Your Goals and Resolutions Your list(s) of goals or resolutions: See my Goals for 2024. I like a target-rich environment. Everything on that list is an opportunity to hit it. So if I miss some, it's no big deal, I've met plenty of others. This format helps me remember things I want to do.
About how often do you post about your goals? (e.g. annually, monthly, weekly) Weekly in January, sporadically later in the year.
What kind of goals or resolutions do you typically make? A mix of many different things. There are always writing goals and a handful of other favorites that I repeat. I usually have some house or yard goals. I'm a huge fan of one-day goals because they get me off to a good start accomplishing things. This year I tried a seasonal set for the first time and that worked out well.
When is your favorite time(s) for setting goals? I customarily post my list on January 1.
What are some of your favorite goal-setting frameworks? I'm familiar with SMART goals, but would have to look it up to remember the details. The one I've found most useful personally is a simple format of framing goals as "Do X thing Y times."
What do you find challenging about goals? Remembering to look at the damn list. I'm doing better at it since I made that the first goal on the list. I still have a tendency to get to December and realize I had stuff that I should've done earlier.
Are you looking for goal partners or moral support, or people to follow? I'm generally curious about what other people are planning to do or working on, and what techniques they use that I might consider trying.
What do you hope to find in this community? I want a place to gather many of the personal goal posts that are currently scattered around in individual blogs.
Your Interests and Activities What languages do you speak? English, a little Spanish and Russian, a dab of Japanese, and a smattering of everything else I ever brushed up against. I am linguistic SillyPutty. Also I'm an avid xenolinguist and have constructed multiple languages ranging in size from short word lists to whole dictionary/grammar ones.
What are some of your favorite hobbies? Cooking, crafts, gardening, photography, quantum mechanics.
What television shows and movies do you like? Fandoms include Wednesday (The Addams Family), The Avengers, Good Omens, Jurassic Park, Lucifer, Magnificent 7, Star Trek, X-Men. Most recently watched movie: Inside Out 2. Most recently watched TV: The Dragon Prince.
What books or other written fandoms are you into? The Avengers, Harry Potter, Lois McMaster Bujold, Magnificent 7, Mercedes Lackey, Nimona, Pern, The Sentinel, Sherlock Holmes, Tolkien, X-Men. Currently reading: The Incredible Story of Cooking. Recently finished: Penric's Progress.
What kinds of music do you enjoy? Listening, playing, or both? Filk and folk. Almost entirely listening. I can manage a PVC pipe drum in a drum jam okay, and I'm fairly good with a sea drum.
Do you have a transformative works statement / blanket statement? Mine is here.
What are some worthy causes you support? Environmentalism, various disadvantaged ethnic groups, human rights, S-risks and X-risks.
Do you have pets or livestock, and if so, what kinds? I tend to focus more on wildlife, so for instance, birdfeeding and native plants to support insects.
Do you enjoy gardening or houseplants, and if so, what kinds? I love gardening and my yard is a laissez-faire permaculture. I have a hippie plant window with, hmm, between 1-2 dozen plants.
What does your average day look like? I spend much of my time in my home office writing. During the warm season, though, daylight hours involve many trips outdoors for yardwork. You can see the writing on my blog, and I usually make a post about the day's birdfeeding/yardening activities too.
About Your Blog What is your Dreamwidth blog like? Imagine taking a random slice of a very large library, and that's about it, with a bunch of folks chatting in the lounge.
How active is it? Highly active. I post almost every day, often more than once. If you're tired of dead blogs, this is well worth checking out. If you are easily overwhelmed, this may not be the blog for you.
What are your most common topics? Reading, writing, crowdfunding, poetry, networking, fantasy & science fiction, news, weblit, nature, gender studies.
How do you feel about crossposting? It keeps communities active. Crossposting between your blog and any community is fine. Crossposting between unrelated communities is fine. Crossposting to lots of similar communities gets tedious if there's too much of it, but when traffic is low, any post is better than none at all.
