#february goals

[chronicallywilled]

february wellness for tired bodies

reminders:

- your body is not behind

- rest is not a failure

- healing isn’t linear

- you are allowed to move at your own pace

- surviving this season is enough

things to try:

- gentle stretching first thing in the morning

- find something that brings you joy and make it a routine

- try a new drink: an herbal tea, an electrolyte mix, etc

- practice strength in whatever capacity your body allows

- notice the sunset changing as the days grow longer

prepare for:

- fluctuating temperatures as we approach spring

- valentine’s day and the joy or grief it may bring

- changing sights and sounds as the earth slowly wakes up

this is a space for softness, not solutions.

hold onto what feels right for you, and let go of what does not.

[nicistrying]

Saturday 31st Jan

Woke up feeling gross but had an everything bath and used all my favourite lotions and potions and that helped. Did some housework then got ready for food and drinks with work people - I was really not feeling it but it was my bestie's leaving party so I couldn't miss it but I did go sober and drive myself. I was weirdly anxious about it and honestly felt a bit depressed the whole time but not because I wasn't drinking, it was because I hate my job and I have to go back now I'm better 💀 But I did feel cute

We had a good day anyway but I was so glad to get out of there at 6pm and get into my big cosy fleece I kept in the car and drive myself home. Had my leftover pizza from the night before, a bubble bath and went to bed v happy.

January may not have been as successful as I hoped bc I was super ill for 2 weeks but I had some really big wins!

Consciously practised consistency - even on the days I knew I wouldn't be able to hit all my activity goals, I still made an effort to do something rather than going 'oh well if I won't get 100% I may as well not bother at all' - that's something I've really struggled with so I'm super proud of myself for that

I've been practising setting boundaries - not always successfully eg at work last week sending a query back to my old manager and asking her to send it to someone else and still having to deal with it bc she ignored me - the act of sending an email saying 'can someone else look at this I'm very busy' is not something I would ever usually do bc I find it so uncomfortable

I'm working on becoming aware of my own needs ' again not always successfully and I can't always act on them but actually thinking about what I want, aside from what everyone else might want or what they might expect me to do / not do. This still needs a lot of work and I'll continue to work on it.

We finally booked a holiday for the summer!! I'm proud of us bc we both get so stressed out by it but I'm so happy to have something to look forward to that's just for me and Matt ❤️

So all in all, I'm very happy with how January turned out on a personal level.

Stuff to work on in Feb:

Make more plans - I haven't seen my niece and nephew in a while so I really need to set a date for a sleepover with them. Same with my little sister.

Invite my mams over - I always go over to their house to see them but they want to see more of Maggie. That means I need to be an adult and invite them over, they aren't going to invite themselves

Ask myself what I need more often. Maybe I need to put it on a post-it on my mirror or my laptop or something just to make it a habit. Next step is to act on it but for now even acknowledging it will do 🤣

Maaaaaaybe consult for my next tattoo 👀 money dependent.

[iamaslutforjatp]

Monthly Writing Progress: January 2026

Alright, the new year got off to a rough start with me in quite the slump, so there's not as much as usual to report here.

Stats:

Total words written: 10,387

Fics finished: 2

New fics posted: 2 (These Bonds Will Carry Us Home & Together We Can Make It Through)

Fics updated: 1 (The Secrets of the Fox chapter 2)

New WIPs: 6 (4 planned, 2 started+completed)

Fics worked on: 6

I didn't technically hit any of my goals, though I did at least update The Secrets of the Fox. I'm not upset about it though, I was pretty low capacity this past month, and I did manage to hit 10k and write two new fics.

February Goals:

Write 15k

Write The Secrets of the Fox chapter 3

Make progress on Peter Hale's Wooing Woes chapter 3

Write at least one short fic/ficlet for @femslash-february

Write at least two ficlets for @februaryficletchallenge

Write a Valentine's Day / 'Hey Sweetheart' challenge fic

Write a fic for @12monthsofkink

See previous months' progress updates here.

[booksandrandomfandoms]

JOMP day 1

February goals

Bottom two books are to complete my second round on the bookopoly board

Top two are buddy reads

And rainbirds, and midnight in austenland are for orillium

The only book not set is city of nightmares 😅 so it might change once I roll for round 3 of bookopoly… and I need to somehow add some romance in too 🤣

[slaughter-books]

Day 1: JOMPBPC: February Goals

My immediate TBR for February, 2025! 💙

[csuitebitches]

February Monthly Checklist

If you’ve been reading my blog for a while, you know that I have two types of goals - non negotiable (daily goals) and add ons (monthly goals). You can see more here.

Here are my goals for this month.

Daily Goals/ Non Negotiables:

Reading

My reads for this month:

Kindle of Life

Norwegian Wood - Murakami

Working out:

20 days of working out this month.

Meditation

20 days: 10 minutes consistently everyday.

Brain games (mental math)

25 days of mental math everyday.

Add Ons:

Career, Conferences and Learning :

* February 16th: virtual session with my mentor

* February 16th: a private event where a renowned speech coach is speaking

Online course

* How to read people’s faces/ facial profiling

Philanthropy:

* Donating my old clothes to charity

Uncultured Revolution:

* Creating 4 newsletters

Beauty:

* Remove gel manicure

* Schedule a massage

* Schedule a trim

Hobbies:

* Join tennis

[emberlyric]

January Progress Review and February Goals

First up, most important: Anomaly First Draft Progress

Words written for Anomaly in January:

About 29k words written in January! I’m at 60k total!

So that means Part 1, the laboratory arc is completed, Part 2 is well underway and just got to maybe the Act 1 disaster? I think? I’m trying not to plan out these things too heavily when making a rough draft, I feel it takes away some of the spontaneity.

Also - a rough series outline for Anomaly was completed. So far it is looking as though Anomaly will be a trilogy.

Art & Animation

I finished two animations in January! Wow I never thought I would find myself toiling around with animation again but I did it. And it was actually fun?

Pics completed: 1 Emeren portrait, 1 Aleto full-body, 1 Emeren & Jaith, 1 Scylie bust, 1 Shraya full-body, and 1 anatomy study. And then if you count the pics I had to make for the animations, I guess it would be 2 Emeren portraits and 1 Emeren full-body. I also have the beginnings of a character design sheet for Emeren.

February Goals!!!

Reach 75k words for Anomaly - should be pretty easy, I might extend this

My new art schedule starts today, Feb 1st. Basically, for one week I draw a sketch of a character every day, and then for the following week I work on completing them. We will see how it goes - in my experience art schedules become that “ugh now I’m forced to draw what I don’t want to draw atm” feeling, but this might give me enough freedom to just…avoid that

One or two more animations - I have an idea in mind for a new animated header gif

Comics! I really want to start making lil comics of my Anomaly characters. With the rough draft going so well all I have to do is pick out lil scenes from the draft and make comics out of them.

Character design sheets - I’m putting off doing these until the designs are finalized, but Emeren, Jaith, Aleto, and Shraya should be good to create by now

Introduce new characters - Lumir, I swear I’ll get to introducing you soon, outside of tag games!

Okay I think that’s it! Let’s get this month started woo!!!!

[buildingparadise]

goals for february

clean out closet (i knooow we've been here before but we persist!)

create a monthly budget and stick to it

get a facial

purchase electric toothbrush

watch 5 films from bfi’s greatest films of all time

read “we have always lived in the castle”

sell 2 items from depop inventory

try 3 new recipes

attend a non-class related lecture

it feels like a short list, but it's a short month and also it's winter and freezing and miserable so the mood is cozy! relax! rest! i'm so sleepy