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goals_on_dwThis community supports people who like New Year's resolutions and other goals. This gives us a wide range of topics to post about and discuss in comments. The more people who get active and post or comment here, the better. You can choose ideas from the list below and feel confident that these are relevant to this community.
ADMIN CONTENT
The admin content will provide a basic framework for the community and then some posts to maintain activity.
* Advance planning
-- Posts in December about mulling over resolutions for January.
-- Gathering links to other places that talk about advance planning for New Year's resolutions.
* Check-in posts
-- Weekly during January.
-- Monthly later in the year.
* Resource posts
-- Lists of resolutions or goals for inspiration.
-- Links to articles or other materials about goal setting.
TOPICS
Alternatives
* Not making resolutions at all.
* Unusual formats to try if conventional goals don't work for you.
Communities
* Dreamwidth communities that feature goals or accomplishments:
--101in1001 aims to accomplishing 101 things in 1001 days.
--allbingo has lists of practical tasks as well as monthly fests for creative bingo.
--awesomeers makes Just One Thing posts where you can comment with your accomplishments of the day, ideal for people who prefer small goals or just want encouragement.
--do_it is a support community for achieving goals and becoming more productive.
--getyourwordsout is a writing community with a limited timeframe for enrollment. Pledging for GYWO 2025 opens Dec 12, 2024.
--moodthemeinayear provides a framework with multiple options for creating a mood theme of various sizes. The year-long round starts in January, but there are other jumping-on points throughout the year.
* Fests, challenges, and other events:
Some of these are big enough to benefit from advance planning and goals.
--50books_poc challenges people to read fifty books by authors of color.
--fandomcalendar lists events large and small.
--snowflake_challenge runs in January with multiple challenges. See "How to Hack the Snowflake Challenge" for ideas on things you can do in advance to reduce your workload during the main event. One challenge is usually to make a list of goals for the upcoming year.
--threeforthememories hosts an annual fest for sharing 3 photographs each member has taken the previous year, posting in January.
--whenisitdue lists deadlines for numerous fannish challenges and other activities. This is a great asset for folks who like large-scale projects such as Big Bangs.
Links
* Individual links to posts, articles, or other content about these topics, often with a brief or longer opinion.
* Link clouds with many links to different things, usually without added notes or only brief ones.
* Embedded images, videos, or other content from elsenet that relates to goals or resolutions.
* Recommendations of blogs, channels, etc. to follow on Dreamwidth or elsenet.
New Year
* Holidays of beginning, which include but are not limited to:
-- January 1 (Gregorian)
-- Chinese New Year (variable on Gregorian calendar: January 21-February 20)
-- the Four Jewish New Years
-- Islamic New Year (1 Muharram, variable on Gregorian calendar)
-- Naw-Rúz (Baha'i Faith, vernal equinox around March 21 on Gregorian calendar)
-- Samhain (Pagan / Wiccan New Year on October 31-November 1 on Gregorian calendar)
* Activities relating to such holidays, like:
-- Planning a party, where people might share completed or upcoming goals.
-- Events like parades that may be used as chronological milestones.
-- Family traditions, such as making a family resolution or theme.
* Thematic holiday art or other materials:
-- Calendars
-- Datebooks or planners
-- Notebooks or journals
-- Clip art, stickers, or other images
-- Year-numbered imagery
Psychology
* Motivation and memory
-- How the mind works relating to goals and resolutions.
-- The pleasure and reward circuits.
-- Processing of positive and negative experiences.
-- Forming good habits or breaking bad habits.
-- Cognitive distortions, misbeliefs, and unhelpful thought patterns.
* Planning and deciding
-- Executive function and malfunctions.
-- Choices and decision-making.
-- Foresight, planning ahead, and timebinding.
-- Cognitive overload and cognitive offloading.
* Community and interactions
-- How social support helps people accomplish things.
-- Social pressure to do things, like setting goals.
-- How loneliness impacts goal setting and achievement.
* Your self
-- Identity and self-image.
-- Self-esteem, self-worth, and self-compassion.
-- Self-blame, self-doubt, self-loathing, and self-bullying.
Resolutions and Other Goals
* Getting started
-- Variations on New Year's resolutions or other goals to try.
-- Other opportunities for setting goals.
-- Pros and cons of making resolutions or other goals.
-- Goal setting frameworks (SMART, WOOP, etc.).
-- Tips for choosing resolutions or other goals.
* Progress
-- Tactics and strategies for maintaining and achieving goals.
-- Adjusting goals in progress based on changing circumstances.
-- Evolution of your goal-setting skills and methods over time.
* Mishaps
-- When to abandon goals that just aren't working out.
-- Dealing with failure and feelings.
-- Learning from mistakes.
Reviews and Reports
* Books about resolutions, goal setting, or related psychology.
