Fandom Snowflake 2020 - Challenge #4

[scrubjayspeaks]

Challenge #4: In your own space, set some goals for the coming year. They can be fannish or not, public or private.

For the new year, I did copperbadge's Four Royal Advisors tarot spread, which is a monstrosity using the entire 78-card deck and a not insignificant quantity of floor space. I use this largely as a tool for self-reflection--a way to consciously know what I know.

One of the major takeaways I got from it this year was "fucking finish something for once???" (The other was "have you considered calming your tits?" in the emotional stability department. The cards seem...vexed by my life choices.)

This is not a surprising message to get from my unconscious, the universe, or the gods. I have a professionally edited story ready for self-publication, complete with commissioned cover art, if I would just. do. the fucking file formatting??? I have a novel draft printed and sitting next to my computer, silently judging my failure to revise it. And so on.

So my goal for this year is to finish what I've started. I'm not forbidden from starting new things, theoretically anyway. But the goal is to finish more than I start.

In terms of fannish activity, I've got an MCU story that has been in various stages of drafting for...something like five years. (No, it is not long enough or complex enough to warrant that kind of timespan. Just no.) Even if it is the only story I get out this year, I want it cleaned up and posted just so I can say I finally got it off my plate.

2020: Fucking Finish It

Comments

[fadedwings]

That tarot spread looks awesome, thanks for linking to it!

Good luck with finishing things ♥

[shipperslist]

Ohh that Tarot spread seemed interesting, thanks! I have a Greenwood Tarot see but I’ve never bothered learning to use it. Perhaps because it wasn’t my own choice back in the day but my sister’s bd present to me. Perhaps I’ll add familiriazing myself with the deck to my goals.