October is my birthday month (and my husband's!), and while baked goods are always involved, we sometimes use this, not January, as the start of our new year. We make plans and set goals but keep it loose, see what’s working and what isn’t so we can tweak things before the actual new year.
I’m considering two bigger goals for myself - one weight loss/health-related and one writing-related. We’ll see how it goes!
WRITING
A flash fiction story is out to an anthology – fingers crossed! And the first draft of my longer story/novella is moving forward. Slower than a tortoise full of banana, but forward is forward.
WATCHING
Movies – We enjoyed The Trap (by M. Night Shyamalan) and AfrAId (starring John Cho).
TV – We’re still having fun re-watching L.A. Law! We get a big kick out of seeing how many guest stars we recognize in their younger days.
READING
I’ve used the words dark and twisty here before when describing other books, but A. R. Torre’s, The Last Party, takes those words to a whole other level in the best way possible. Whoa. Just whoa.
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Do you use your birthday to look back over the year and/or look ahead? How do you celebrate your birthday? Any TV shows or movies to recommend? Read anything lately that blew you away?
Fingers crossed for you on your anthology submission. I hope you have a Happy Birthday!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Natalie! I appreciate all the good vibes and wishes sent my way. :)
DeleteHappy birthday! That would be fun to rewatch LA Law. Loved that show.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Alex!
DeleteIt's been a blast! And in my opinion, the show's held up pretty well. We're watching over on Hulu, if you decide to look for it.
I don't acknowledge my birthday in any way, shape, or form, but I love the idea of using it as your "new year". Wishing you luck with any goals you decide to set.
ReplyDeleteI love watching old shows for the guest stars. I haven't seen LA Law in so long. I may have to go check that one out. We're currently watching Bad Monkey and Slow Horses on Apple TV.
Happy Birthday month to you and your husband. Enjoy those baked goods!
Using our birthdays as the start of our new year takes some of the pressure/stress off of January.
DeleteWatching some of these old shows - we re-watched 24 not too long ago - has been so much fun. I'm guessing some or most of it is nostalgia but who cares? :)
Thanks, MJ!
Happy birthday! I do look back and ahead with a new year on my birthday, but then I do that again at the change of the year, too.
ReplyDeleteThank you! I find it helpful to do it that way, too. Less pressure, more cake. :)
DeleteI don't start a new year with my birthday though that makes sense. Good luck on your goals and Happy Birthday.
ReplyDeleteIt's not something I always did, but when I read about it somewhere, it made a lot of sense to me.
DeleteThank you, Susan!
Best of luck on the anthology, and good job on making forward progress with your writing.
ReplyDeleteFor my birthday, I tend to take the day off and spend it at the local adventure park with the kids, because it typically falls during the kid's spring break. This next year, though, I'm going to Costa Rica with my daughter, so I might have to choose something with less adventure to do with my son.
Thanks so much, Loni!
DeleteFun! But I would think you'd have to do something just as adventurous with your son. No playing favorites! :)
Good luck with the submission.
ReplyDeleteLooking back at what stars used to look like and how they've aged helps me with my glances in the mirror. I'm vainer than I'd like to be. ;-)
Anna from elements of emaginette
Thanks!
DeleteHa! :) It's funny because a lot of the time, we won't recognize the actor's name, but the face or the voice will be so familiar, and it becomes like a game to guess where we know him or her from.
Crossing my fingers for your flash fiction to be accepted!
ReplyDeleteThank you! I accept - and appreciate! - all the good vibes I can get. :)
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