Looking back at 2014

 In some ways, I have kind of degenerated. I don’t know if it’s because of not eating enough, Tumblr, a combination of those two, or other things but I can’t multitask like I used to. I have to really pay attention while listening to a news program, retaining every word, before I’m satisfied with listening to a segment, or I’d be tempted to play it again. Before, I needed to only get the gist of what was being said and I was content to write two lines of my story near the end of the 4-5 minutes I break up in a news show or the segments it might be broken up into for me. I could even do some quick Tumblr reblogs without much care for reading too deeply under the “read mores” or links.

Now that has to be put aside due to my multitasking ability degenerated. I get less writing done than I used to and I had to drop a few shows I watch in order to get close to a workable sleep schedule. Some things I found I could do without, like some of the news shows but dropping past Sentai and the liveblogs of Digimon and Pretty Cure when I got to Xros Wars and Fresh is a downer. I’m interested in seeing Abaranger onward and the Sentai that are soon being rapidly subbed thereafter. Seeing the reactions to my reactions to those two series would certainly be fun but I often had trouble coming up with what to say as Yes! Pretty Cure 5 GoGo and Digimon Savers wrapped up. I thought I could take a break while watching other anime like Last Exile but that became a chore enough on its own that I dropped it. I reserved the weekends for shows that aren’t series franchises but now I don’t even have time for that and that kind of makes me sad.

So there were a ton of downsides. But I was able to start watching movies that interested me in one minute bites which got me through the list that was stalled due to the anime I decided to replace it with. Due to sound problems, I switched from watching segments about various countries to plotting out a Buddyfight fic and though it might not come to anything, I enjoy it. I do that for other creative works like writing certain segments of that fic, the revised opening chapters for Past Wild Endurance, and blog posts like this one. Speaking of Past Wild Endurance, I’m nearing the end of the chapter for that and have three more to go. I’ve started the final chapter of my Adventure/Tamers crossover. True, I’ll put it off for revision and posting until Digimon Adventure Tri’s done – might not even do anything with it if that show’s events change things drastically or I just lose inspiration – but I’ll have got something done. I’m also started plotting or replotting five original book series that take place in the same universe, one per week. That might make things go slow but it feels like I might make some more progress on the original fiction front.

What I hope to accomplish for 2015 is get my watching, blogging, and writing schedule in some kind of order where my sleep won’t suffer. Hopefully post at least one fanfic a month, maybe some of the completed ones I didn’t get around to editing and posting. Hopefully finish Past Wild Endurance and begin the major rewrite there. Ooh, do I have ideas to change that tale. I also might need to see what shows should I keep watching and what should be sacrificed. All in all, I want to get more done again, enjoy the creative works of others and make more creative works that others could enjoy too. Hopefully that’s not too much to ask for my body and my life.