December Writing Goals Report/Fic Roundup, January Writing Goals

Fic Roundup

The Implied Question (2756 words)
Fandom: Sports Night
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Casey McCall/Dan Rydell
Characters: Casey McCall, Dan Rydell, Dana Whitaker, Charlie McCall
Additional Tags: US Legalization of Same-Sex Marriage
Summary: Dan takes a stand, Casey argues that an implied question is not an actual question, and no one is allowed on Twitter.


Goals

Report on December:

• Edit/post the Sports Night thing I wrote in October. - Check!


• Write miscellaneous snippets as inspired. - Check!


• Say positive things on Twitter. - Check!

Goals for January:

• Write miscellaneous snippets as inspired.


• Say positive things on Twitter.

2022 Year in Review - Goals and Intentions

When I look back at my weekly check-ins from 2022, I find that I spent a lot of time not going for my morning walk and not going to bed early, and that is kind of what I felt like this year. I felt very lonely for some long stretches. I had a depressive episode where I struggled to literally get out of bed. I haven't hit the right equilibrium in my brain - it frequently feels empty in a bad way but also I've been able to really use my intellect in my job. That said, there were also so many good things about this year. Some of them are very straightforward: I bought new food storage containers and new sheets; I talked to one of my oldest friends on the phone at least once a week; my family had regular family lunches. And some of them are bigger things: I love a lot of the things I get to do in my job; I stood up for queer and trans people/rights in two different venues; I brought up issues of fat justice and disability justice in a context where they were listened to and acted on; my family had a good, solid aging parents conversation.


Writing. I wrote almost no fan fic this year, and most of what I did write was just for me rather than something for posting. I did write a couple of posts about movies, and I kept up a weekly journaling practice.

Strengthen connections. I had things to put down for this on my weekly spreadsheet every week, be it phone calls or book club meetings or emails. I think I did a good job with this one, and in addition to strengthening connections with people I'm already very close to, I had some opportunities to make connections to other people related to both my job and my religious congregation.

Connect to God/the divine. I continued on going to a virtual service every Friday night and observing Shabbat (at least partially) all year. I found some of the other Jewish practices really meaningful, particularly Yom Kippur. I'm still trying to figure out doing this more.

Be more weird. I have a few weeks where I did weird Facebook or Twitter posts, but I'm not sure I really hit the weirdness this year. I do think I was much more successfully myself in the world outside the internet.

Feel my feelings. My notes on my check-in spreadsheet for this range from "yes" to "eh" to "yes?" A work in progress!

Keep up with my life around a job. My job is only 30 hours a week (which I love), so it was pretty easy to work in some reading time around that. I also kept up my Shabbat practice. I did not do as much baking and cooking this year.

2023 Goals and Intentions

Who knows what will happen this year, but I do love my structure.

Create. This is taking the place of my usual writing goal, because I think I will be happier if I do any kind of creating: writing, drawing, cooking.

Strengthen connections. I love both doing and keeping track of this, so it stays on the list. In particular, I want to work on texting people more. I do okay with my brother (we send memes back and forth), but there are other friends I could talk to more if I texted them.

Connect to God/engage in Jewish practice. This is really important to me, and I'm finding a lot of value in it. At a minimum, I will keep up my weekly Shabbat practice.

Improve/maintain my mental/physical health. In practice, this means going to bed on time or early on a consistent basis and going walking unless it's raining or the AQI is too high.