- spend more time outside
- spend more time with my loved ones
- finish that big crochet project I’ve been working on since July
- stand up for myself more
- stand up for my loved ones more
- start taking care of my body more
- start loving my body more
- worry less about what others think about my body
- take a class in a subject that interests me
- figure out a curl routine that works for me
- audition for more shows
- …and get cast in one 🤞
- have my friends over more
- cook at home more
- …but also try new restaurants more
- tell people I love them
- listen to my body when it’s speaking to me
- listen to the Earth when she’s speaking to me
- be weirder
- talk to my younger self more, and listen
- do things that would have made 12 year old me think “wow I’m so cool now”
- read more
- spend more time at the library
- …maybe because I’ll work there? 🤞
- write more, even if it’s bad
- spend less time on my phone
- have good sex
- have fun sex
- have the kind of sex that makes me love my partner more
- prioritize joy
- recognize when I am happy, and notice how it feels in my body
- recognize when I feel love, and notice how it feels in my body
- work with my therapist on the things that scare me
- pet my cats more
- vacuum more often
- cut down on clutter in case I have to move
- cut down on clutter even if I don’t have to move because my partner thinks I’m a hoarder and he’s probably right even though I only hoard things because I’m sentimental
- stop blaming my negative tendencies on separate things and hold myself accountable because there’s no reason I should still have the ratty tank top that I used to wear under my costumes in high school theater that’s covered in mic tape spots, that thing is disintegrating and it’s not like buying a new tank top is going to break the bank, jesus christ.
- and get rid of socks without matches while you’re at it.
- write all this out and then forget about it. have the year that you want without worrying about checking boxes.
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