What do I want to document in 2016?
Just start writing.
I've been overwhelmed for weeks with travel stuff, holiday stuff, and all the health stuff. My business and documenting stuff has inadvertantly been piling up into this danuting and seemingly insurmountable mountain that is pushing my anxiety into overdrive.
Just start writing.
I need to figure out my plan for 2016. While my friends are all around me coming up with their One Little Words, their business plans, and their editorial calendars, I'm laying on the couch binging on Chuck while the antibiotics I'm on for he next seven days make me a totally useless human.
Just start writing.
I'm an INFJ -- which means my default role is counselor -- I'm fabulous at helping people out, offering soliticed advice, and working with people on a plan to get what they want. Unfortunately, I'm not always the best at following through and listening to my own advice. Tonight (last night) I needed to do something for myself -- I needed to figure out the first step of the plan. So I did what any totally normal human would do and had a conversation with myself inside my head.
Just start writing.
I asked myself -- 'what do you want for next year' and then I started coming up with cool business ideas, and exciting class premises, etc; which was exactly the wrong thing to be doing. I reminded myself that I need to be documenting my own life in a way that makes me excited and happy and fulfilled before I can ever hope to inspire others to do the same. So I came back to an old lesson I taught myself in college whenever I was overthinking a big paper (so every time) -- just start writing, and things will fall into place.
Just start writing.
So I did. I asked myself 'what do I want to document in 2016?' and let myself just freestyle list everything I want to be a part of my memory-keeping for the upcoming year. I'm not ready to analyze it, extract hidden meanings, or put a big plan of action into place just yet. I just wanted to start writing, and if you're struggling at all with what/how/when you want to document 2016, I highly recommend you do the same.
Just start writing.
What I want to document in 2016
My favorite movies and why
The news and media coverage
Selfies and random facts about my life
Currently lists
Weekly TV schedule
Binge watches and reviews
Screenshots and memes
Text message conversations and inside jokes
Board games and video games and why
My current past favorites
Top five lists
The changes in the weather
The food I grow, make, and eat
My friends and why I love them
Characters I love and relate to
Music (Hamilton)
Headaches and living and working with a chronic illness
Owning a small woman-run business
My home
Senses and feelings
Dinner parties
Michigan adventures and sleep away trips
What do you want to document in 2016?