busybee fluffy rambles

2023 goals

• Work on VRChat stuff: YES, I made my own avatar from scratch
• Work on games: NO, not really
• Work on music: SORTA, I did some game jam music and started a meditation podcast but I didn’t do nearly as much as usual
• Get paid for music: SORTA, I got hired as the staff composer for the Trans Academy on VRChat although that’s an unpaid volunteer position but it gives me a lot more visibility
• Join a choir: YES, and it’s been amazing
• Get better at cooking regularly: YES, I’ve gotten a pretty good cadence with meal prep and found a nice balance between experimenting with new things and making my usual stand-bys
• Start streaming gaming again: NO, fuck that noise tbh
• Do more gardening: SORTA, I’ve kept my garden going but haven’t really improved it in any meaningful way
• Start drawing again, comics especially: NO, and I still miss it
• Work more on IndieWeb stuff: NO, but I worked more on Bandcrash which was a lot more important
• Finally sell or donate excess stuff: YES, I finally got rid of my extra couch, sold all of my unneeded coffee grinders, and made a pretty big dent in my extraneous music gear
• Get my basement and home organized: YEAH PRETTY MUCH, there’s still some work to be done but it’s actually comfortable to work in my studio now
• Travel more and be less isolated: NOPE

Also having launched my Etsy store was a nice bonus that I wasn’t planning for.

2024 goals

I’m going to keep things a bit less ambitious.

• Successfully get on disability benefits
• Find a reasonable level of sustainable productivity on things that I care about, without languishing but also without burning the hell out
• Finally finish at least one of my three backburnered albums
• Finish organizing my basement
• Get back into making pottery, and produce a line of items to sell on Etsy