New year, new resolutions, new goals!
Although, before I let you know about my new goals, maybe I should review my progress in 2016. I had goals and did make some progress. Here’s how I listed them in my deviantArt journal at the start of the year:
The important resolutions in 2016:
1. Art every day.
2. Draw every day.
3. Social media/blog every day.
Then there are some others to help me accomplish those and all around be more productive, like limiting how much I spend watching TV (*cough* anime *cough*) and gaming (Yay Guildwars 2!).
The Goals for 2016:
1. Start posting pages for my web comic Fur & Fangs!
2. Finish the outline for F&F.
3. Finish the script for F&F.
4. Audition for Hiveworks with F&F!
5. Start the next drafts on Mythics & Chook’s story.
6. Make stuff to sell.
Writing every day was also part the the resolutions, so I don’t know why that didn’t make it onto the list there, but I guess this was the deviantArt journal, so it was geared towards art.
How did I do on these goals? For the start of the year, great! Up until I had two consecutive family visits I was writing and working on my comic (arting) almost every day. About 85-90% of the time? I still watched too much TV and played too many games, though. My time-management left much to be desired. I did start posting comic pages! I did audition for Hiveworks (and was rejected, but hey, I applied)! I almost finished the outline for F&F (still have the last act to fill out).
I did NOT social media/blog every day. Major fail there. I got nowhere near close to finishing the script for F&F. I only made 2 necklaces to sell and never posted them anywhere. I strained myself in the Hiveworks audition process and put a hiccup in my updating schedule for my comic, and once those family visits happened I completely fell off the wagon due to situational depression and then even after I recovered from the depression I failed to get back on the wagon art-wise. I did get back to writing, though, and finished the year pretty strong in that.
You want to know how strong I finished the year writing-wise? I managed to write 158,682 words! Most of that was comic script, some of it was fun fluff, and some was on my novel.
Overall, I’d say I succeeded and failed enough to neutralize out 2016. I plan on learning from all that and doing much better in 2017!
Here’s my resolutions and goals for the year ahead!
2017 Resolutions
- Become a professional from-home worker by establishing and maintaining professional practices and self-management.
- Write every day.
- Art every day.
- Journal every day.
- Be kind and helpful. Make friends and uplift others. Be a light.
2017 Goals
- Finish a draft of Mythics.
- Finish the F&F Outline.
- Make merchandise.
- Resume posting F&F and maintain steady update schedule.
- Create a couple short-form comics.
- Establish myself as a streaming artist.
- Build my audience.
I’m already slipping a little on my resolutions, but this week I plan on taking them by the horns and showing them who’s boss!
How did you do on your goals/resolutions for last year? Do you have any new ones for 2017? Tell me about it! 😀