits, so it’s definitely a new year’s resolution to keep that going.
In particular, for writing, I’d like to try again to complete new drafts for three big projects, especially since I don’t have the bar exam to interfere with my productivity this summer. I’d also like to get back into writing and submitting more short stories, which I’ve already started this month. I’ve had a few short story projects that have been languishing on my computer thanks to the bar and novel revisions, and I’d like to get back to those as well.
I’m still going to barre classes three or four times a week, and I want to keep that up in 2020 too. I’d also like to add in evenings when I go to the gym in my apartment. I’m starting with one day a week, and I’m hoping to up that to two days a week at some point. I’m also setting a 2020 goal for myself to cook one new recipe a week. Last week I tried a coconut roasted butternut fennel bisque, which unfortunately fell into the too-much-work-to-be-really-worth-it bucket.
I also set my 2020 Goodreads reading challenge to 100 books again. I’m hoping to read more, but 100 is a nice round number, and if I surpass it I can always increase my goal. In addition to reading 100 books, I want to challenge myself to read at least one book a month in Braille, because I got out of the habit of reading books in Braille when I was in law school and I miss it and want to get back to reading like that.
And of course I have my usual goal of blogging regularly. I’d like to get back on track with a manageable blogging schedule this year.
Writing it all out definitely makes it seem like a lot, and I’m already behind on a few of these goals thanks to the flu. So I better get started.