October Resolutions Review Part 2

 October 2026 Resolutions

See three plays (The Producers, The Importance of Being Earnest and The Cursed Child)	Finish my birthday thank you cards	Don’t use up my MIchael’s and Barnes and Nobles gift card	Work on five machines in addition to cardio	Start posting research essays on Substack and personal essays on Medium
Celebrate a friend’s birthday with apple picking	See three movies (Resident Evil, Primetime and Clayface)	Write book reviews for the books book club read from January to June	Keep my desk clear for crafting and my sanity	Take a chance and email the enrichment program
Decide on a costume in case it is needed	Hang out with —--, —----, —------ and —----- (all individually)	Free Space: Horror movie marathon	Be opinionated and well educated in my essays	Do research on starting your own business
Read six horror/ gothic  books to celebrate the season	Have a game night with —---, —---, —--- and Justin to play  my new Disappointment game	Work on Story of Hope/ arrange a book launch	Write four more personal essays	Make at least five buttons for Katie and a comfort book (and maybe more buttons for myself)
Use the “nice” stuff- use bath bombs, burn the candle, use body butter	Start a new project with Burn this Deck that I got at MIchaels	Read and reflect on my new present The Tao of Pooh	Get a free massage by getting down to 187	Accessorize more, pay more attention to how I dress, wear lipstick more

Resolutions I’ve Accomplished

• Since I forgot two chapters I had to ask for an extension (it cost money) so I don’t think the book will be out until December the earliest. The book launch will definitely have to be in the New Year. 

• I’m loving the Tao of Pooh. I read a chapter every morning and I actually take notes. I am planning on reading it with  my mom. It is the perfect blend of humor, whimsy and self-help. 

• I’ve started familiarizing myself with the machines. Unfortunately I still don’t know how to adjust the seats on the majority of the machines so if someone really tall was on it before me I’m kind of out of luck. 

• I have written at least four personal essays this month. One of my upcoming projects is a book of personal essays. I will only reveal the pseudonym I’m writing it under to certain people.

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Resolutions I’m Still Working On

• Unfortunately I didn’t get to have a horror movie marathon this year. My partner in crime has been so busy lately we weren’t even able to schedule for November. Maybe next year I’ll have a small party where I can have more people and we can all vote on which scary movies we’d like to see

• For some reason I have serious trouble keeping my desk neat. Maybe I need my own study with seven desks- one for each project I’m working on. The study will be fireproof of course.

• I haven’t written many essays this month but I will focus on research essays in the coming months. 

• I’m at 196. I lost four pounds in a week. Here are some things I’m doing differently: I gave up Monster (all energy drinks actually), I’m putting in more of a workout at the gym, I gave up my daily bag of popcorn and my daily bottle of Gatorade. I was down to 160 a few years ago and 130 when I was in college.  Right now I would just be happy to get out of the 190s. Small steps.

• I haven’t really posted much on Substack or Medium. 

• I got my five buttons to Katie. Still working on the comfort book. 

• I still got to get comfortable not wearing sweats all the time. When I was in college, getting dressed for every party, every club meeting, every class was a production. I went through all my clothes reflecting on my mood and the weather. My clothes clung to my curves which I loved to flaunt. Now I wear baggy shirts to hide my belly. This has got to change. 

Resolutions I’ve Abandoned

• I don’t think I’m going apply to work at the enrichment program. First of all with no college degree I doubt I will be hired. But my goal is to find an agent who will publish my next book. My therapist encouraged me to go beyond self-publishing. Truly, I don’t see anything wrong with self-publishing but its true a book deal or being picked up by a publisher would be much more lucrative and that’s what I have to work on.

• What kind of business was I thinking of? I am in no position to launch my own business and even if I was what would I sell? I made all my thank you cards but they all have minor errors.