Work in Progress #28: Progress Report, January 2025
- Franklyn Thomas
- Jan 2
- 2 min read
Happy New Year, all you wonderful people!
We made it! We got through the end of 2024 and have lived to see the dawn of 2025. Sorry that this is coming on the 2nd of the month; I spent January 1 recovering from a New Year’s Eve celebration (we passed out shortly after midnight) and from general holiday fatigue. You know how it gets around the end of the year. So now that the Christmas packaging has been recycled and the decorations are back in storage, we can take a second and take stock of what’s gone and what’s to come.
For me, 2024 was a rough year. I found myself lacking motivation and inspiration; hell, I found myself struggling to get through the day to day. I needed multiple breaks from the year to recharge my creative, professional, and social batteries, and right when I thought I had found my rhythm, my grandmother passed away after a full life lived.
So, yeah, 2024 was a personally eventful year.
I’d like 2025 to be eventful as well, just in a different way. Less catastrophic, more completionist. I have things I’d like to finally finish and put to bed so I can move forward with other things.
I would normally share what projects I’ve got going this month, but I don’t feel like I can right now. I’d like to get a little more momentum on some of this stuff before talking about the details of it. That way it feels a bit more tangible. I can share this list of things I hope to accomplish this year.
- Write every day.
- Complete six short stories.
- Read 15 books, minimum.
- Lose 70 pounds.
It’s ambitious, sure. But ambition is an optimist’s thing, and if I’m not an optimist, I’m at least trying to be one. And what about you? What ambitious plans do you have to crush 2025? Share it, and we’ll champion each other!
Let’s go!
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