2025 wrap-up and 2026 plans
it's that time of the year againnn
happy New Year, everyone!! wishing you all a wonderful 2026 ❤️❤️
as last time, I'm gonna look at what I had wanted for 2025 and then list what I hope to achieve this year :)) so, first thing on the 2025 agenda was:
fully finish writing and editing 'a case study on immolation'
eh. well, I did finish two and half drafts, but it's definitely not near done yet ahaha. I'd VERY optimistically hoped to have everything done by summer, which did not end up happening, and then I started studying, which also slowed progress a lot lol. still, I'm working on the third draft right now and feeling decently confident about it
have beta readers go over it
I did start sharing some chapters of the third draft, but since I'm still working on it, no one has seen the entire thing lmao
again:DD still working on it:DD
write short stories and send them to magazines
uhh well I did write some short stories this year, but I did not send them to any magazines lol. dropped the ball on this one I fear 😔
participate in an anthology
I did actually do this one!! yay me!! really wanna submit to some more this coming year, too:D
UHM so. I read exactly half of that:DD I did read a lot of work that isn't published, but I definitely didn't make enough time for my tbr this year 😔 the time just kinda went somewhere...idk y'all...
so, overall, 2025 was, eh, fine? I did approximately half of what I'd wanted, but:DD better than nothing I guess hahaha. okay, and now for my 2026 goals:
fully finish 'a case study on immolation' and get it out to beta readers
kind of just picking up where I'd left off lol. I expect I'll have the third draft done in the next couple of months, but then beta-reading is probably gonna take a while, sooo I guess I'm looking at autumn for the final version? I know I can't write as much as I did when I wasn't studying, so I'm giving myself more time this time around lol
participate in writing contests
that's something I've been meaning to do in 2025, too, but never got around to it. I did submit to one contest and ended up in the semi-finals, which was nice, so I'd like to do more of that this year:D in general I wanna write more short stories, so that'll be good motivation
reinvent my drawing style and draw more in general
I usually get phases throughout the year when I do a few illustrations in a row and then don't touch the pencil for months lol. part of that is, I think, because I don't really like my style all that much?? idk, it's kinda boring to me lol, so I wanna experiment with it and find a more appealing way of coloring
try actually doing instagram??
I genuinely dislike using social media lol (which is why I'm on tumblr mostly, because it doesn't feel like a Social Media :DD), but I also realize I should probably be more present on it. I've already tried twitter, tiktok, bluesky, and youtube, and ahh, none have stuck for various reasons. insta is something I've never engaged with much before, so I thought I might as well give it a go lol
I think that'll be enough this time around:DD here's hoping I can manage it all lol