New Year’s Stuff
Posted: January 3, 2010 at 6:26 pmYeah, yeah, I know I’m late. Story of my life. 
Anyway, here are the things I want to do in the new year, in no particular order, both in WoW and in real life:
~ Update this thing weekly, with either art or writing or some sort of blathering. You wouldn’t think that would be difficult, but apparently it is. Durp durp.
~ Write more.
~ Draw more. Maybe learn to draw well enough to outgrow my Intuos and upgrade to a Cintiq? Maybe even try my hand at comics if I get to the point where I can draw a single piece in less than three weeks’ time, because it’d be a fun way to convey the stories in my head the way I see them. Which reminds me, here’s my most recent shot of Shizu – ignore the minty green background; I got tired of the blinding white back there, and also lol at only getting her kilt detail done in like two hours. Speed comes with practice, right??
~ Be less of a chickenwuss about tanking. I’m not great at it, but I’m not terrible either; I just need more practice.
~ Finish leveling my tree druid. I bet I could level him through LFG now, but that’s scary territory for a role I don’t know.
~ Exercise more, snack less (or snack healthier), drink less soda, etc. All the standard stuff.
~ Be more outgoing. Figure out how to become someone people want to know. I get very annoyed with my constant anonymity and the issues that come with it. I’m sick of sitting in the background. I want to be noticed, dammit!
~ Be less of a chickenwuss in general.
~ Stop being my own worst enemy. I’m horribly critical of myself and I think I scare myself away from trying new things, or even doing old things, because I’m so convinced that I’m full of fail and suck. I need to stop this, although admittedly it may require the assistance of a therapist or something.
~ Take the JLPT test? I know most of the level 4 kanji, and learning the kanji is half the battle when you’re learning Japanese, so I could probably take it and do well with another course or two under my belt.
~ Take an art class or two. Figure drawing would be awesome, but I may need a little more basic stuff before I tackle that.
Long list is long. I’d better get to work!
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You’re not alone on a lot of those points. While I too have said maybe a therapist would be the cure, in the end it comes down to just you. Whether its talking to a “pro” or not…you’re the one that changes. My issue is beating myself up too much. It’s all mental of course, but its something I really have to work on. I am my worst critic. Nothing I do is right. I’m not a bad person though…I do a lot of good…so why torture myself so much? Best of luck to you on a similar course. We seem to have a lot of resolutions in common
Would joo hurry up and get back already? Da’ Troll Hunter be missin ya!!