• interests i want to make more time for in 2024:
  • ancient history, philosophy, mythology
  • baking
  • being outdoors, natural recharging, connection to land, foraging
  • body art a.k.a more tattoos
  • books, reading, libraries, creating my own little library, writing a story
  • celestial bodies, mostly our own sun and moon
  • music
  • non-talking therapy, yoga, chakra alignment, breathwork, body/energy stuff
  • physical geography, geology, landscape and rock stuff mostly
  • sensory stimulation, creating safe sensory spaces for myself

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• my goals for 2024 (to be edited as we go):
  • to fully embrace joy-seeking as the core purpose of my existence
  • to meet someone new every week and be able to write something positive about them
  • to have at least two people outside of my immediate family who i can call when i'm alone / spend time with on weekends / feel comfortable being myself around
  • to go on at least three dates
  • to complete my diploma and either get a pay rise or a new job
  • to have at least £10,000 in savings by december
  • to do some breathwork / other forms of non-talking therapy
  • to climb at least one mountain and / or outdoor bouldering
  • to get four more tattoos
  • to spend more time reading

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• things i want to cut down on or remove from my life entirely:
  • alcohol
  • being scared of people (obviously this is going to take a long time to work through, but keep making an effort even when it's hard!)
  • commuting (not sure how i'm going to do this yet, but i need to cut down on this desperately)
  • compulsive listing (i've done pretty well cutting down on this in 2023, so just keep going with it)
  • exposure to bright light
  • exposure to screens (this will be difficult because of work, but try and find at least one work task every day which does not require a screen)
  • meat (go to zero)
  • social media (ultimately use instagram only as a means of direct communication)