I've been thinking about my resolutions for 2022 and how well (and how badly) I've met them. The two relevant here are my reading and writing goals.

I set out to read at least 26 books this year, and I'm currently onto book 30, so that one was easily met, and I knew it would be easily met. Maybe, for next year, I should go for 52 books instead, that will definitely keep me on my toes. And prevent me from wasting time online. I will have literally no time left to waste!

My writing goal was to write at least one short story per month, and I did write a few short stories, but definitely not as many as I set out. I already went astray in February: I started writing a story but didn't finish it. Every day, I would ask myself "Do I feel like writing today?" and every day my answer would be "No." so I didn't write. I don't want to make myself miserable by forcing myself to write when I don't want to, but I think I need some bigger and more impactful way of giving myself a chance to decide that I do want to write today after all. Maybe I should sit there and think about my story for at least an hour before I ask myself if I want to write it or not.