How I Will Make Myself Feel Like a Better Person without Being One: 2016 Resolutions.
Lots of people complaining about resolutions this year,
which I think answers any questions about how 2015 went.
As I looked back to last year’s declarations, I am
absolutely stunned to see that not one of them got solved. It’s like I’m the
only one who even cared.
Actually, considering that most of them are ongoing
lifestyle changes like being more sociable and writing every day, I’m not
surprised many are the same this year. It’s to be expected even. Or, at least,
that’s what I’m saying.
I still have high respect for resolutions despite that
most of us know we’re not going to succeed at them. I don’t think they’re just
about being accomplished—though that would be great—but sitting down and actually
determining concretely what we consider the worst aspects of our lives to be.
It enables us to figure out our goals, organize our complaints, and on some occasions,
as we look back over the years and realize how we have not changed, become
aware of how much it really doesn’t matter, how much it really doesn’t make us
unhappy. Not every year is bad and those “flaws” remained true through the good
times. As I study my resolutions, it amazes me what I did try out and find not
to be my problem, and what I cared about so much one year prior is not so
important anymore.
In any case, there is something empowering about the idea
that it could be different, even if we know it’s damn well not going to be. New
Year resolutions can make you feel good without having to do any work.
But my resolve to make my 26th year one of my
best ones has proven to be great so far. I am exploring a foreign country with
my loving boyfriend, (Yes, I am under the opinion you want to hear it.) I have
been writing every day (or making up for it when I haven’t), I have been pretty
successful with my deadlines, and I have been working very hard to fix my
health, which has not yet been fantastic, but I do feel like I’m understanding
more about my headaches, appetite, and chronic dehydration.
So, in honor of my 26th, here’s what I plan
for 2016:
1. Write every day, even if it’s just one word. Even if
that word is “Fuck.”
2. Agent hunting. The legal kind.
3. Meet comic deadlines (every Friday).
4. Meet blog deadlines (Check back Fridays and Mondays).
5. Post a new Story
of the Wyrd the first of every month.
6. Read all of Stephen King’s works in order of
publication. Salem’s Lot will not get
the better of you.
7. Stop chewing my nails and lips.
8. Get muscle mass in my back.
9. Be true to any promises, make none that you can’t
keep.
10. Make my writing notes to myself sound less like a
drunken celebrity and actually legible.
Let’s see how that goes.
