Creative endeavors.

Day 13:
In your own space, set some goals for the coming year. They can be fannish or not, public or private. Leave a comment in this post saying you did it. Include a link to your post if you feel comfortable doing so.

I have two outstanding works in progress. I'd like to get them both finished enough to share, and then begin writing something new.

There's going to be a lot of work involved in getting there. I'm not exactly welcoming it, but I accept it as what I have to do to get where I want to go.

Also, try to keep that day job.

Day 14

In your own space, create your own challenge. Whatever your challenge is, and have fun with it! Leave a comment in this post saying you did it. Include a link to your post if you feel comfortable doing so.

My challenge to everyone:

Know when to stop.

Recognize when you've hit the point where you can't get any more done on that paper or that vid, call it a night and go to bed, and start again in the morning. Step away from that show you don't enjoy anymore. Figure out when you've hit the points of diminishing returns and sunk costs and accept the losses without getting in deeper.

The corollary aspects of knowing when to stop are knowing when to keep going, or start over. Something might take a long time or a lot of work, and it's up to you to figure out if you need to stop long enough to get a decent night's sleep, a brief break for perspective, or to stop entirely. Maybe you do need to keep working on it because you've hit the momentum you need to finish the project, or at least get it to a decent place before you can step away. Sometimes you need to keep going. But still - being able to stop is a good thing. Just to know you have that capacity.

Know when to stop.