* Movies, television shows, etc. focused on goals or New Year activities.
* Classes, workshops, etc. that teach goal-setting or decision-making skills.
* Event reports related to goals or holidays of beginning.
Tickers and Trackers
* Apps, programs, or other electronic tools (e.g. Ticker Factory)
* Bullet journals
* Habit trackers
* Printables that people can save and use
* Physical counters (e.g. clickers, ranger beads)
Your Plans, Accomplishments, or Setbacks
* Calls and questions
-- Ask how to do something.
-- Invite discussion about your possible resolutions.
-- Request accountability partners for specific goals.
-- Request moral support for your efforts.
-- Connect with people who want to follow each other's activities.
* Crossposts or links to your list of goals:
-- As often as daily in January.
-- Weekly or monthly later in the year.
-- Major accomplishments anytime.
* Ups and downs
-- Milestones you have reached toward a big goal.
-- Goals you have completed.
-- Goals you have modified.
-- Goals you have failed or crossed off your list.
-- Feelings of pride and accomplishment.
-- Feelings of failure and frustration.
-- Observations about goal-setting experiences.
PARAMETERS
General Community Tips
This community is meant to encourage and support New Year's resolutions and other goal-setting activities. It also touches on alternatives and why people might find that goals don't really work for them. Don't angst too much over details, just do the best you can. Give it a try! Comment! Post! If you goof, it's not the end of the world. But lurking is okay too. The community is designed to offer inspiration rather than pressure to perform.
If your post is more than a few paragraphs, or contains more than one image, it is a good idea to use a cut tag to hide part of it so people don't have to scroll past the whole thing on the main page.
If you want to make a really long reply to a post, bear in mind that Dreamwidth has a limit on comment size (16,000 characters). Is this turning into a major discussion likely to interest many other members of this community? If so, you can turn it into a new post, and comment under the old thread showing interested readers where it has moved. Is it more personal, or a side discussion between you and one or two other members? If so, you might want to move that discussion to your own blog, and make a comment under the original discussion pointing interested readers to where it has moved.
Crossposting is welcome here. If you want to post something both here and on your individual blog, that's fine. If you're making an announcement, think about how many communities you want to post in to maximize exposure without creating too much duplication that the same people will see and mind find annoying.
On Civility
Practice good netiquette. Do your best to carry on conversations in a polite and rational manner. Remember that even though you are looking at a computer, there are real people on the other side of it who have feelings.
Don't be a dick.
If you hurt someone's feelings, it is polite to apologize. Fix it and move on.
ADMIN CONTENT
The admin content will provide a basic framework for the community and then some posts to maintain activity.
* Advance planning
-- Posts in December about mulling over resolutions for January.
-- Gathering links to other places that talk about advance planning for New Year's resolutions.
* Check-in posts
-- Weekly during January.
-- Monthly later in the year.
* Resource posts
-- Lists of resolutions or goals for inspiration.
-- Links to articles or other materials about goal setting.
TOPICS
Alternatives
* Not making resolutions at all.
* Unusual formats to try if conventional goals don't work for you.
Communities
* Dreamwidth communities that feature goals or accomplishments:
--
101in1001 aims to accomplishing 101 things in 1001 days.--
allbingo has lists of practical tasks as well as monthly fests for creative bingo.--
awesomeers makes Just One Thing posts where you can comment with your accomplishments of the day, ideal for people who prefer small goals or just want encouragement.--
do_it is a support community for achieving goals and becoming more productive.--
getyourwordsout is a writing community with a limited timeframe for enrollment. Pledging for GYWO 2025 opens Dec 12, 2024.--
moodthemeinayear provides a framework with multiple options for creating a mood theme of various sizes. The year-long round starts in January, but there are other jumping-on points throughout the year.* Fests, challenges, and other events:
Some of these are big enough to benefit from advance planning and goals.
--
50books_poc challenges people to read fifty books by authors of color.--
fandomcalendar lists events large and small.--
snowflake_challenge runs in January with multiple challenges. See "How to Hack the Snowflake Challenge" for ideas on things you can do in advance to reduce your workload during the main event. One challenge is usually to make a list of goals for the upcoming year.--
threeforthememories hosts an annual fest for sharing 3 photographs each member has taken the previous year, posting in January.--
whenisitdue lists deadlines for numerous fannish challenges and other activities. This is a great asset for folks who like large-scale projects such as Big Bangs.Links
* Individual links to posts, articles, or other content about these topics, often with a brief or longer opinion.
* Link clouds with many links to different things, usually without added notes or only brief ones.
* Embedded images, videos, or other content from elsenet that relates to goals or resolutions.
* Recommendations of blogs, channels, etc. to follow on Dreamwidth or elsenet.
