Fandom Snowflake 2025 Challenge #4

[scrubjayspeaks]

Challenge #4

Since this is the start of a new year, this challenge will be e to set your own goals! Of course we can all make large or ambitious goals, remember that small and/or short goals are also good! Post your answer to today’s challenge in your own space and leave a comment in this post saying you did it. Include a link to your post if you feel comfortable doing so.

*sigh* So, my goals for last year were very gentle, "let's expand slightly on the current baseline" targets. Unfortunately, my life also went off the rails last year. I did exactly none of my fannish goals. They can all roll over to this year.

That being said, I'm sort of...reluctant to get too enthusiastic about goal-setting right now. My entire life currently revolves around the logistics of taking a month off work to get top surgery in February. Everything else is taking a backseat to that.

I will say, in an entirely un-timed way, I am working on learning Swedish so I can read Moomin books in the original language. Obtaining said Swedish language versions is also a goal, though Kobo seems to have me covered for a lot of it as long as I'm fine with digital versions. This is a truly pointless, self-indulgent project, which is the best kind of fannish behavior.

Comments

[fairyniamh]

Good luck learning. A small tip: watch Swedish films with subtitles. It helps to hear the language when you read it.

[scrubjayspeaks]

Thanks for the suggestion. I wish my library had a better selection of Swedish materials. Being in California, it often feels like the only non-English language anyone cares about is Spanish.

[fairyniamh]

You might find something at https://archive.org/ or https://openlibrary.org/

Good luck!

[shipperslist]

You know, just surviving is a very good goal! 💜

This is a truly pointless, self-indulgent project, which is the best kind of fannish behavior.
Well said!

(Damn for Tove Jansson's native language. If she spoke Finnish as her first language, I could've sidled up to entice you to learn Finnish. Lol.)

[scrubjayspeaks]

I could've sidled up to entice you to learn Finnish.

Ahaha! Well, by heritage I should be learning Norwegian, so maybe I'm meant to cram my brain with a whole assortment (dare I say...smörgåsbord?) of Scandinavian languages.

[shipperslist]

dare I say...smörgåsbord?

Haha! 😁

[got_quiet]

Best of luck on the top surgery, and I feel you with the holding back on the goal setting.

[scrubjayspeaks]

Thank you! I like to remind myself that there's no reason I can't set goals later in the year if it looks favorable. It's not like the year is lost if I don't start in January. As someone who really latches onto "don't break the streak" style motivation, it's important to remember that life isn't that all-or-nothing, really.