nothing huge for this month! I'm traveling too much in october (including to voltcon hehehe) and don't want to make that even more stressful by also having a ton of personal goals to balance on top of that.
oh boy oh boy is it the end of august already here we effin' goooooooo
1. Write 250 Words Each Day
I did not do this. But I did write a lot. I wrote at least weekly. And each time I wrote I wrote a SIGNIFICANT amount of text. So I wrote MORE than the equivalent of 250 words each day. So maybe that's all right. I did a bunch of work on a couple fics, lots of free writing, and some other stuff too. Plus like… the cover letters and shit I worked on. So!! A hefty stack of writing, if not a daily habit. I can do better, but I don't feel too bad, you know?
2. Read 55 Books This Year
So this month I read 20 books. Two of those were re-reads of books that I already read this year, so they do not count toward my final total. So what is my current total at for the year? ONE HUNDRED FIFTEEN!!!!!! I have read over 100 books this year and I do not think I will stop there!! This friggin RULES, man!! This is like… my ultimate goal from five years ago finally realized! After this year, I can stop setting numbers to reach and just relax from here on out and just read whatever! I do, of course, still intend to read a lot. And I will still make lists and count them. But my goals will no longer be sheer quantity. After all, I beat this year's goal AND 2015's goal. That's pretty damn good if I do say so myself, which I do, because I'm saying it right now.
3. Get A Full Time Job
I applied to 27 jobs this month. I had one interview. I did not get that job. I got an email from one job saying that they are considering my resume past the first round, so that is good news. But the REAL good news is that I just got an email today. Like not long ago, a few hours ago, that's what I mean. It seems that the bookstore I worked at before getting laid off due to the plague has an opening again and they wondered if I wanted it. It's only 11 an hour, and it's still retail, blah blah blah you heard all these hesitations before when they hired me the first time. But I'm working part time at 12 dollars an hour for a very inconsistent number of hours. And this WILL have benefits. And I will be able to save up, AND I will still keep job hunting for something better. But to be honest? This counts. It's not official yet, but I might just have a full time job. Again.
4. Move Out
Well, I did not. And I probably won't be out of here by the time I'm thirty (19 days??? Is that right? 19 or 20. Counting days is specifically a challenge for me). But I will have a full time job. Be saving up. Which I have already started saving up a fair amount now that I finally have gotten paid the unemployment that I applied for over the last four months. So. I guess I'm working on it. If I get a different full time job, I will be able to work on it even more. But a full time job of any kind is an important first step and hey I'm taking that step again.
5. Drink Less Soda
Yep.
6. Get Something Published
No new publications this month, but I applied for another fanzine and I feel pretty confident that I'll get in. Also I found a place that accepts unsolicited manuscripts, so I am working on a collection of my poetry. We will see how that goes!
7. Finish Writing A Legitimate Businessman
Finished in April!
8. Write More The Revelation of Takaya According to Jin
Finished in February!
MINOR GOALS
9. Finish Playthroughs
-The Legend of Zelda Breath of the Wild: Finished in January!
-Persona 1 Main Quest Good Ending: Didn't do anything!
-Pokemon Sword Post Game Plot: Finished in March!
-Pokemon Let's Go Eevee: Finished in February and March!
-Persona Q 2: Finished it this month! It sure would be a good game if it wasn't rated M. If it were rated appropriate for teenagers, then I could forgive the easier puzzles and the hamfisted moral and the complete lack of any horror or moral controversy. But nope, still rated M. Meh. I bet it'll be better whenever I decide to do New Game Plus and actually do all the side quests.
10. Record More Ukulele Videos
I did not.
11. Record Let's Plays
I did not. I might, however, do so if I visit my friend in Johnson Creek. We shall see.
12. Duolingo?
It's going okay. I'm in the amethyst league now but I'm not making a lot of progress progress. 234 streak and 236 crowns. That's pretty okay.
This wasn't even 900 words. I will have to write more tonight but come on I'm just pretty tired. It's fine.
July has come and I have so much to work and as some of you know English is not my first language I started this fitblr cause I wanted to document my weightloss progress and I decided to post it in English just to improve my writing skills. So as part of my plans for July I decided to take an online English course at this page edX and hopefully I’ll be ready to do Cambridge’s certification exam on November.
Anyway this is the second week with the UFC program and I’ve felt really full of energy and I’ve kept dancing and my skills are getting better I’m pretty bad at dancing actually but I’m doing my best plus it gives me a lot of joy and last I wanna share with you my Month goals.
I purposefully didn't workout my minimum 4 days this week so I would be forced to reaching my goal the day after date night. You see my enthusiastic face of tricking myself? I may do 20 minutes of this and then go for a quick 20 minute walk. Also, today is arm weight day....I only have 3lb weights at home and not 5lb for the other but it will have to do for today
ha, bet you thought you were gonna see a 50k in November goal, huh? wrong! i got my 50k month out of the way back in March 🙂↕️and now i get to take the winter nice and easy....
Write 33k/30k
...and of that, 7k/15k goes toward my longfic
1/1 trip to see the desert up close for writing purposes
Easy like hello my friend, easy like goodbye again - 2/7 chapters posted, aiming for complete by 31-Dec-2026
Vulnerable - 3/51 chapters posted, aiming for 10/51 posted by 31-Dec-2026. (lots of trigger warnings detailed in the first chapter! please also skip it if you are an anti who has somehow ended up on this blog - the fic is gen, but the series is S/K)
in the garden, by the weeds - 0/17 chapters posted, possibly coming fall 2026. 🤫langst
5 Times Keith Relies on the Blade - 5/6 chapters posted, aiming for complete on 23-Oct-2026 ;_;
2026 goals:
10/26 chapters posted
23/52 weeks drawing
make fandom friends! (no hard goal)
join fandom events & projects (no hard goal)
other 2026 stats:
116k words written
6 zine pieces
3 drawings inspired by a fic
6 chapters beta-read (current status: open to beta-ing keith whump only)
72 ao3 comments
about:
hi, i'm skyler! they/them preferred, but he and she are fine if you slip up. i'm an adult but generally post content that mid to late teens can safely interact with if they want to.
this blog has minimal tagging. i'm open to tagging more content on request, but no one's requested it yet so fuck it, we ball 🤷here are the tags i currently consistently aim to use:
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