New Year
* Holidays of beginning, which include but are not limited to:
-- January 1 (Gregorian)
-- Chinese New Year (variable on Gregorian calendar: January 21-February 20)
-- the Four Jewish New Years
-- Islamic New Year (1 Muharram, variable on Gregorian calendar)
-- Naw-Rúz (Baha'i Faith, vernal equinox around March 21 on Gregorian calendar)
-- Samhain (Pagan / Wiccan New Year on October 31-November 1 on Gregorian calendar)
* Activities relating to such holidays, like:
-- Planning a party, where people might share completed or upcoming goals.
-- Events like parades that may be used as chronological milestones.
-- Family traditions, such as making a family resolution or theme.
* Thematic holiday art or other materials:
-- Calendars
-- Datebooks or planners
-- Notebooks or journals
-- Clip art, stickers, or other images
-- Year-numbered imagery
Psychology
* Motivation and memory
-- How the mind works relating to goals and resolutions.
-- The pleasure and reward circuits.
-- Processing of positive and negative experiences.
-- Forming good habits or breaking bad habits.
-- Cognitive distortions, misbeliefs, and unhelpful thought patterns.
* Planning and deciding
-- Executive function and malfunctions.
-- Choices and decision-making.
-- Foresight, planning ahead, and timebinding.
-- Cognitive overload and cognitive offloading.
* Community and interactions
-- How social support helps people accomplish things.
-- Social pressure to do things, like setting goals.
-- How loneliness impacts goal setting and achievement.
* Your self
-- Identity and self-image.
-- Self-esteem, self-worth, and self-compassion.
-- Self-blame, self-doubt, self-loathing, and self-bullying.
Resolutions and Other Goals
* Getting started
-- Variations on New Year's resolutions or other goals to try.
-- Other opportunities for setting goals.
-- Pros and cons of making resolutions or other goals.
-- Goal setting frameworks (SMART, WOOP, etc.).
-- Tips for choosing resolutions or other goals.
* Progress
-- Tactics and strategies for maintaining and achieving goals.
-- Adjusting goals in progress based on changing circumstances.
-- Evolution of your goal-setting skills and methods over time.
* Mishaps
-- When to abandon goals that just aren't working out.
-- Dealing with failure and feelings.
-- Learning from mistakes.
Reviews and Reports
* Books about resolutions, goal setting, or related psychology.
* Movies, television shows, etc. focused on goals or New Year activities.
* Classes, workshops, etc. that teach goal-setting or decision-making skills.
* Event reports related to goals or holidays of beginning.
Tickers and Trackers
* Apps, programs, or other electronic tools (e.g. Ticker Factory)
* Bullet journals
* Habit trackers
* Printables that people can save and use
* Physical counters (e.g. clickers, ranger beads)
Your Plans, Accomplishments, or Setbacks
* Calls and questions
-- Ask how to do something.
-- Invite discussion about your possible resolutions.
-- Request accountability partners for specific goals.
-- Request moral support for your efforts.
-- Connect with people who want to follow each other's activities.
* Crossposts or links to your list of goals:
-- As often as daily in January.
-- Weekly or monthly later in the year.
-- Major accomplishments anytime.
* Ups and downs
-- Milestones you have reached toward a big goal.
-- Goals you have completed.
-- Goals you have modified.
-- Goals you have failed or crossed off your list.
-- Feelings of pride and accomplishment.
-- Feelings of failure and frustration.
-- Observations about goal-setting experiences.
PARAMETERS
General Community Tips
This community is meant to encourage and support New Year's resolutions and other goal-setting activities. It also touches on alternatives and why people might find that goals don't really work for them. Don't angst too much over details, just do the best you can. Give it a try! Comment! Post! If you goof, it's not the end of the world. But lurking is okay too. The community is designed to offer inspiration rather than pressure to perform.
If your post is more than a few paragraphs, or contains more than one image, it is a good idea to use a cut tag to hide part of it so people don't have to scroll past the whole thing on the main page.
If you want to make a really long reply to a post, bear in mind that Dreamwidth has a limit on comment size (16,000 characters). Is this turning into a major discussion likely to interest many other members of this community? If so, you can turn it into a new post, and comment under the old thread showing interested readers where it has moved. Is it more personal, or a side discussion between you and one or two other members? If so, you might want to move that discussion to your own blog, and make a comment under the original discussion pointing interested readers to where it has moved.
Crossposting is welcome here. If you want to post something both here and on your individual blog, that's fine. If you're making an announcement, think about how many communities you want to post in to maximize exposure without creating too much duplication that the same people will see and mind find annoying.
On Civility
Practice good netiquette. Do your best to carry on conversations in a polite and rational manner. Remember that even though you are looking at a computer, there are real people on the other side of it who have feelings.
Don't be a dick.
If you hurt someone's feelings, it is polite to apologize. Fix it and move on.
