I asked my husband whether he had any New Year resolutions or not. And the answer was: “No.” Followed by a laugh. “What’s the point when you don’t intend to keep them.”

Which is fair enough, I guess. There wouldn’t be much point unless I actually intend to follow through. Still, I did set a lot of goals for 2022, some of which I’ve succeeded, some of which I had to skip along the way. But I know one thing: If I hadn’t made a list in late 2021, I would never have accomplished even half of what I listed.

So, here are a few examples that I actually did complete in 2022:

1. Submit stories to all 6 Literotica contest
2. Learn to make fantasy covers in Affinity
3. Write a Sci-fi
4. Write 50k words in the NaNoWriMo challenge

And some of those that I didn’t complete:

1. Publish “Surrender” on Wattpad – skipped after Wattpad closed my account
2. Publish audiobook on Kobo – turns out they don’t allow erotica
3. Publish on Draft2Digital – I added 2 titles, but they were never visible anywhere. Probably because it was just before Christmas

Learning by doing, isn’t that what they call it? That’s probably the reason why I have a lot of unfinished stories on my laptop.

So, for 2023, I plan to do things a little different:

1. Finish 6 unfinished stories
2. Only participate in 3 Literotica contests
3. Create an email list

I’ll probably add a lot more to my list, and regret it later. But who knows, maybe it does actually work to have a few goals, eh?