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[Silthuri]

Welcome everyone to the 2017 edition of the Behemoths where we strive to make the resolutions last all year long!

Previous years:
2015
2016

Rules (Taken from the 2015 edition):

1. Post twelve meaningful steps you plan to take in making stuff better for 2017.

-- Not little stuff like "take out the garbage on New Year's Day" unless you have some sort of massive complex about garbage on New Year's that you're struggling to get over. "Build the habit of taking out the garbage consistently" is fine, though.

-- The goal's not to speed through your checklist by April, but rather to focus your year on doing the stuff that you think is important.

2. You may do a total reroll three times per year. That means you can change as many goals as you like, or add new goals to supplement the ones that you've already completed--but no more than twelve active goals at a time.

-- The limitation in reroll frequency is in order to get you to think carefully about the things you want to do and commit to them.

-- Rerolls exist so that you can change your goals to respond to unexpected events, like getting laid off or Suddenly A New Nephew.

-- Limitation in volume is to keep you from being overwhelmed by the number of things you need to complete.

-- You may want to keep a reroll count at the bottom of your post so you can keep track.

3. You may join at any point of the year.



Some hints for manageable goal-setting:

-- Choose specific goals with concrete steps.

-- Choose emotionally meaningful goals that are intrinsically motivating.

-- Publicly posting about your intentions and a step-by-step plan to fulfill your plans is supposed to help, so consider making regular progress reports, especially when you're struggling.

[Arx]

Alright. I don't have a full list yet, but I'll start one:

1. Paint every day, if only for a few minutes. Aim to put something online once a week at slowest. This is a bit rough, but it's achievable and I believe in pushing!

2. Be able to do 40 pushups in a set by year-end. Again, pushing, but it's possible.

3. Sing every day. I'm not putting a benchmark on this, but doing it is good.

4. Achieve a first for every course this year. The only reason not to is laziness.

5. Get Capp doing well in agility. Even if he's uncooperative, it is not the thing that cannot be done.

[Silthuri]

Spoiler: Sil's Behemoths for 2017 (click to show/hide)

1.   Anxiety Depression. Continue to punch that shit in the face. Think about making a blog for the depression so you don’t clog up your own social media with it so that people unfollow you.
2.   Shoot for reading 25 books this year. Textbooks count if you read em all the way through.
3.   Clean the house. Make it presentable. Probably will be a summer thing.
4.   Get dat GPA up. Take an extra semester if funds allow to improve the grade.
5.   Start looking into a career. Go to the career fair, talk to the career services people at school.
6.   Fanfictions Sil. Just look at the feedback you’ve gotten. Remember when you really like a fic and they just don’t update? You’re being that asshat right now.
7.   Start making preparations for moving out. It’s gonna be a while, but planning will make it easier. Hopefully. Learn how to adult.
8.   Maybe possibly probably do that YouTube thing you’ve wanted to do for years now. (Might not be doable this year, but what the heck?)
9.   Learn how to art. You’re not that bad and you could be decent.
10.    Maintain social relationships. Seriously. You know some pretty awesome people. Just go for it and say “hi” every once and a while.
11.   Improve the self-confidence. Exercise to get rid of the extra weight. Eat a bit healthier. Learn how the fuck to put makeup on without looking like someone blacked your eye or threw mud at your face.
12.   Practice that religion gurl. Philosophical thinking during car rides isn’t enough. You opened up to people about it. Now you should get back to practicing it.

[MaximumZero]

Spoiler: MaximumBehemoths (click to show/hide)

1] Get a job.
2] Move into own living space.
3] Spend as much time with kids as possible.
4] Get the Riders of the Salt stream (on twitch, with friends) up consistently.
5] Repair credit score.
6] Buy a car that runs better than the one I have now.
7] Finalize divorce.
8] Do some freelance work.
9] Write at least five short stories over the year.
10] Work on getting comfortable in the GME environment.
11] Get back on proper meds.
12] Work out the friends/benefits situations you've gotten yourself into.

[Arx]

* Arx dredges.

Well, nearly a third of the way into the year (O_o time passes so fast).

