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claudeb
claudebI was hoping to make this post in December, but there were too many distractions. Let it be my first journal of 2026.
Best thing I can say about last year is, I survived! That's a good energy to bring into the new one, because things are going to get worse before they get better.
Second best thing (almost forgot) was starting a paper journal, with a good old-fashioned fountain pen. Makes me feel more alive than in a long time.
My biggest regret in 2025 was failing to complete even one work of fiction. The furthest I went was 5K words into a new novelette, that looked extremely promising before it fizzled out. Wrote a lot of worldbuilding material for The Dream though, and made a lot of art as well. Some of the art fell flat. It can't be helped.
On the plus side I did a lot of web design, and grew my site network considerably. Changed my homepage to reflect that, too, but otherwise it meant largely neglecting it.
Last but not least, over the holidays I learned a new old thing. Resolving to learn even more in 2026, then use it all to make more cool stuff.
Enough talk. Let's get this party started.
P.S. Check out Dreamwidth's own small web community. It rocks!
Best thing I can say about last year is, I survived! That's a good energy to bring into the new one, because things are going to get worse before they get better.
Second best thing (almost forgot) was starting a paper journal, with a good old-fashioned fountain pen. Makes me feel more alive than in a long time.
My biggest regret in 2025 was failing to complete even one work of fiction. The furthest I went was 5K words into a new novelette, that looked extremely promising before it fizzled out. Wrote a lot of worldbuilding material for The Dream though, and made a lot of art as well. Some of the art fell flat. It can't be helped.
On the plus side I did a lot of web design, and grew my site network considerably. Changed my homepage to reflect that, too, but otherwise it meant largely neglecting it.
Last but not least, over the holidays I learned a new old thing. Resolving to learn even more in 2026, then use it all to make more cool stuff.
Enough talk. Let's get this party started.
P.S. Check out Dreamwidth's own small web community. It rocks!
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