Fandom Snowflake Challenge: Goals

[rogueslayer452]

Challenge #4: Since this is the start of a new year, this challenge will be to set your own goals! Of course we can all make large or ambitious goals, remember that small and/or short goals are also good!

My two fannish goals for 2025 (and beyond):

** Watch more shows and movies, and read more books. This was a goal I put down for my end of the year fandom meme answer, and one that I intend on achieving. I have quite a backlog for television shows and movies that I've been meaning to get into for some time, and while I have often fallen into the "I'm not in the right mood" mentality (a very valid one) I do want to work on at least getting more into the habit of at least trying something new and seeing if it'll tickle my fancy. Some of the best shows that I've gotten into have been purely on accident, either from fandom osmosis to simply trying it out at random. When it comes to books, I have severely been lacking in that department so that's a goal I definitely want to set up for myself this year. Read at least one new book during the first half of this year, and see where that takes me.

** Become more active. Even though I do consider myself active on DW, I want to try to become a bit more active than I have in the past, from writing posts to commenting on entries (from friends and strangers' journals) and communities and on AO3, to partaking in fandom challenges if I'm able to. I always want to start writing reviews again. I do every so often, but I think I want to do what I used to do which is do a bit more lengthy reviews, recommendation posts, writing meta.

Comments

[elizalavelle]

Solid fan goals.

What books are on your to read list?

[rogueslayer452]

I've been meaning to dive into The Expanse books for some time since watching the show, and I finally got the final book of the series so I'm hoping to at least get into it this year.

City of Saints and Madmen by Jeff VanderMeer is another one, since I'm still waiting to get my copy of the fourth Southern Reach book, Absolution, this one is one I'm curious about getting into.

And of course I have some cnovels that have been stacking up just waiting for me (Stars of Chaos, Remnants of Filth, The Husky and His White Cat Shizun), not all have finished releasing their volumes but I have enough to get started at least (I have started with The Husky and His White Cat Shizun before, I just need to catch up with the rest of the volumes).

[elizalavelle]

OOohh I do need to read Jeff VanderMeer's Absolution. I really liked that trilogy.

I've read the first two in the Expanse books and really loved them, I need to get back to that series.

Thanks for sharing - I love hearing about what people are reading.

[haebin]

♥️

[rogueslayer452]

Thank you. ❤

[svgurl]

Those are good goals! I totally relate to having a long list of shows/movies I want to watch but just not feeling in the mood.

Good luck! :D

[rogueslayer452]

Thank you! I'm going to try my best.

[dasmims]

I can relate a lot to your second goal. Fandom space gives me a lot - fun, relaxing activities, friends, a creative outlet - but somehow I keep not engaging as much with it as I'd like to. I'll try to do more of that this year too, not really as a new years resolution, but simply cause I miss it and noticed that I really need it.
Good Luck with it!

[rogueslayer452]

Yeah, I'm the same where it's not necessarily a New Years Resolution but more of goal in general, because I greatly miss being able to be as active among fandom and doing things that I used to really enjoy doing. I somehow fell off that wagon, and I need to get back on that again.

[dasmims]

Looks like we are in the same boat. It can be pretty hard to get back on that horse - at least I've been struggling with it a good bit lately, but it's improving.

[verdande_mi]

I am so bad with movies. I want to watch more, but I just find so few of interest. I should push myself to be more open.

[rogueslayer452]

I find a lot of newly released (mainstream) movies to be not that appealing to me, personally, however I have been intrigued by a lot of indie and older movies that I have yet to tackle and really want to. There is a plethora out there and it's more about finding the time to just sit down and watch them. Hell, I recently watched Black Christmas (1974) a couple months ago and it became my favorite film of last year that I watched.

I used to be really into watching movies during my teens and early twenties, whether it was watching in the movie theater or renting one from local video rental stores, and I found a lot of movies that stuck with me and I consider to be a favorite. Having dropped off from that habit is depressing, and I want to rectify that.