2015 Goals Recap

2015 has been good. Awesome. Strange and awesome.

So it’s that time again where I take a look back on the goals I started the year with and see how things turned out.

Theatre, for a start, has catapulted into focus. Going from someone who laughed off the thought of majoring in theatre – not because I didn’t love it, but because I wasn’t “good enough” and didn’t believe I ever would be – to someone seriously considering auditioning for professional theatre has been a rush. (Please note: I’m not great and I have no idea what I’m doing, but I don’t completely suck.)

Jonathan Harker and Mina Murray. Photo by Andrea Littlefield. The notebook I’m holding is one of those I write my stories in. And I’d already filled it. Using it as a prop was terrifying.

My goal was to audition for two shows. I auditioned for six. Of those, I had to withdraw from two before casting, due to schedule conflicts. So I was cast in one show, out of four auditions, and that was an ensemble casting initially. (See my note above. Tons to learn.)

I created a spreadsheet to track my story submissions. All two of them. For the year. I planned for six, so that’s one major goal not met. And I apparently have more issues to work through than I figured.

Another goal not met? Reading more. If anything, I read less. Have I mentioned how much I hate what the day job does to me?

This is my house. We’re in the woods, within a mile from the bay. It’s a little like living at a writer’s retreat.

No rooms painted, but we did get a deck on the house. Finally. After three years of having doors that open onto a four foot drop.

Change hair color: check.

Start learning Korean: check. I started! Just hit a snag when it came to the written system and, ah, let it fizzle.

Gifting: I made a lot of gifts this year – more than any year since I was a kid – but I’m not sure I hit the balance of making more than I bought. Still feels like a win, so I’ll take it.

Recipe: learned.

Art class: taken. It was awesome.

Sewing: with my grandmother’s patience, I made my Halloween costume this year. All right not all of it, but the parts that pulled it together and made it a peacock, rather than something mildly steampunked.

Travel: had an awesome time hanging out with friends in NYC last spring, then had an amazing time at World Fantasy. Met some absolutely amazing people.

In other things accomplished this year, I took a class that has hopefully improved my writing and checked one thing off my bucket list by teaching a writing workshop. Also, I turned 30 and had an epic birthday party where we did a ropes course and went ziplining in the rain.

Overall, I think I’ve done pretty well for myself. What about your goals for 2015?

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