looking towards the new year

or what i want to work on in 2025

i haven't really made any new years resolutions for quite a few years. never really thought much about the tradition, knowing that most people default on their plans mere months in to the new year. i spent my childhood watching the adults around me plan to quit their bad habits and fail, so i always thought that there wasn't much point to making useless promises to myself.

this time tho, i feel the need to put in at least a little effort into improving myself, so i've made a list of achievable goals that i want to work on

wtch's goals:

learn esperanto

i've not tried to learn a language in a while, and it looks fairly easy to pick up with enough practice. my plan is to try to find someone i can write/chat with in esperanto after i pick up the basics, to try and get the skill to stick. a friend has also said they'd be down to try to learn it with me, but idk if they have the space/time to do that in the coming year. we'll see, i suppose. would be fun to share a language other than english.

read a book a month

as a minimum. i read voraciously, but its nearly entirely fanfiction and manhwa. i think it's fucked with my concentration, it's been a while since i've been able to sit down and devour an entire book. it's annoying, so i want to work on changing it. a little less fanfic escapism, a little more reading outside of my comfort zone.

cancel subscriptions

i let the pile of subscriptions get too big again, and while it's not like i can't afford them, it feels wasteful, and a bit like letting capitalism win. so i want to throw out all the unnecessary subscriptions. spotify is gone already, i've bought a bunch of albums on bandcamp, and located my old music library. going old school for that one. am already going through the list of subscriptions and throwing out as many as i can.

make plans to see people irl at least once every two weeks

the pandemic fucked with everyone's social life/skills, but between that and moving to a different country where i know barely anyone, i really haven't put the effort into building back up an in person social life. definitely time to fix that, i think.

i don't think these are unachievable goals, and even trying to work towards them should be an improvement. we'll see how i get on, i suppose? wish me luck xD