After running into a spot of drama a few weeks back, I decided to do some deep introspection and really evaluate who I am and who I want to be. After several days of thinking on that, I have set a few short term goals for myself, which will lead into long-term goals. I am not even gonna think about the latter to avoid discouraging myself.

So! Here is a non-exhaustive list of short term goals to improve myself. Once I have achieved these, I will make a new list of goals that will use the previous list as a foundation. And they'll just stack from there.

1. Run across the downtown bridge without slowing down. Basically a babystep towards the grand, elusive goal of "get fit." I have started to walk a four mile loop every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday evening. I walk a two mile route on Tuesday and Thursday to avoid hurting my legs.

I run as far as I can until I am winded, then I walk until I've caught my breath, then I run again. I repeat this until I literally cannot run anymore and walk the rest of the way home. There are only two points on the route where running is mandatory: the very beginning and across a good-sized bridge downtown. I use how far I get during those stretches to gauge my progress. As of right now, I can get about 80% of the way across before I have to go back to walking. My goal is to get all the way across.

2. Complete a chapter in my upcoming smutfic. One might not think that writing furry porn makes someone a "better person," but to me, this is about rekindling my interest in writing in general, and making my writing sexier in particular. I wanna make stuff for you again, but to do that, I have to stop procrastinating. So, I am gonna sit down and try to push out at least one chapter of a long-ish smutfic I made an outline for. If I can do that, it means I am on the way towards making it a habit.

3. Go to Midwest Furfest. I have decided that MFF 2017 will be my first furry convention. I know absolutely nobody else going there, and will be attempting to make friends from scratch. This is about me taking risks and wandering a decent distance from home by myself, without someone else's permission or guidance. If I can go to MFF, or at the very least strand myself in Illinois, I will have taken a step towards personal independence, AND I will meet more people outside of the internet.

4. Stop eating ice cream. I held onto this goal for about a year before falling off the bandwagon. I wanna get back on it. If I can do that, I can look for other things to cut out of my diet, thus eating healthier overall.

I'll update this list as I think of more things. I will also cross these off as I achieve them.