Hello everyone! So good to be writing one of these journals once again. This year, I’ll be trying my hardest to keep these journals going. I love to do these towards the end of the day or when I get some time on my hands.
In other news, I'm making some more resolutions for myself! I listed them off entirely somewhere else but Im gonna be keeping it minimal so it’ll be more realistic and easier to keep up with.

Work out more! Yeah, been kinda slacking off and I really wanna get back to working out or at least get more active in my everyday life. First of all, I gotta get some new shoes becauseI don’t really have anything to support my feet when standing. Might try taking up the gym at my apartment. I just hope I can manage squeezing it into my everyday schedule after work, especially after the ugly amount of traffic I have to face. That traffic alone LOVES to absorb all my energy, even affecting my drawing time. Right now, Im just saving up some money to grab the new shoes. If anyone got any recommendations, leave them below in the comments!

Writing more! That’s right, write! As you can state the obvious with my journaling, I am aiming to write more and do more with my creativity. I believe I can write some pretty good scenarios, stories, journals, and such! I just really need to dedicate myself and get out there. I’ll be happy to let you know that I'm already working on a short story for a future drawing. I would love to add some stories to my drawings to give it more extra, something you could keep coming back to! In the future, I’ll definitely be poking my writing friends for some assistant, so watch your back, I’ll come knockin’!

Cook more! I don’t think it means much but my father is a retired chef. My father cooked for many restaurants, even opening a few steakhouse chains here in Texas. My dad has the ability, the experience, and the tools to cook whatever he desires almost! So, I wanna be just like him and cook like he does! However, Im not cooking because my dad did and so should I. I already felt the pressure from my family when they’re like “Oh you must know how to cook like your own man right about now!” when I’ve only learned a few things from him. That’s not the whole reason behind this goal. The real reason is because, honestly, my father will one day pass and I won’t be able to enjoy his meals if I don’t learn them myself. I also think it would be super cool to cook them for my friends instead of being like “Oh you guys would’ve LOVED his stuff!” and not know how he did it. That’s not the right way to do it! So in conclusion, I wanna learn his tricks and recipes, along with learning my own and possibly make my own dish!

Animate more! I recently came to the discovery of Rough Animator. I haven’t gotten it yet but I'm trying to get more comfortable with animation. I got all the lessons ready to go but animating in Clip Studio Paint is pretty tough. It doesn’t help that I'm too impatient to learn new things, so in a way, it really feels like I'm learning how to actually sit down and dedicate my time to learning something. *Sweat sweat* So I wanna, AT LEAST, try to put out an animatic or something. Just something to show “Hey Im interested in this” for once. Bear with me, everyone, this is actually harder thanI thought!

Commission more! That’s right, commission more! As in, opening up commissions! Just working on pricing, the price sheet, and the Terms of Service. Hopefully commissions will open around the corner. I know I say it plenty of times but, trust me on this! I really need to make the money as you can tell heh.

If you reached this far, then thank you so much for reading all this! I hope it was certainly entertaining or a nice read. Maybe it made you think? Either way, thanks for getting this far! I’ve had other resolutions like bettering my art, drawing more traditionally and other stuff. I’ll spare you the little details. Almost all of my resolutions are to improve and get better at the stuff I love the most!

I’ll be sure to write more in the future! Until then, Im signing off and looking forward to the next time I write. Maybe more about the going on’s and whatever is in my mind. Thanks for reading if you read all this, I greatly appreciate it!


Mood: Sleepy and chill
Listening to: Vaporwave along with Starbucks’ sounds because that’s where Im currently writing
Reading: Discord/Telegram messages
Watching: Dragon Ball Z clips on Youtube (They’re addicting help)
Playing:
Eating:
Drinking: Apple Juice