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Once again, I have not completed any of my goals. Nonetheless, an update:

Well, it's a new year! Same me. Still in my last year of undergrad, and I hope I can pass all my classes and finally get a job outside of research/TA'ing. I do enjoy my jobs doing those things, but they're not 9-5, so it really comes down to me on whether I clock in and get enough hours. And my time-management skills are rather bad.

Some lighter goals that I'll work on:
- Organize all the functions in my research, beginning documentation/tutorial writing so others can use my programs
- Read a chapter of my plasma physics textbook; rework one single homework assignment
- Read a chapter or two of Pale, of Crime and Punishment, and of other works I've been recommended but have forgotten the names of for the moment
- Upload all my fanfiction across multiple sites to AO3
- Start running 25-30 miles a week, and climb two or three times a week

I am rather prone to making big plans and following through on none of them. I'm going to do that again, writing down a list of things I think I would be interested in, and that aren't already necessary (such as studying for the Physics GRE, or doing my homework on time, or completing my undergraduate thesis).

---List of things I might do---

Work on my Youtube channel, which was intended to be a short-form science-communication channel. It has no videos, and I haven't meaningfully worked on it for about a year. Maybe three years, actually.
The Discord channel below is where I keep my notes and post my cries for help about my inability to work (much in the same tone as this post here).
https://www.youtube.com/@outersummaries6986
https://discord.gg/fFQ9nbkAmF

Work through the solutions of previous physics classes -- ok, so the professors of several of my classes posted solutions to all the homeworks after the due dates passed. But I didn't do every homework assignment. So I've had the plan to work through all these homeworks I never did, using the solutions as a guide, and review a bunch of things I found interesting but never set aside time to work on. This includes plasma physics, which is something I find very interesting.

Read papers about hydrogen fusion -- this ties into the Youtube channel and the physics homework idea.

Write fanfiction and image descriptions of fanart -- I've done a bit of this, and it's quick and easy, so I should do more of it. It's at least a little fulfilling, and I enjoy doing it.

Write down my imaginary songs -- sometimes, when I'm not scrolling endlessly, I imagine some half-baked songs playing in my head. I've never written them down, and they fade away pretty quick, but I might start recording them, sorta like a dream journal but for stuff that I imagine when I'm conscious. Ok, this includes writing down story prompts (which I do sometimes record).

Organize my files and my social media -- including this post, and my Tumblr profile.