I guess I should probably post something about my resolutions or whatnot for the new year. That’s how these things work, right?
A quick summary of 2011:
At the beginning of the year, I got into anime a bit, and then Durarara in like February, which faded around…late May? And then in the end of July/beginning of August I read Homestuck. I’m writing for our school’s literary paper, and taking art classes. I’ve started to seriously draw outside of class, though, with Homestuck. I guess that’s pretty big. I learned about our school’s theater program and got somewhat involved in that, and mostly I was a huge nerd. It was a good year, I guess. Pretty stressful at the end, though.
What I would like for 2012:
Mostly, I would like to be extremely productive. I would like to not procrastinate and read and write and draw a lot, and get good grades, and be overall successful. I would like to be happy and nerdy and paint sets and get into the school I want to get into. I want to learn things and keep them in my brain so that I can be more intelligent, or at least seem more intelligent.
What I expect for 2012:
I will probably be really unhappy all year. I sort of don’t think that I will get into this school (especially considering I haven’t really started the written part of the application yet, and it is due in a week, and I don’t fit the age requirement), which I have been wanting to get into for three or four years. I will definitely improve in my writing and my art, but there is no way that I will reach the point that I would like to. I will probably acquire more knowledge, but not the knowledge I should have for classes and whatnot, and not enough to have an intelligent conversation on the subject. I will still be nerdy, though. If I weren’t nerdy, I would be nothing.
Thus, my semi-realistic, but still probably unattainable goals for this year:
I would like to get to a point where I am actually comfortable and willing to show my art to other people. Right now, I really don’t like anyone other than myself seeing my drawings. I would like to start writing more, just more quantity (quality will come with practice, but right now I am only writing when required to by the magazine that I am writing for, and I would like to change this). I would like to start taking fencing classes. I would like to start procrastinating less, and maybe figure out and use the most-time efficient and effective ways for me to study, as I don’t actually have much homework that is busywork and writing and worksheets and whatnot (most of it is reading).
Briefly, some plans for achievement of these goals:
I was thinking that I would draw and/or write something (even something really small) daily. Eventually, these things may or may not end up on this site. Who knows? As for fencing, I just need to a annoy my mother until she remembers to sign me up. And for schoolwork, well I don’t really know. I’ve been trying to become less procrastinate-y for years (I am actually procrastinating by writing this post, see how great I am?), and have obviously not succeeded. Maybe I can set up an incentive system for myself. Or something. I don’t know.
Sometimes, I can’t figure out if I am extremely cynical/realistic, or extremely optimistic.
I think I need to stop writing this post now.
