New Year's Resolutions

[lucymonster]

My main resolution for 2019 is to give some neglected RL stuff more attention, which kind of clashes with any major fandom projects I might want to set myself. Time and energy are hard enough to come by as it is.

But I'm going to do more fic exchanges - getting into that scene has been so much fun. I love writing prompts. I love writing for other people. I love exploring stories that might never have occurred to me if someone hadn't asked for them. And god, I love the gifts I've received! I swear nothing in fandom has ever felt as heartwarming and sitting down to read fic that some wonderful creative person has tailor-made with my interests in mind. 

I'm going to finish my fucking eternal Reylo WIP, and the rest of that porn AU that I promised to a few commenters. I'm not going to attempt any more novel-length works because I've learnt my lesson and life's hard enough already. For now, with my schedule the way it is, I'll stick to writing short and mid-length fic I can enjoy without stress.

I'm going to lose a lot less time down internet  distraction holes. I'm letting less fandom wank and negativity seep into my headspace so that there's more room for things I actually enjoy.

And I'm going to try - try, mind you - to open myself up a bit more to new media instead of rehashing the same small handful of canons over and over again. And to follow through on the recs people give me. Maybe 2019 is the year I finally make a proper dent in my 'to watch' and 'to read' lists.

Comments

[spookykingdomstarlight]

Yaaaay for more exchanges. I've loved seeing you pop up in sign ups, so I'm excited to hear you're planning on doing more. <3

[lucymonster]

I'm totally hooked, lol. I went way overboard on my Chocolate Box letter, but I'm justifying it to myself as work done in advance - I can reuse all my general likes and a lot of my prompts for other exchange signups.

[spookykingdomstarlight]

That is a very good justification. :D

[osprey_archer]

Exchanges are so much fun! I ought to get back into them - maybe I'll give chocolateboxcomm a try as a low-stress re-entry point. I want to be more involved with fandom, but as you point out time & energy are limited and if I want to do original work I can't write fandom novels.

I have accepted I will never make a dent in me "to watch" and "to read" lists. Every time I watch or read something from the lists, two more things swoop in to take its place.

[lucymonster]

Not to be the devil on your shoulder, but you should so do Chocolate Box! Given the low minimum, I'm using it as practice at the whole multifannish thing - what's stopped me doing many exchanges in the past is that I tend to hyperfixate on a single canon at a time. It's nice to start opening up my interests a bit more.

And hah, I guess it's nice to know that the to-do pile issue is universal. You consume a lot more new things than I do (your women directors project last year was impressive!) so I'll take heart in the fact that actually catching up is probably impossible. All I can hope for is to get better than I am.

[osprey_archer]

Part of the reason I stopped doing exchanges was because I had fixated so intensely on Bucky Barnes that I couldn't rip my attention away long enough to make an exchange fic happen. O.o I'm afraid to rewatch Winter Soldier just in case I go all BUCKY BARNES OBSESSION REACTIVATE.

[lucymonster]

Haha, Bucky Barnes is dangerous, isn't he? I've calmed down a lot now, but rewatching TWS or reading old favourite fan fics still brings back that obsessive hunger pretty reliably.