Happy New Year, everyone!
I had some time to reflect upon the past year to make a new set of New Year resolutions. I know, I know. “New Year resolutions don’t work”. That is only because some people lack the will power to stick to it, especially when something is a habit like drinking less, smoking less, exercising more. BTW, none of those items applies to me. However, I did lack the will power to stick to my guns with my last year’s resolutions.
I got something to admit; I haven’t been feeling creative lately and I am letting my creative side stagnate which is not good. I haven’t wrote anything and I haven’t drawn anything. I did start up a ficitionious blog ala Adrian Mole-style but I felt that wasn’t working for me.
I had a bit of a wake up call a few weeks ago; Brittany Murphy suddenly died at the age of 32. I will be 31 years old this year. Her death got me thinking. I don’t want to die at an early age, not meeting my achievements. I have done nothing much to show for it.
So I realised I need to change my ways to turn it around. Here’s my set of New Year Resolutions.
- Get my design mojo back i.e. graphics design, logo design etc
- Meet more people and get out more!
- Do more creative writing. I have couple of stories/scripts swarming in my head.
- Do something new at least once a month
- Travel around Scotland. Maybe next year, Ireland or the rest of Europe
- Read more
- Less video gaming
- Be more positive
- Say Yes more often (I’m reading Danny Wallace’s book. Yes, I have seen the movie!).
The “Design mojo” is something I am working on just now. Lately, I have started developing 3D images with the aid of Blender. I took it like a duck to water.
There is one story idea which I had for like 10 years. It is epic so I need to break it down into novellas. It is a fantasy story and I would hate it it if my time was up and it is not written on paper. There are a few other short stories I would like to see published.
So I am getting my arse in gear. Are YOU? ;P