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Wekend Update: Final 2015 Edition
Dec. 27th, 2015 10:26 amWell, here we are, last week of the year.
I'll admit, I like watching those end of year retrospectives. Highlights, lowlights, passings, life-changing events. I like how it helps put time in perspective for me. In the past three hundred sixty-five days, points in history changed. That's a surprisingly short amount of time. I try to learn from these events, think about how they affected me in some way -- the small events and the big ones. Think about how I and my actions fit in with the grander scheme of things.
This past year was been an extremely productive one for me. There were some tetchy moments there earlier in the year, when some of my original writing plans fell through, and when I was missing a lot of (non-editing) writing days, but managed to work through them or around them. I learned a hell of a lot about book production and publication in a short amount of time. I took a long hard look at my own writing and how to I can make it better. And even on the lighter side: I managed to keep my personal journal going for another full year with very few missed days. I wrote more poems, more consistently. I may have failed finishing up Inktober, but on the other hand I've also been more consistent with my drawing as well. And even with the music, I've finally gotten around to toying with new song ideas, something I haven't done in a number of years.
I think part of it was due to me forcing myself (or being forced) to alter my creative habits in one way or another. Learning how to self-publish -- and not do it half-assed -- made me take a hard editorial look at my writing. Learning how to sell my writing, even when I suck at sales and hate the idea of having to do it. Writing the personal journal, even when I had little to say, and leaving a lot of the more personal things off social media. And recently, with my cellphone going all wonky, that's given me impetus to cut back on the social media (let's face it, I still have a bad Twitter addiction), which in turn has given me more time to dedicate to something else.
Overall, I think 2015 was probably one of the best I've had in quite some time. Somehow I managed to reach more goals than I ever expected, and I think that's actually the first time I can honestly say that and mean it. There were ups and downs, but I managed to persevere, and that's a good thing.
So what's on tap for 2016? A lot. So much so that I'll be posting it in a separate entry here later on. Lots of things I want to do and make the time for. Stay tuned! :)
I'll admit, I like watching those end of year retrospectives. Highlights, lowlights, passings, life-changing events. I like how it helps put time in perspective for me. In the past three hundred sixty-five days, points in history changed. That's a surprisingly short amount of time. I try to learn from these events, think about how they affected me in some way -- the small events and the big ones. Think about how I and my actions fit in with the grander scheme of things.
This past year was been an extremely productive one for me. There were some tetchy moments there earlier in the year, when some of my original writing plans fell through, and when I was missing a lot of (non-editing) writing days, but managed to work through them or around them. I learned a hell of a lot about book production and publication in a short amount of time. I took a long hard look at my own writing and how to I can make it better. And even on the lighter side: I managed to keep my personal journal going for another full year with very few missed days. I wrote more poems, more consistently. I may have failed finishing up Inktober, but on the other hand I've also been more consistent with my drawing as well. And even with the music, I've finally gotten around to toying with new song ideas, something I haven't done in a number of years.
I think part of it was due to me forcing myself (or being forced) to alter my creative habits in one way or another. Learning how to self-publish -- and not do it half-assed -- made me take a hard editorial look at my writing. Learning how to sell my writing, even when I suck at sales and hate the idea of having to do it. Writing the personal journal, even when I had little to say, and leaving a lot of the more personal things off social media. And recently, with my cellphone going all wonky, that's given me impetus to cut back on the social media (let's face it, I still have a bad Twitter addiction), which in turn has given me more time to dedicate to something else.
Overall, I think 2015 was probably one of the best I've had in quite some time. Somehow I managed to reach more goals than I ever expected, and I think that's actually the first time I can honestly say that and mean it. There were ups and downs, but I managed to persevere, and that's a good thing.
So what's on tap for 2016? A lot. So much so that I'll be posting it in a separate entry here later on. Lots of things I want to do and make the time for. Stay tuned! :)
