laraF's nest

In your own space, set some goals for the coming year. They can be fannish or not, public or private.


I wasn't really good at goal-setting in the past, and that is to put it mildly. But it motivates me like hell and serves as encouragement too. From me to me. Much love and care,
xoxo

Not to be FANNISH but YES:
Some years ago I started to translate a multichaptered Drarry fic and almost finished it by now. I have to admit, with the new fandoms and ships enveloping me I didn't have the time or motivation to make any progress with it but this year I really want to wrap it up. It'll free up some space for other projects too.

Which is most embarassing - I have a gift exchange fic still sitting and growing among my files... It was due A LONG TIME AGO, but I was never satisfied with it, or got stuck in the middle. Driving me up the wall. -___- Imma tackle that monster til the end of February. I have to. The last remnants of my sanity depend on that. Oh, and btw - it's Mo Dao Zu Shi. Loving it to pieces but ath the same time s u f f e r i n g.

On another note, I'm keen on meeting my getyourwordsout writing goal of 75k words. In a year, I think that's a sensible goal (and the lowest, hahahaha). When I was at my peak I effortlessly wrote out that amount in three months, so. I want to get back to that mental state, even surpass it, if I can. So I'll put up a progress tracker under my intro post in the sidebar and maybe in my DW profile too, for motivational purposes. Annnd it looks kinda cute, isn't it?

I wrote an original little story for an annual Christmas exchange - in Hungarian, but that's not the point now - and accidentally created my own characters. And the thing is - I like them. A lot. And they started to live in my head, which sounds mildly terrifying now that I think about it but at the same time it just feels so good. Like, I have children now! I should take responsibility. On this note, same exchange but one year back - that fic just begs for it to continue, so I should get my shit together and do just that.

Different material but. I'm a part of a manga&anime site - hungarian - and I want to make relevant progress with my assigned project there too. Meaning, translate a few books throughout the year.


I'm fully aware that the main part of me neglecting my projects is &/ was literal burning out. And, well, for more than two years now I really don't have an inspiring and safe home life experience so with that changing for the better I'll instantly turn back into my productive and constantly working self. I know. So that's gonna be my main motivation in the upcoming weeks - to get this horrible situation behind me once and for all and finally get a breather from all the stress. Just sitting back in my safe haven and breathe. After that, all the fannish work can come. All.
As far as Challenge #5 - Comment to someone you haven't ever interacted with before or introduce yourself to someone you've briefly interacted with and friend/follow them - is concerned, that's easy. It's mainly thanks to snowflake_challenge that I get to know more, amazing individuals year by year and I always feel right at home among them. (HOW was I not aware that there are many many MDZS and Guardian fans on DW????)
Thank you, my special snowflakes. Thank you so-so much!