2015 Goals and Resolutions

[Night Fury]

I don't really do resolutions every year, but I like to set a few goals for myself. I don't really think I keep to them though... Oops.

For 2015 there are a few things I want to do

• Finish my novel and self publish it
• Continue writing for the sites that I write for
• Continue podcasting

EOFF Goals

• Host my Heroes and Villains event finally!
• Get up to 10k posts
• Give out more rep than I usually do
• WORK ON MY SUPER SECRET AWESOME PROJECT MWAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAhuehuehueheuheuheuheuhue

I hope in 2015 I get my visa sorted without any major bumps so I can get back into a job. I also hope to start saving properly once I'm more settled.

I think that's about it! What about you?

[radicaledward124]

Im planning on just being healthier and cutting back on stuff like soda.(I have a great Mt. Dew addiction) I'm also hoping to really beef up my portfolio and well get a job in my field. I really don't want to work call center stuff from home when I should be making games!

I also plan to start my mobile game development degree too.

[Shauna]

Not sure about IRL resolutions. Probably more vague sounding things about being a healthier individual just like last year (which I feel like we are making (small) strides in doing). Just need to get Matt to start buying fruit for snacks at work and we will be golden. Also something about working hard.


EoFF goals...
- Be the best Staffer EVER (totes gon' happen)
- Get that frickin' podcast started again
- See what can be done with the Events Committee
- Post a few times and engage with the community (this one can come or go, really )
- Finish Harry Potter 2. IT WILL BE DONE

[Aulayna]

Carry on what I'm doing.

[Pike]

-Lose those damn two pounds so I can hit my goal weight.

-Up my game with freelance writing (make it a much higher percentage of my income than it currently is.)

-Somehow make enough money to get Huxley over here - not easy when I have to keep blowing my savings on emergencies.

-Maybe visit the UK again but on the other hand see previous point.

-Play more video games.

That's about it.

[Polnareff]

I have none.

Because, like I put on Facebook, Einstein said that insanity was doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. Well, my life is more insane than that, in that I do different things and get the same results. So, there's really no reason for me to commit to any goal because I know it'll be screwed over before I can get a chance to complete it (unless it's something like beating a game)

[Pike]

I have successfully kept/completed resolutions before. All year, too. They work for some of us!

[Ayen]

Already started mine; be less of an asshole.

[Pumpkin]

-Lose weight. Cheesy resolution ever, I know, but I really need to commit. I'm already doing some daily jogging (that makes me feel like I'm dying), and I need to clean up my diet
-Continue writing my book. Aim to write 3x/week
-See a specialist about my work related anxiety, and see what budget medication is available to me
-If that one works out, get a job and keep it without wanting to die
-Convince my mom to have Michael visit so we can work towards moving him down slowly
-Figure out a plan for my life

[Fox]

I actually have a few this year. Not sure they're 2015 specific but...

1) Keep my weight under control and become fitter. I'm running 8km per day at the moment. I want to increase that to at least 10.
2) Get good at piano. I've picked up some bad habits being self-taught for 10 years, so I'm investing in some lessons.
3) Learn French to a conversational level (goal of a 2015 holiday) and get started on basic Japanese (goal of a 2016 holiday).
4) At least one date. I've been single for a decade now and I turn 26 this year. I think at least one date will do wonders for the ol' self esteem, which has taken a bit of a beating.

Luckily, the one area I don't have to worry too much about is work. The rest of life may have been sacrificed for it, but assuming I get the contract I'm expecting in May I'll have officially ticked all the boxes in that regard.

[Colonel Angus]

Work on my weight. I just have to finish the soda & junk I've got in the house. Not going to buy any more until I've got to my goal weight & maintained it.

Do more writing. Whether it's for EoFF or my novel, I need to start cracking down on it.

Get more sleep. 5 hrs. just isn't going to cut it on a worknight.

Get a better job. My job is very stressful & unsatisfying. I need to find something better fast.

[Bubba]

I'm not gonna make any New Years resolutions. I'm just gonna use 2015 to GET STUFF DONE.

[Shorty]

Grow my website. Write more.
Make progress on my novel.
Become a designer; learn to illustrate in Adobe/Illustrator.
Open an Etsy poster shop, and maybe an apparel shop. I may have to wait until 2016 to learn to screenprint.
Go running, tone up, blah blah blah.

I've spent years abandoning my creative aspirations, and I've been so happy indulging them these past few months. Doing so has helped to hold my depression at bay, and following creative pursuits helps me to generally feel happier with myself.

[Leigh]

2015 will be the year or acceptance.

The acceptance that there is nothing particularly special about myself, that I possess no hidden talents or impressive qualities. This will hopefully take the pressure off myself, reducing anxiety and self hatred by admitting to myself that I am just an average person.

Most of us never amount to very much anyway, so to take away the disappointment of never amounting to any dream, is to stop dreaming completely.

Here is to 2015.

[Karifean]

Read G-Senjou no Maou
Read the Muv-Luv trilogy
Read Da Capo I and II
Read Kanon
Read Air
Read Ever17
Read Saya no Uta
Read Ef: A Fairy Tale of the Two
Read Katawa Shoujo
Read Little Busters! Ecstasy
Read Rewrite Harvest Festa
Read Angel Beats! 1st Beat

...should keep me busy for a while. Especially seeing as how something at the bottom of that list requires that I learn to read Japanese.