Home goals, Away goals, Own goals
Jun. 4th, 2014 08:09 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
smallhobbitIt's roughly eight weeks since I set my goals for this year, so a good time to reflect on the progress made. Or not.
Firstly, the challenge to 'write all the things'. This is going surprisingly well, although not much is visible yet. I can now tick off the Coffee Shop AU, a ficlet written for a friend's birthday. Meet the Baker. I've also dabbled in angst: Broken Dreams. More to the point, I've written something for![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
ficmountain for a small fandom I would probably not have attempted previously, as well as a ficlet for the bonus round of sherlock_remix. And I may write something for apocalyptothon. So, yes, plenty of home goals.
I've only been to one meeting of the PCC, which was okay. Except I spoke rather more than a number of other people. We discussed the accounts. I asked questions, more than I probably should have done, but that was the effect of having spent all day working on the budget for the day job. And then they discussed health & safety and I could see things that might need attention, so I contributed that I do have a health & safety qualification. A couple of own goals I fear. But I did get to be enthusiastic about Messy Church, so that's one back.
And lastly, learning German. Hmm. I spent a few weeks using Duolingo and learnt a bit. But then it dropped off, and there were other more exciting things to do. I shall have to hunt round for another free internety thing. It doesn't matter if it's back to basics. If I do the basics in a number of different ways there's a good chance some of it will stick, and really that's all I need. An away goal.
One could say 'room for improvement', but when I set these goals out, I said that any progress was good, so I'm happy that progress, even if stuttering on occasions, is being made.
Firstly, the challenge to 'write all the things'. This is going surprisingly well, although not much is visible yet. I can now tick off the Coffee Shop AU, a ficlet written for a friend's birthday. Meet the Baker. I've also dabbled in angst: Broken Dreams. More to the point, I've written something for
ficmountain for a small fandom I would probably not have attempted previously, as well as a ficlet for the bonus round of sherlock_remix. And I may write something for apocalyptothon. So, yes, plenty of home goals.I've only been to one meeting of the PCC, which was okay. Except I spoke rather more than a number of other people. We discussed the accounts. I asked questions, more than I probably should have done, but that was the effect of having spent all day working on the budget for the day job. And then they discussed health & safety and I could see things that might need attention, so I contributed that I do have a health & safety qualification. A couple of own goals I fear. But I did get to be enthusiastic about Messy Church, so that's one back.
And lastly, learning German. Hmm. I spent a few weeks using Duolingo and learnt a bit. But then it dropped off, and there were other more exciting things to do. I shall have to hunt round for another free internety thing. It doesn't matter if it's back to basics. If I do the basics in a number of different ways there's a good chance some of it will stick, and really that's all I need. An away goal.
One could say 'room for improvement', but when I set these goals out, I said that any progress was good, so I'm happy that progress, even if stuttering on occasions, is being made.
