Young Writers Society

New Year's Resolutions: 2024 Edition
Another year has gone by... almost. Write your resolutions here!

I can't believe it's almost 2024! Honestly, it can be a bit scary to think about. But, however, a new year means a new YOU! There are so many ways you can interpret that! What are some of your plans for this upcoming year, big or small? Is there anything you want to achieve? Please share below!

If you posted in last year's thread and you want to see how much you've grown, or want to see everyone's progress, here is the link!

I want to finish the novel I started in the summer of '23.

I want to take better care of my body and mind.

I want to embrace happiness instead of being afraid of it.

I want to read at least 52 books.

I want to be a better person to those around me

I want to take better care of myself

I want to learn to ask for help when I need it

I want to become a better writer and finish my novel

Research
- Complete 3 projects/ project parts with qualitative analysis
- Complete 3 projects/ project parts with quantitative analysis

Social
- Go to 25 non-compulsory gatherings/events/opportunities

Philosophy
- Read Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics
- Read and study Wittgenstein's 'The Blue Book'

Health
- Work up to 10,000 steps a day by end of year
- Weekly yoga

Job Search/Skills
- Collect information for five roles (job-hunting purposes)
- Ask questions related to the topic to actual people
- Do a mock interview

Language Learning
- Learn approximately 100 signs
- Finish listening to all German Stories podcast episodes
- Read 1 book in German
- Learn or re-learn 500 words (not characters) in Mandarin
- Learn one of the writing sytems for my heritage language
- Learn how to sing (and the meanings of) 10 songs in my country's national language

Writing
- Finish drafting Mutant Families
- Finish revising Through the Amber Forest
- 30 mins poetry writing (52 weeks)
- Post 50 poems (excluding NaPo) across my blog and YWS

YWS
- KoTGR: a chest of silver and a chest of gold
- Complete NaPo again
- Write 10 Poetry Windows columns


Reading
- Skim/partially read 10 non-fiction books
- 20 books in PawPrints (novels, poetry, plays, collections, short histories, novelty linguistics-based books, whole philosophical treatises if I read them)

Organising Habits
- Don't keep accidental double-downloads
- Put pdfs and notes into the right folder on the first go
- Wash and put away my recyclables right away

i will put stuff here soon

I want to...

Write more poetry and finish at least one chapter of chessboard.

I want to read more BOOKS!!!!

and also find out how to vent better

excerisze

write 10 chapters of fate undone

maybe cook more

2024 Resolutions

1. Write at least 10,000 words a month
2. Read at least two books a month
3. Exercise at least 4 days a week (cardio, weights, core)
4. Play the guitar and ukulele at least once a week
5. Journal and reflect at least four nights a week


I’m going for simple daily/routine changes, since I’ll be starting the year still as a graduate student and a part-time biology teacher. After my last summer classes, I’ll then be working as a full time biology teacher, so I might have to adjust my daily routines to accommodate that as well. Here’s to a better year than last year!

Just to get over bad habits and get unstuck from this rut I have been in for three years. It's destructive to my physical and mental health and I am tired of the place I am in. Hope to leave 2024 not hating how I am and where I am.

If only I can finally become a hermit crab or a river salmon I will be happy.

1) Finish my NaNo draft, and make a second draft/revision.
2)Try 24 in 24
3) Be kinder to others
4) Write 2 poems a month at least
5) Read at least eight books
6) Start making a graphic novel

I would add more, but I feel like this is already a lot.

mint's 2024 resolutions

YWS
Complete NaPo and NaNo
Get my next review star (24 reviews to go!)
Keep the roleplays I'm in alive for a year
Do #24in24

Other
Learn toki pona, Gregg shorthand, and Korean (maybe French and Arabic too if I can :eyes:) and keep learning/practicing Spanish
Learn to draw and start a webtoon
List 3 things I’m grateful for each day, or, alternatively, list 3 things I’m looking forward to each day

Icy's 2024 Resolutions

Finish a full draft of any novel
Write two haiku in NaPo 2024
Read 52 books
Complete my set of purple review stars
Find & cook two new recipes a month

Okay slightly more serious resolutions...



Writing Goals
* 1 Poem every week
* 1 Squills article every month
* 30 Poems in April
* Update 24in24 log once a month
* Finish Monthly Musings AND Print personal copy
* Finish Another Poetry Project
* Submit a Poem to publication contests monthly
* Get 1 Poem Published
* Assist in getting at least 2 COOP Editions Completed
* Write at least one more KB article
* Run at least one YWS workshop

Work Goals
* Run "an event" with 100+ people in attendance
* Run two studies during the year
* Make some progress on beautifying the gathering area
* Use all continuing ed time off
* Publish some academic writing or another newspaper article?

Life Goals
* GET MARRIED
* GET HOUSE
* DON'T STRESS ABOUT TAXES OR WEDDING TOO TERRIBLY MUCH