It's that time of the year again! That time of reflecting, resolutions, and how one can better oneself in the new year!!
I've been reflecting a lot on 2025 since November, and man, uh?? What a year lmfao?? lmfao??????????? This year really came and went. I couldn't tell you what I was up to a year ago, but it sure does feel like yesterday. We're halfway through the decade, and we're even closer to 2030 than we are to 2020, which, feels freaking unreal!!! Everything after 2019 feels unreal! What!!!
This year felt like a lot of, well...work to me. I was getting used to having a (semi-) full time job, getting used to new responsibilities and adulting as I enter my late 20s, started up my online shop (which I'll be promoting more often next year), and all in all trying to balance my hobbies, art, and a whole bunch of other things! Last year was about discovery, this year was about working and improvement, and next year might be another year of discovery? I have a hunch...
Based off of my resolutions from 2024, what did I accomplish in 2025? Pulling the list from this blog post, my resolutions were...
Finishing Star Quest Chapter 3
I got close to this, but didn't end up making it, which is perfectly okay! At the start of the year I was feeling exhausted from my dayjob + pushing myself to finish chapter 2 that easing back into the comic took way more time than I expected for the new chapter. I actually started drawing the new chapter in March (seasons got to me aahhh) and didn't launch Chapter 3 in late July. And as of writing the chapter is on another hiatus since my buffer ran out. Ah well. Such is life!
Stop Scrolling Socials
Um... this did not happen as well!!! I did end up deleting my twitter account early into 2025 (I did reactivate it briefly in January before deleting it completely) but Bsky and Tumblr are also in that same space, soooo I kinda didn't accomplish this goal. Dayjob does help keep me away from my phone and I'm not really on it when I'm at home so that DOES help, but yeah I'm still scrolling socials every day waaaaugh X___X. Perhaps my newest challenge will be to not touch socials except for the weekend. Glad I dropped twitter because fuck that place, but I'm still kinda here...just with a slightly different colour of paint.
I think if anything I won't feel much if Bsky or Tumblr vanished into thin air though, now that my site's been around for several years.
Others: First loaf, home cooking, moving out, buying a car...
Loaf: I ATTEMPTED THIS!!! I attempted a sourdough loaf in mid-late summer but it didn't really activate... next time though, next time.
Home Cooking: I got somewhere with this goal during this month actually! I've been eating take out wayyyy too many times during the week (and I think I'd been mostly ok since I go on walks everyday), but in an attempt to turn my diet around I've been cooking meals at home instead of reaching for snacks and take out. I feel like it's doing an unseen wonder for my body.
Moving Out: Did not happen but Fellas We Are So Close with this one!!! The first half of 2025 was exploring different neighborhoods along with the apartments in those areas. What has me hesitant is really just how I'm gonna support myself out on my own. I have some sort of a safety net, but hmm.. I'm nervous and excited about what that'll hold. Nothing left to do but make the leap and hold on??
Buying a car: This did happen! And it was a car model that I've had my eyes on for over a year now, so when I'd lost hope that I'd never find it with a reasonable price, I did and I freaking love it. <3 The monthly payments on it is also part of the reason why I needed to start cooking at home too lmfaooo
So!!! With that out of the way, here's my resolutions for 2026!
Moving Out (For Real This Time!!!!!!)
HUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUGE ONE FOR ME. I've been planning to move for like a year now, but running into the issue of not finding any employment in [city] has me hesitant. I think I can make it work having the same job (as much as I begrudingly don't want to- it might be easier to get in with something I'm familiar with). Ah well. I'm tempted to just jump in instead of waiting around.
Find better employment
Another big one for me. I've been at my current job for a year and a half now, and while it helped me a TON in getting out of the hellish print shop I was at prior- I'm at a point where I need to change not only for my own sake (keeping ranting to an absolute minimum, but working in what is essentially an ecommerce returns center can surprisingly drive you up a wall asfkjafbjks) but also because I have more things to pay for AUGH
Table at an Artist Alley/Art Market
I'M SOOOOOOO STOKED FOR THIS ONE YOU HAVE NO IDEA!! Since visiting SacAnime summer and most recently SJ Made earlier this month (more about that in another blog post too!) it has me wanting to jump into tabling. In fact I need to start getting a table mockup and putting my portfolio together to submit to art markets since that's important too. I've been going to cons on and off since 2011 and tabling at an artist alley is something I've always wanted to do. At this time I have the means to participate, so next year it's something I wanna focus on. Just gotta plan it out and act on it...!!
It's another short list of resolutions, but they're all big life things! I'm also keeping updating Star Quest and working on my projects in the background too- so those are not forgotten! Right now changing my life around is at the forefront. Just trying to climb out and get some sort of stability.
Anyway let's keep trucking on! We keep our heads up and stay silly! Let's have a good 2026 everyone!!