{"id":1014,"date":"2020-01-01T11:31:46","date_gmt":"2020-01-01T19:31:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/digitalmanticore.com\/?p=1014"},"modified":"2020-01-01T11:31:46","modified_gmt":"2020-01-01T19:31:46","slug":"2020-new-year-same-great-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/digitalmanticore.com\/?p=1014","title":{"rendered":"2020: New Year, Same Great Me"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>It&#8217;s 2020! My main goal for the year is to keep on being the best version of myself. I like the person I am. I want to keep being me, do good, and make and do cool stuff. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"525\" src=\"https:\/\/digitalmanticore.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/2020moods-700x525.jpg\" alt=\"collage of pictures representing my mood for 202, including &quot;okay, boomer,&quot; &quot;legalize witchcraft,&quot; Giles (of Buffy the Vampire Slayer) with a chainsaw, and a possum wearing a foil hat.\" class=\"wp-image-1015\" srcset=\"https:\/\/digitalmanticore.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/2020moods-700x525.jpg 700w, https:\/\/digitalmanticore.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/2020moods-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/digitalmanticore.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/2020moods-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/digitalmanticore.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/2020moods-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/digitalmanticore.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/2020moods-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/digitalmanticore.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/2020moods-800x600.jpg 800w, https:\/\/digitalmanticore.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/2020moods-80x60.jpg 80w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><figcaption>2020 mood board<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Here&#8217;s what I want to do this year:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Make good food and not waste the food I make or buy.<\/li><li>Read at least one book per week. <\/li><li>Read the books I already have.<\/li><li>Read library books and bike or walk to the library for most trips.<\/li><li>Bike or walk to places around town as much as possible.<\/li><li>Keep at my weight lifting and exercise, mostly as a support for roller derby. It is really fun and rewarding to compete in weight lifting, but it&#8217;s hard to do both. This year I&#8217;m going to focus on derby as my main sport.<\/li><li>Play roller derby and have fun doing it. I&#8217;m going to take breaks when necessary and remember that it&#8217;s a fun hobby.<\/li><li>Announce derby at tournaments, make opportunities for new people to try announcing and find ways to support other announcers.<\/li><li>Coach derby. I started coaching towards the end of 2019 and I aim to continue. <\/li><li>Knit a shirt or sweater and learn a new knitting technique, like brioche.<\/li><li>Sew a cool item of clothing.<\/li><li>Learn how to mend things and do some mending. I bought thread and needle, plus some books on embroidery techniques. I&#8217;m two-thirds of the way there.<\/li><li>Stop buying shit I don&#8217;t need.<\/li><li>Support small\/local\/woman-owned businesses when I do need to buy things. <\/li><li>Garden. Keep my herbs alive for more than a month. I usually get lazy and stop watering them, but I like to have fresh herbs.<\/li><li>Try new things. <\/li><li>Be an informed voter and help others to be informed, especially considering the upcoming election.<\/li><li>Take the DELE C1 exam. This is a Spanish proficiency exam I&#8217;ve been thinking about for a couple of years but I&#8217;m going to do it this year for real. I already have the date set: July 10.<\/li><li>Get better at Icelandic.<\/li><li>Spend time with people I care about. Don&#8217;t rely on facebook to maintain my relationships.<\/li><li>Be generous.<\/li><li>Have and enforce boundaries.<\/li><li>Relax (not as easy as it sounds thanks to &#x1f308;anxiety&#x1f308;).<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s 2020! My main goal for the year is to keep on being the best version of myself. I like the person I am. I want to keep being me, do good, and make and do cool stuff. 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