So where do we stand?

At the start of 2023 I was two months (or so) out of work after being fired from my deli job at Walmart. I had this site, which I updated sporadically at best, the Review Site, which I didn’t update at all, and a dwindling bank account. Not the brightest of days.

At the end of 2023 I’m two weeks (or so) at a new job working deli at Target. I have this site, which I update sporadically at best, the Review site, which now updates every Friday and will continue to do so to at least June, several short stories, a novel that doesn’t work as well as I’d like but at least exists, and seven bucks (at best) in the bank account. Not too terrible, I think.

I hope to do better.

My MAD SCHEME is to write a novel a month. I’ve been trying to do that since November’s success. Hasn’t been working so far. But that’s the goal.

I want to work more on digital art. Maybe make a game. Who knows.

I want this site to update at least once a week. Daily would be great, but once a week seems more feasible. Fiction, essay, review, art, doesn’t matter. Once a week.

I want to have reviews all through 2024 for the sister site. Not doing bad so far, but need to work on it.

All in all, these are my goals.

I don’t always make my goals.

I hope to do better.