Is your blog more text-heavy or image-heavy? Text-heavy. Occasionally I post photo-essays of my yard.
Do you paste in or link to a lot of audio or video content? Not a lot, but occasionally. Most of my links go to text articles.
Is your blog more personal, professional, topical, or a mix? A mix, but more professional and topical than purely personal. I have friends who use me as a newsfeed because they like the articles I link to.
Is it all open, all friendslocked, or somewhere in between? Open. I almost never use the lock feature. Once something goes online, it's not really private, so I tend to post only things that I want to be generally visible.
What kinds of friends would you like to attract to your blog? Tolerant, open-minded people who enjoy discussing big topics.
Do you participate in creative bingo, fests, challenges, memes, holiday festivities, or other blogging events? If so, what are some of your favorite ones? I love creative bingo and often make cards on allbingo. I also love friending memes. I participate in snowflake_challenge in January, Three Weeks for Dreamwidth in April-May, and sunshine_challenge in July.
How often do you check your friends feed? Erratically.
About how much time do you spend reading blogs? It varies. I have a few that I check regularly. I can forget about my friends feed for days or weeks, then spend hours scrolling through hundreds of posts.
How active do you like a blog to be? At least one post a week helps keep it in my mind. I really like daily-posting blogs. But I read some with lower traffic too.
What kinds of blogs or topics do you most enjoy reading? I like art or photography blogs with images. I like writer's blogs too. Topical ones on favorite subjects are great fun. I'm less interested in purely personal blogs.
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Date: Tuesday, December 3rd, 2024 07:17 am (UTC)Username:
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Your approximate location (e.g. city, state, country, and/or bioregion): central Illinois, USA
Your Goals and Resolutions
Your list(s) of goals or resolutions:
See my Goals for 2024. I like a target-rich environment. Everything on that list is an opportunity to hit it. So if I miss some, it's no big deal, I've met plenty of others. This format helps me remember things I want to do.
About how often do you post about your goals? (e.g. annually, monthly, weekly)
Weekly in January, sporadically later in the year.
What kind of goals or resolutions do you typically make?
A mix of many different things. There are always writing goals and a handful of other favorites that I repeat. I usually have some house or yard goals. I'm a huge fan of one-day goals because they get me off to a good start accomplishing things. This year I tried a seasonal set for the first time and that worked out well.
When is your favorite time(s) for setting goals?
I customarily post my list on January 1.
What are some of your favorite goal-setting frameworks?
I'm familiar with SMART goals, but would have to look it up to remember the details. The one I've found most useful personally is a simple format of framing goals as "Do X thing Y times."
What do you find challenging about goals?
Remembering to look at the damn list. I'm doing better at it since I made that the first goal on the list. I still have a tendency to get to December and realize I had stuff that I should've done earlier.
Are you looking for goal partners or moral support, or people to follow?
I'm generally curious about what other people are planning to do or working on, and what techniques they use that I might consider trying.
What do you hope to find in this community?
I want a place to gather many of the personal goal posts that are currently scattered around in individual blogs.
Your Interests and Activities
What languages do you speak?
English, a little Spanish and Russian, a dab of Japanese, and a smattering of everything else I ever brushed up against. I am linguistic SillyPutty. Also I'm an avid xenolinguist and have constructed multiple languages ranging in size from short word lists to whole dictionary/grammar ones.
What are some of your favorite hobbies?
Cooking, crafts, gardening, photography, quantum mechanics.
What television shows and movies do you like?
Fandoms include Wednesday (The Addams Family), The Avengers, Good Omens, Jurassic Park, Lucifer, Magnificent 7, Star Trek, X-Men.
Most recently watched movie: Inside Out 2.
Most recently watched TV: The Dragon Prince.
What books or other written fandoms are you into?
The Avengers, Harry Potter, Lois McMaster Bujold, Magnificent 7, Mercedes Lackey, Nimona, Pern, The Sentinel, Sherlock Holmes, Tolkien, X-Men.
