{"id":4802,"date":"2021-12-27T10:44:50","date_gmt":"2021-12-27T15:44:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michaelcrane.net\/wp\/?p=4802"},"modified":"2021-12-27T10:44:19","modified_gmt":"2021-12-27T15:44:19","slug":"2021-new-years-resolution-trackers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelcrane.net\/wp\/2021-new-years-resolution-trackers\/","title":{"rendered":"2021 new year&#8217;s resolution trackers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I&#8217;m actually not one for new year&#8217;s resolutions.  Typically I set out some very manageable goals for me at my birthday, and work on those for the year.  So what did I do this year?  Set some more new year&#8217;s resolutions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A lot of these are continuations of what I was working on last year, and that&#8217;s fine, I&#8217;m happy with that!  Anyway, here&#8217;s what I&#8217;ve been working on:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Reading<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>I wanted to restart the Wheel of Time series, as well as finish a few other books.  Here&#8217;s what I read:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Devolution: A Firsthand Account of the Rainier Sasquatch Massacre by Max Brooks.  Great read about surviving a Sasquatch Massacre.<\/li><li>You Suck at Cooking.  An amazing cookbook and YouTube series!<\/li><li>How to Wash the Dishes by Peter Miller.  A friend bought this for me and I&#8217;m so glad she did, a meditation on washing the dishes.<\/li><li>Welcome to Nightvale by Jeffrey Cranor and Joseph Fink.  The first novel from the world of Nightvale, companion to the podcast.<\/li><li>New Spring by Robert Jordan.  Prequel to The Wheel of Time.<\/li><li>Van Richten&#8217;s Guide to Ravenloft.  A great resource and turned out to be a great inspiration for NaNoWriMo<\/li><li>The Eye of the World.  Originally I wanted to read the first three Wheel of Time books, but I only got through this one (plus the prequel above).  I forgot how much these books can be a slog at times.  When they&#8217;re great, they soar, but sometimes they just drag.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Other books and audio books<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So, I&#8217;m not counting audio books for this challenge (hot take: it&#8217;s not actually reading.  Not saying it&#8217;s not great, it&#8217;s just something else), or a couple other books that were very short:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Mostly Water by Sam Pittman.  Collection of poems from a friend of mine from the Frontrunners!<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Clean spaces<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>In a general sense of decluttering and cleaning, I&#8217;d like to clean or organize 12 small spaces, one a month.  These are things like closets, bookshelves, dressers, etc.  I had a couple spaces identified ahead of time, the rest I chose as I saw they needed attention.  I got to 10 this year, and that&#8217;s pretty good!  I&#8217;ll be doing this again next year!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Hall closet<\/li><li>Belt rack<\/li><li>Shower head and kitchen sink sprayer nozzle<\/li><li>Glove box<\/li><li>Bathroom countertop<\/li><li>Clean the exterior doors of my kitchen cabinets<\/li><li>Good scrubbing to kitchen counters<\/li><li>Dusting\/cobwebs in stairs (I have floating stairs so this can be a problem if I forget about it, ha)<\/li><li>Nightstands<\/li><li>Running clothes dresser<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Watch some TV and movies<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;m behind on some media I want to watch, so I&#8217;m going to try to get a bit caught up.  This was all on top of things like the MCU series that came out, Survivor, and a few other movies and things:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Restart Arrow, two seasons<\/li><li>MCU phase 1 (Iron Man, The Incredible Hulk, Iron Man 2, Thor, Captain America: The First Avenger, The Avengers)<\/li><li>Get caught up on Critical Role (at new years I&#8217;m less than 20 episodes behind, starting at Campaign 2 Episode 101).  As of April 14 I am caught up!  There will be times I&#8217;m a week or two behind, but I made it!<\/li><li>Three seasons of Supernatural<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-background has-cyan-bluish-gray-background-color has-cyan-bluish-gray-color is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Well, I&#8217;d say I was successful!  Didn&#8217;t do quite as much as I wanted to do, but that&#8217;s okay!  The trick for me is to set reasonable and attainable goals, then I gain momentum to do more!  (Side note, <strong>just surviving this year is enough.  Don&#8217;t let anyone tell you differently<\/strong>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I have some ideas for what I&#8217;ll be working on in 2022, including a lot of cleaning those same spaces again!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here&#8217;s to a great year!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m actually not one for new year&#8217;s resolutions. Typically I set out some very manageable goals for me at my birthday, and work on those for the year. So what did I do this year? Set some more new year&#8217;s resolutions. 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