New Year's resolutions
Dec. 31st, 2010 10:17 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
sabotabbyNew Year's resolutions are stupid, and no one ever manages to fulfill any of them, but I actually have a few this time around.
1. Say "no." Or stall.
The vast majority of my stress comes from being a people-pleaser and feeling the need to agree to things I shouldn't do just to avoid conflict. I need to cut that shit out.
2. Do actual politics.
In my mad scramble to be perfect at everything, I've really let my activism slide. Blogging and "creating change in the classroom" do not count. I'm going to make an effort to actually attend meetings and demos. Fight the man!
3. Go to yoga every week.
I hate any sort of physical activity that isn't hiking or swimming, but admittedly, yoga does help, and I'm not able to just neglect my health anymore.
4. Make my blog more accessible.
I mentioned this earlier, and it's by far the most pragmatic resolution I've ever made. Transcripts if possible, otherwise decent descriptions, of any video I post, alt-tags for every image.
5. Finish the bloody documentary.
I totally dropped the ball on it because of school and because I don't know what I'm doing. But it needs to get done of the angst of letting people down will eat me alive.
6. Finish the comic.
At least the script-writing part. I can't do anything about the art other than cheerlead from the sidelines. It's 1/3 done, which tends to be the point at which I abandon writing projects, but at least I know more or less where it's going this time.
Anyway, New Year's is depressing as all hell, but there is an exciting party tonight and I am off to make cheesecake pops.
This post is public so you can all hold me to it.
1. Say "no." Or stall.
The vast majority of my stress comes from being a people-pleaser and feeling the need to agree to things I shouldn't do just to avoid conflict. I need to cut that shit out.
2. Do actual politics.
In my mad scramble to be perfect at everything, I've really let my activism slide. Blogging and "creating change in the classroom" do not count. I'm going to make an effort to actually attend meetings and demos. Fight the man!
3. Go to yoga every week.
I hate any sort of physical activity that isn't hiking or swimming, but admittedly, yoga does help, and I'm not able to just neglect my health anymore.
4. Make my blog more accessible.
I mentioned this earlier, and it's by far the most pragmatic resolution I've ever made. Transcripts if possible, otherwise decent descriptions, of any video I post, alt-tags for every image.
5. Finish the bloody documentary.
I totally dropped the ball on it because of school and because I don't know what I'm doing. But it needs to get done of the angst of letting people down will eat me alive.
6. Finish the comic.
At least the script-writing part. I can't do anything about the art other than cheerlead from the sidelines. It's 1/3 done, which tends to be the point at which I abandon writing projects, but at least I know more or less where it's going this time.
Anyway, New Year's is depressing as all hell, but there is an exciting party tonight and I am off to make cheesecake pops.
This post is public so you can all hold me to it.
