What are your goals for 2021?

[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

[cherrystark]

This is neat.

My goals for 2021.

• I want to reach 10 "episodes" in my series.

• I want to cook more. I lost a lot of love for cooking/food with my food allergies and I want to find a happy medium again with myself and what I eat.

• I want to keep studying languages. I want to learn more French and Romanian.

• I want to be more body positive and accepting of myself.

• Have a "big" adventure. (Type of adventure TBD)

[nathanKmcwilliams]

As usual I'll put a ton of pressure on myself, for next year's goals, because that's how I thrive. I do realize that they may be unrealistic, but I'mma still shoot for it anyways

•Double my page output for Dragon Sparking

•Hit trending in Action genre for Dragon Sparking

•Get better at backgrounds and mechanical art

•Finish the storyboard for the collaboration comic I'm doing, get two full chapters drawn and colored.

[RL4]

@cherrystark Same with the "big" adventure — hopefully this pandemic gets better so that we can all have one! And YES to self love + body positivity. It's something I've worked on over the years, and want to continue working on as well !!!

@nathanKmcwilliams You can totally accomplish these goals for your comic! I'm also someone who puts a lot of pressure on myself. I try to remind myself of all that I've accomplished and its helped a ton

[nathanKmcwilliams]

Yes definitely. I've made a huge amount of progress this year with my drawing abilities, I want it to keep going. Double down time.

[Shanny8]

It's not student debt- I paid THAT off in 2019 and it felt SOOOO good; I paid too much, so they sent me check back for the difference!

This debt is one that occurred because I was paying in so much money on my student loans. I started paying off all of my debts in 2018...this is the last one on the list. I had money to pay towards it earlier this year, but then my old vehicle died & I didnt want to risk getting Covid riding on public transportation, so I got a "newer-ish" vehicle. The new vehicle is great, but at times I wished I would've been able to have paid off the debt.

[MaeRose]

Ah, let's see

• Do well in my game design internship and find a full-time position.
• Complete manuscript for my second Tapas story.
• Travel to Osaka and Kyoto (when we're allowed to travel again)
• Practice Japanese speaking with a native speaker twice a week.(I can only read and write )
• Oh, and move out of my parent's house. That would be really nice

[Van]

I'm gonna attempt to finish writing the first five chapters of MikoMooMaa then publish on Valentines day

[AkaneHayashi]

My main creative goal for next year is to release my comic. It's not my very first because I did some attempts at comics in the past, but it's the first I'm taking seriously and devoting some more time to planning. Right now I'm building a buffer of pages before posting, and I'm aiming to publish it around January or February.

Another goal of mine is to start doing exercises. I'm leaning towards yoga because it's good for the mind and body, and I can do it at home.

[CorgsCof]

For my 2021 goals, I wanna find job in animation or a job relating to art or my comic.

[BrambleberrySquirrel]

• Lose 40 pounds and get to my goal weight. (I lost 100 pounds in 2020 so I think this last stretch is doable.)

• Get to 250 subs on Cup and Quill

• Build up a buffer of more than 2 months of episodes for my comic

• Start a patreon towards the end of the year where people can read ahead and get other fun rewards

• Get back to studying Japanese on a regular daily basis

• Get outside more

• Make more friends

[domisotto]

I am back and forth on it, but I think 2021 is the year for me to do a deep dive in the book I believe in, rather than writing new stories.

So far, I had written non-stop for 2.5 years, enjoyed it very much, but I know that I do not match the deep quality of writing that I like.

I don’t think I can match it with just three drafts. I need to sit down, remove all distractions and posting schedules and keep rewriting page after page until it stops being so light and skimming along the surface.

I am really afraid to pick the wrong story to do it on, because it’s not like it’s going to improve my audience outreach. But I want to resists by all means possible the thing I always do: get into the new story believing that it’s The Book.

I question myself because maximizing my audience has always been my goal.

So, I don’t know if it is the right thing to do or not, but it’s the thing I had not tried yet.

[Prisim]

Sadly right now my only goal for 2021 is to find a job. If I manage to find something before 2021 then I can focus on some happier personal goals, but right now that's all I've got. This has been one seriously bleak year for me (as it has for everyone) and COVID has claimed my job of 15 years Job hunting was already tough, to do it during a pandemic...hooboy. So for now, that's my only goal.

[RL4]

I would LOVE to travel to Osaka & Kyoto too! And best of luck with your game design internship!!!!

[azzy-m]

Mine is mostly to get my comic out by April 2021! And to finish this school year with at least decent grades-

[migxmeg]

My main goal for next year is to keep making consistent content and get better at visual storytelling. It would be great if we can launch our next project in 2021 but I don't want to rush anything if it's not in the cards.