Setting 2023 Goals

Last year's goals were all about stretching myself in four different areas. This year, it will be a mix of continuing unfinished goals from last year and confronting things I have noticed myself shrinking back from.

What do I want out of 2023? I want...

• To work with an illustrator on The Firebird, my children's story, and have around half of the artwork done this year if possible. (revised goal as of February) To start work on the illustrations this year, with no required end-goal deadline at this time.
• To finish revising Thicker Than Water Tales and have them proof-read by an editor. (revised goal as of February) To revise the second story in the series, Worse Than Death, by the end of the year.
• To write one original short story per month.
• To face my fears about information. To that end, I will keep a running list of books, interviews, documentaries, etc that inspire avoidance, log my reasons why, and confront as many as I can this year.
• To face my fear about heights. To that end, I intend to visit an aerial adventure course at least twice this year. By the end of the year, I want to be able to jump off a diving board into a foam pit at a trampoline park without getting stuck up there. Some fear of heights is reasonable, I've determined that mine is not.