Thanks.
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Man, I wish I found this thread sooner!
I have a few actually! I’m hoping to wrap up Act II of Blood Will Tell by the end of this year. If I can get started on Act III, that’d be great, but I’m also a very sporadic writer and I might hit a writing slump soon after 
I also aim to upload at least one short story onto Wattpad.
For my reading-related goals, I aim to complete at least one book series by the end of this year and a few standalone novels. I don’t know the exact number but I want to read a lot.
As for my other goals, I’m hoping to finally be under 60 kg by the end of this year without relying on skipping meals (except breakfast I guess). I’m also hoping to learn two new pieces on the piano. I’m almost done with Prelude No. 7 in A Major by Chopin, but my ex took his piano back before I could finish practicing 
to be fair, I didn’t practice on it as much as I should’ve.
I don’t know what other goals I have. Getting a full-time job, I guess? If that counts.
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I just looked this up, wait, it’s so short??? Or did I just watch a shortened version?
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It is very short! That’s why I want to play it 
and also because it’s also one of the few pieces that I can actually play most of Chopin’s work is too difficult for my skill level.
I can also play Prelude No. 4 in E Minor and Prelude No. 20 in C Minor. Both aren’t that long and not too hard, but practicing the latter was hard on my hands. My hands are small and the chords were big, so I had secretions come out of my palms for some time because I was stretching them that hard 
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omg XD
My hands are on the smaller side, too, so the octaves were always a struggle for me XD I’m pretty sure I would have to stretch them all over again after not touching a piano for decades at this point 
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Wanted to read 100 books for the Goodreads challenge this year and now I’ve read 96. Unfortunately, none of those are books I’ve bought, so my book buying moratorium is still in place. (♯^.^ღ)
Lost weight but stuck on a plateau at the moment. You’re so lucky you can get meds! Although I saw pix of Oprah at Bezos’ wedding and it looks like she’s putting on weight again, so I wonder how well they work at maintenance. ¯\_(ﭢ)_/¯
Stuck in my wip. Outlining isn’t working, so I’m going to reread the whole thing from the beginning and try pantsing it from chapter 33 where I’m blocked.
Apart from my mental deterioration due to the fall of democracy in America, things are pretty much on track for me so far! I hope everyone else is happy with what they’re accomplishing. Kudos to you all! (*＾-‘) 乃
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Thats great progress, though! Congrats Enna! We have plenty of time
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I believe in you! I’m trying to be more consistent this year and so far I haveeeee kinda failed lmao so I understand. Looks like many of us are trying to lose weight
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96! Thats incredible progress. Pantsing is a totally valid way of going thru your project, I believe in you!
Sorry, for clarity I meant ADHD medication. But I do hope it’ll stop my impulsive binge eating, too, at least my GPs think getting on adhd meds will help me in more ways than just “able to sit still for 5 minutes” lmao
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You too? Man, what is up with the binge eating? I hate it, but I LOVE what the medicine is doing for me mentally. I can’t seem to win. 
Oh no why do you hate it? I assume some severe side effects? 
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I just hate that I get super hungry later on when the Adderall XR wears off. Other than that I love what the medication is doing for me mentally.
Sorry for the confusion.
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Progress was made!
- Did graduate from uni, now am in the process of getting my license
- Wrote up to 50k words on THFAS, started posting it on Wattpad, might be able to finish it before the year ends if I keep up the rhythm/discipline
- Exercise has been mostly consistent? I do it 1 - 2 times a week. Having an exercise buddy these past 2 months has done me good on that end
- Did not do ONC ;-;
- Read 3 novels fully so far!
- Have made 2 new crochet plushies (both gifts!) and am hoping to make more, even if I met my goal
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Thanks! And definitely, yes, plenty of time 
We are well and truly closer to the end of the year than the start, so how is everyone faring? I am virtually the same as the last check in. 8 books published now, and I officially got my ADHD diagnosis and medication on the way, but that’s all that’s changed for me.
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In my previous post I was stuck on chapter 33. Now I’m stuck on chapter 37, so I guess that’s progress…?
Only need to read one more book to complete the Goodreads challenge. Huzzah! But still haven’t read any books I purchased; just public domain stuff. On the up side, all I have to do in January is cut and paste my TBR into a new entry on my blog and delete the old post. No one will notice it’s all the same books carried over from year to year. (♯^.^ღ)
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You still managed to almost complete the GR challenge! Congrats!
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I think I am doing great with the goals.
I got a proper diagnosis and have the right medication for my ADHD/Autism. I finished another draft of Project Succession. I started a YouTube channel. My mood is going great and good. I am reading, but it is still a slow process.
Good things are happening.
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Thats great!
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It is the end of the year! I checked in a while back, but lets see where we’re at now…
My goals were:
- Lose weight - I did lose a small amount. Then gained it back, with change. In my defense, I’m on medication that causes weight gain and I can’t exercise because of what that medication is trying to fix. So. Whatever. I’ll try again next year.
- Publish 12 books - I upped the goal to 20, and I failed… but I did write and publish 12 projects this year. It was an interesting experiment and I have fresh data to work with going into 2026 that’s informing my decisions
- Consistency - this is a hard one to gauge, purely because I spent the first half of the year unmedicated for ADHD, and the second half figuring out medication for ADHD. Either way, I’ve ended the year feeling, and being, more consistent with some stuff, which is amazing.
Overall I think I did great. I didn’t gain as much weight as I did in previous years, and I’ve honestly made a lot of progress towards my goals. Even when it was tough this year I put down the foundations for a better year next year 
Some other highlights of my year…
- Made 280 sales on Etsy (as of yesterday - it’s since gone up, and 2025 isn’t over yet). For comparison, I made 91 in 2024. I am so pleased!
- Started pushing my editing service, and it quickly became my most consistent source of income, far beyond cover design. Maybe I should rebrand from ‘Covers by Kristen’ to just ‘Books by Kristen’, lol
- Wrote in the region of 300k words - I don’t have exact figures as I didn’t track everything, and some things I deleted from Trackbear
It wasn’t all good, my health’s declining and I got let go from my consistent job. But overall, yay!
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