1. Paint every day, if only for a few minutes. Aim to put something online once a week at slowest. This is a bit rough, but it's achievable and I believe in pushing! (Going well. Apparently the last month alone has had 6 new people follow me on Tumblr, which is impressive considering how few I have. )

2. Be able to do 40 pushups in a set by year-end. Again, pushing, but it's possible. (This isn't going amazingly, but there is time yet.)

3. Sing every day. I'm not putting a benchmark on this, but doing it is good. (Eeh, kind of managing? I need to step it up.)

4. Achieve a first for every course this year. The only reason not to is laziness. (Going alright so far).

5. Get Capp doing well in agility. Even if he's uncooperative, it is not the thing that cannot be done. (Accepted for the agility club, so this is going well.)

[MaximumZero]

Spoiler: MaximumBehemoths (click to show/hide)

1]Get a job. Job get! It's only part time, but it'll do for now.
2]Move into own living space. I'll get there as soon as I get a full time job. I have at least one roommate lined up.
3]Spend as much time with kids as possible. I've been spending lots of time with my oldest, but the littlest one lives in another state and I don't get to see her.
4]Get the Riders of the Salt stream (on twitch, with friends) up consistently. The "main" streamer just bought his capture card, so this will be happening soon.
5] Repair credit score. No progress yet.
6] Buy a car that runs better than the one I have now. I bought a car that ran better than my old one. Then it died. I'm currently in the process of repairing it and replacing a shitload of parts on it.
7] Finalize divorce. No progress, as far as I'm aware, but I've had zero direct contact with my ex.
8] Do some freelance work. I did freelance work for a lawyer's office! (I was kind of conned into it, but it counts.)
9] Write at least five short stories over the year. Haven't started any.
10] Work on getting comfortable in the GME environment. Nope. Nooooooope.
11] Get back on proper meds. I'm back on Prozac and my world is much better.
12] Work out the friends/benefits situations you've gotten yourself into. This has been mostly worked out.

[Silthuri]

I completely forgot about this...

Spoiler: Let's see where we are then. (click to show/hide)

Key:
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Good progress
Decent progress
Terrible progress
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1. Anxiety Depression. Continue to punch that shit in the face. Think about making a blog for the depression so you don’t clog up your own social media with it so that people unfollow you. - Dosage of meds changed and I'm kinda okay with how it's working out. Haven't been to a therapy session since last semester tho.

2.Shoot for reading 25 books this year. Textbooks count if you read em all the way through. - Well... I've read a few and I have a pile I want to read. I won't have a job over the summer, so I'll have a decent amount of time to read I think.

3. Clean the house. Make it presentable. Probably will be a summer thing. - Plans made with father to get it all done over the summer. Will insist that this goes down.

4. Get dat GPA up. Take an extra semester if funds allow to improve the grade. - Didn't get grades up enough, so I'm taking an extra semester. Need to find out how the hell I'm going to pay for it but it's gonna be better in the long run.
5.Start looking into a career. Go to the career fair, talk to the career services people at school. - I think I've found out where I want to go with my degree. I do want to get a master's in the future maybe.

6.Fanfictions Sil. Just look at the feedback you’ve gotten. Remember when you really like a fic and they just don’t update? You’re being that asshat right now. - I haven't updated my current fanfictions, but dammit I've gone and started another one. *facepalm*

7. Start making preparations for moving out. It’s gonna be a while, but planning will make it easier. Hopefully. Learn how to adult. - What even is an adult? Are any of us really adults?

8. Maybe possibly probably do that YouTube thing you’ve wanted to do for years now. (Might not be doable this year, but what the heck?) - I can't even friggin voice chat when I'm playing. This is a long way off I think.

9. Learn how to art. You’re not that bad and you could be decent. - I've drawn a couple okay things.

10. Maintain social relationships. Seriously. You know some pretty awesome people. Just go for it and say “hi” every once and a while. - I hang out with people regularly and keep in okay contact with them.

11.Improve the self-confidence. Exercise to get rid of the extra weight. Eat a bit healthier. Learn how the fuck to put makeup on without looking like someone blacked your eye or threw mud at your face. - lol nope

12. Practice that religion gurl. Philosophical thinking during car rides isn’t enough. You opened up to people about it. Now you should get back to practicing it. - I'm actually starting to lean toward Buddhism after meeting a few pretty awesome people. I'm actually sticking with these practices more regularly than my own.

Huh. Much less red than I thought there'd be.