New Years Resolutions

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I know that New Year's Resolutions are supposed to be a one-year process or things that can be accomplished in one year, but some of mine seem to be more...ongoing. I've copied over all my resolutions from 2007 (2008, I didn't make resolutions. I had knee surgery coming up and didn't know what I'd be able to do--answer: not much.) and added some new ones for 2009. The ones that have a line through them have been achieved or rendered irrelevent. The ones in bold have been added. Oh, and there are also the "Ongoing Struggle" resolutions, things I've been pretty good about but still need to work on.


Writing
* Get at least halfway into the next novel. I say halfway, because I do not want to start writing another novel until I know which project I should go for. (Not halfway, but I know what I'm working on, novel-wise. The next goal has priority, though, and I'm slipping in some short story writing around the edges.)
* Edit and rewrite Vicesteed. Ongoing struggle. (I failed at this so badly, mostly because it took me forever to get started. But! I actually started the process.)
* Submit Vicesteed to A- and B-list agents.
* Get one short story written a month, even when I'm working on the next novel - Ongoing Struggle.
* Get the rejection/resubmission turnaround time down to one week. Ongoing Struggle.
* Expand into nonfiction articles.
* Write freewriting every day, come Hell or high water (It's become a part of my routine now. I don't need to keep it as a goal.)
* Write at least 100 words a day
* Always have one piece in line for critique at Critters
* Become a member of SFWA (OK, this kind of doesn't belong here, because it's not something I can control. But it's still a goal)
* get writing side of website set up

Photography
* Organize and file backlog of photography (This is a project for a rainy--er--month. Not a needed goal, though.)
* Continue with photography walks - Ongoing Struggle
* Obtain good scanner
* Research stock photography options
* Submit photographs for publication
* Create portfolio, plus prints large enough for display
* Set up photography business, now that I have an adequate camera. Research, website, practice photo shoots, goals, etc.

Martial Arts
* get black belt in Tae Soo Do (the whole knee injury thing really bollixed this up)
* begin doing grappling
* figure out scheduling for training at home
* train faithfully outside the dojang (I haz a schedule and a routine!)
* compete in a tournament

Other
* work on socializing skills (I'm not sure what this even means, but I've done a ton of socializing-with-strangers this year, so I figure that counts.)
* see people more often outside of massive parties--dinner, movies, lunch, coffee, expeditions--stuff like that - Ongoing Struggle
* keep the house in a fit state for drop-in company (Yay, Flylady! Yay, Roomba!)
* Begin actual decoration of the house. Painting, hanging art, etc.
* Tend to chance and whimsy.
* Tend to my sanity
* finding a middle ground in my personality, and seeing if I can preserve it in the company of others
* Balancing my schedule (probably the biggest challenge I have for the next year)
* Learn to speak Spanish (learned it well enough for a trip, don't really have it still on my to-do list)
* Lose 25-30 lbs
* Get a different job.
* Commence reproduction sequence (but not until mid-July).


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