What are your goals for 2021?

[RL4]

While we still have a month until the new year, I thought it would be great for everyone to talk about their goals for 2021! These could be either personal, professional, regarding your comic/novel etc.

This year has been difficult to say the least, but I think by listing some of our goals, we can get in a positive and determined mindset for the year ahead. We can even begin implementing some of these goals for this last stretch of 2020! Some of my goals include:

• Get into a better sleep routine

• Continue cooking healthy dinners at least x5 a week

• Do well in my new job + hopefully get a raise

• Publish at least once a week + reach 100 subscribers

• Improve on my art skills and sketch/draw for fun more

• Learn more German

• Be less hard/critical of myself

These are just a few of my goals, but I'd love to hear yours too. Let's support each other. WE CAN DO THIS!!!!!

[vothnthorvaldson]

Almost the same! Except the last one, and the fact I'm not changing job (but I'd like to, so let's put that).
Yes yes learn more German. I'm telling that since 20 years, time to actually do it a bit more seriously.

[WillowTree]

I haven't thought too much on goals for 2021, but it's a good idea to think of the future!

• Finish 5 novels
• Improve in my yoga practice (maybe try hot yoga once this pandemic slows down)
• Cut back on my coffee consumption (I'm also only doing this one if the pandemic slows down/goes away )

[milejdyvan]

I think I might have a problem if all my goals for 2021 have to do with my novel... Ehm...

[RL4]

Yay fellow German learner!!! It's such a great language, and I'm hoping to be more fluent

[RL4]

oooh I would also love to try hot yoga — it just seems so relaxing

[MeltingCORE]

Yessss, you can do it!

My 2021 goals would be...

• Finish my Master's thesis
• Start my PHD
• Continue to write a chapter for my novel every month
• Do more animations for my novel

[Freemints30]

Gooooaaals

Finish volume 2 of my comic
Write act 2 of my novel (draft or other wise)
Work on getting my OTP
Start studying for my GRE

[RL4]

Omg you're doing your Master's thesis AND planning to start your PHD — you are incredible!!!!

[RL4]

YES you can do all these things, sending you good vibes
A friend of mine is also studying for their GRE so I've seen how stressed they can get but YOU GOT THIS

[MeltingCORE]

Aw, thank you! It took a lot of discipline. I was actually a pretty bad student in middle/high school but I had a professor who believed in me... I had gone through some life stuff but she helped guide me back to the light. Without her I wouldn't be where I am. (I study Egyptology btw!)

[paraludieum]

Hey, that's awesome you're finishing your masters! I deferred my phd to start in fall 2021 so we may be starting together! (I study Chemistry, pretty similar fields)

One on my goals is a collective goal between my friend group and I. We're remarking this game in Python called Journey to the center of Hawkthrone (you may know it if you watch community) with all of us as the game characters. We're outlining it right now but it'd be cool to have a game I made with friends!

Another goal would be to start biking again

[Caro]

I actually started working on my “New Years resolutions” back in September so that the new lifestyle changes wouldn’t be so jarring and difficult to keep up when 2021 rolls around. That list includes:

Take at least one 1 hour walk/run everyday.
Wake up at 6am.
Ink at least 12 pages a week (on deadline for a project)
Use the internet for less than 3 hours a day (not including a nightly movie with my husband while we eat dinner).

I want to add practicing French and my instruments on a regular basis but currently I have very very little free time since I’m balancing so many projects at once that are more in line with my more immediate work goals.

In 2021, I should have at least 4 graphic novels done and ready for print. (One is done with the exception of some edits, the second is 140+ pages in so very nearly done and the rest are early in the process!)

I’m really hoping to pitch to more publishers this upcoming year and get out of my comfort zone and expand my reach a little. I would say my goal is to have a second publisher in 2021 but I don’t really like measuring goals by things I can’t control or predict so I’m gonna say my goal is to try to reach out to everyone on my list.

[MeltingCORE]

That's awesome to hear! Good luck, my fellow graduate!

(Biking is one of my dad's goals! We'll see if he does it though lmao.)

[pilot-obvious]

This is me sending good vibes to make sure everyone's goals become reality.

I'm just going to type these into existence here to give myself motivation:

• Get through the 3rd arc of my comic

• Continue to promote my comic, reach 500+ subscribers on Tapas

• Try to sketch more frequently and play with traditional mediums

• Participate in some kind of art challenge

• Exercise regularly and learn to cook more healthy meals

• Stay in touch with my friends/family, communicate better

• Continue to enjoy my job, get a raise

• Learn to do the splits

[Maps]

I want to pull out of my writing hiatus and at least finish the first part of my story.

I want to try a year sober and work on just living a healthier lifestyle in general. I’m hoping to get rid of my chronic anxiety - something alcohol doesn’t help.

I want to finally backpack Mount Whitney because our past two permits have been canceled due to fires.

I want to start drawing more and pick up my comics again. Or even create a small “starter” comic to get some experience-building going.

I hope I can move a bit further from where I’m living now, get a house, and maybe even get a new job in the field I got my degree for (I’ve found some jobs recently that caught my eye).

I hope I can finally get a dog - meaning I’ll finally have a yard.

And I hope I can snowboard all season loooong.

[Shanny8]

DEFINITELY get a decent raise at my day job.

Pay off this final piece of debt so that it can stop haunting me.

Try to get back to exercising again.

Get back to working on my comic; just tired of my body [and/or my mind] feeling shitty to where I cant work on my stuff like I want to.

GET MORE SLEEP/REST. This is one of my biggest issues...

Finally create my website AND a store. I get tired of the holidays rolling around year after year & I have stuff that I want to sell but I have no site or store that I can sell at.

[RL4]

Those are incredible goals and I definitely think you will accomplish all of these things!

Also pitching to publishers sounds so intimidating — I wouldn't even know where to begin. Kudos to you for getting your work out there !!!!

[RL4]

Great goals!! Sending you positive vibes and I'm sure you'll reach them in 202

I also want to work on communicating better with my loved ones!

[RL4]

@Maps These are incredible goals and I wish you all the best with your goal with sobriety — I believe you can do it. And YES, do start creating comics again. I'm sure everyone here on Tapas would love to read your work

@Shanny8 Great goals!! I feel you on the student debt stuff. I'm going to have to start paying off my student loans in January And YESSSS SLEEEEP