Currently reading: The Incredible Story of Cooking.
Recently finished: Penric's Progress.
What kinds of music do you enjoy? Listening, playing, or both?
Filk and folk. Almost entirely listening. I can manage a PVC pipe drum in a drum jam okay, and I'm fairly good with a sea drum.
Do you have a transformative works statement / blanket statement?
Mine is here.
What are some worthy causes you support?
Environmentalism, various disadvantaged ethnic groups, human rights, S-risks and X-risks.
Do you have pets or livestock, and if so, what kinds?
I tend to focus more on wildlife, so for instance, birdfeeding and native plants to support insects.
Do you enjoy gardening or houseplants, and if so, what kinds?
I love gardening and my yard is a laissez-faire permaculture. I have a hippie plant window with, hmm, between 1-2 dozen plants.
What does your average day look like?
I spend much of my time in my home office writing. During the warm season, though, daylight hours involve many trips outdoors for yardwork. You can see the writing on my blog, and I usually make a post about the day's birdfeeding/yardening activities too.
About Your Blog
What is your Dreamwidth blog like?
Imagine taking a random slice of a very large library, and that's about it, with a bunch of folks chatting in the lounge.
What is your blog metaphor?
Mine is a combination of living room and home office, and in fact those rooms are adjacent in my house.
How active is it?
Highly active. I post almost every day, often more than once. If you're tired of dead blogs, this is well worth checking out. If you are easily overwhelmed, this may not be the blog for you.
What are your most common topics?
Reading, writing, crowdfunding, poetry, networking, fantasy & science fiction, news, weblit, nature, gender studies.
How do you feel about crossposting?
It keeps communities active. Crossposting between your blog and any community is fine. Crossposting between unrelated communities is fine. Crossposting to lots of similar communities gets tedious if there's too much of it, but when traffic is low, any post is better than none at all.
Is your blog more text-heavy or image-heavy?
Text-heavy. Occasionally I post photo-essays of my yard.
Do you paste in or link to a lot of audio or video content?
Not a lot, but occasionally. Most of my links go to text articles.
Do you use recurring posts, and if so, what topics?
Yes, see my Recurring Posts page here or click the tag in my blog.
Is your blog more personal, professional, topical, or a mix?
A mix, but more professional and topical than purely personal. I have friends who use me as a newsfeed because they like the articles I link to.
Is it all open, all friendslocked, or somewhere in between?
Open. I almost never use the lock feature. Once something goes online, it's not really private, so I tend to post only things that I want to be generally visible.
What kinds of friends would you like to attract to your blog?
Tolerant, open-minded people who enjoy discussing big topics.
Do you participate in creative bingo, fests, challenges, memes, holiday festivities, or other blogging events? If so, what are some of your favorite ones?
I love creative bingo and often make cards on
What is your friending policy, if any?
Read mine here.
Your Blog-reading Habits
How often do you check your friends feed?
Erratically.
About how much time do you spend reading blogs?
It varies. I have a few that I check regularly. I can forget about my friends feed for days or weeks, then spend hours scrolling through hundreds of posts.
How active do you like a blog to be?
At least one post a week helps keep it in my mind. I really like daily-posting blogs. But I read some with lower traffic too.
What kinds of blogs or topics do you most enjoy reading?
I like art or photography blogs with images. I like writer's blogs too. Topical ones on favorite subjects are great fun. I'm less interested in purely personal blogs.
What are some of your favorite individual blogs on Dreamwidth?
What are some of your favorite communities on Dreamwidth?
I run
Some other favorites include
Currently...
Listening to: birdsong and wind outside.
Reading: The Incredible Story of Cooking.
Watching: Life on Our Planet.
Playing games: Not a regular game player.
Wondering about: Whether the yard has dried out enough for yardwork.
Planning for: The Poetry Fishbowl on Tuesday, December 3 with a theme of "Sensible Accommodations."
Proud of: I finished the Unsold Poetry List and Poetry Fishbowl Report for November.