OK, I'll go first.
1- the first thing I'm going to do is to make sure the new years banner clearly says "studio 2oo8" which apparently it doesn't now, even though I can see it 'cause others can't see the 200 part.
I'll fix it tomorrow or make a new one.
2- In 2008, I'm going to take a class. Drawing maybe. Painting maybe. Something. I donno yet. But I'm planning on doing it.
3- I'm going to finish getting my online portfolio and print portfolio ready to share with prospective employers. I'm only about 1/4 of the way finished with both. I may have to finish these projects in the first month or two of 2008.
4- I'm going to try to figure out how to come up with the money to buy everybody who contributed to the "Infinite Tide" book a book and send it to them. That's 30 contributors x $14 (my cost) for the books which comes to $420. If anybody wants to help me figure out how to do this, I'd be grateful. I've already invested over $400 in the project with all the proofs I had to buy before I got it right but I really don't think I should have published anybody's material without having the funds to give them a book so in 2008 I want to rectify that. Contributions welcome. (when the new site launches we'll have a paypal button)
5- I'm going to go swimming and work out at the gym way more often than in 2007, though in the first half of 2007, it was a habit and was great! So, my plan is to get that lifestyle back! The second half of 2007 got all fucked up but that's the way years go sometimes. In 2008, I'm going to do better with that lifestyle thing.
6- I'm going to organize my writings, remove the lousy shit from my computer so that when I die, people don't read it and say, "She wrote THAT? Well no wonder nobody knows who she is. She sucks!"
7- In 2008, I'm going to buy a new car (er, new to me.. a used car).. because my car is dying on me.
8- I'm going to finish getting my kitchen renovated somehow despite the theft, and get the hall bath fixed up and paint the pictures I need to paint to fill the walls which I've made bare because it was time to start over.
And that's it for my reflection. I will come back and read these over and edit them to fit what I really CAN do this coming year.
Looking forward to yours. Wish mine were more literarily interesting and humorous but hey, that's something I need to work on in 2008 and there were only room for 8, not 9, since that was the plan of the post but if there WERE a #9, I'd choose to be a better writer and more humorous, too, just to amuse you all.
Your turn. Got 8?
