Things have been a bit hectic the past couple of days. Finishing final projects, or at least trying to. For some reason it's been a bit hard for me to just sit and paint. I guess my mind has been racing a bit, and I'm really anxious for the semester to end.

I'm currently taking a five minute breather to let a movie finish loading before I continue to paint. Need some kind of entertainment as I work on a project I really don't want to work in. But during this five minute breather, I decided to compile a list of goals I'd like to accomplish during winter break.

01. Finish projects. Over the years, I've always started projects and never finished them. Yep, I'm one of those people. I get ideas and I start them before I forget, but the pile always grows and never shrinks. I always plan this every break from school, but this time I'm really determined.

02. Set up an Etsy account. There are so many things I'd like to sell, and some unfinished projects I'd like to finish and sell. Obviously, I have to sell myself a bit first before selling my products. I need to network and spread the word to make people interested. That should be a whole other goal, but I'll keep that one with the "Etsy" goal.

03. Read. I need to read. I have so many untouched books that I buy but don't read. A year ago I started this routine where after waking up in the morning, I'd lay in bed and try to read at least one chapter, and I did well. Carried this into the semester, but once it started getting overwhelming, I needed all the sleep I could get which cut into the reading time. So I gave up on it. But I plan on starting it up again.

04. Organize. My room has gotten so messy, it's out of control. I need to bring it back to the way it was before the semester started. If possible, I'd like to make it even cleaner. I want to get rid of things I don't need, donate clothes and shoes I don't wear, and not to collect things I don't use. I've made quite a dent over the year throwing out lots of things, but I want to make more of a difference in here. It's so cluttered.

05. Keep up with social networking sites. I'm not one to use them often, but the accounts I do have I'd like to use a little more, which in a way would relate to number 2. Social networking sites are there to help you in that sense, so I'd like to take advantage a little more. This also includes the few other sites I've had for years. I'd like for them to get more traffic, but that's really up to me and how I "spread the word".

06. Socialize. While I have all these things I plan on doing, I need to keep up with friends and such. I've listed things that are for me to handle on my own, at home. I sometimes tend to forget about friends and hibernate during winter, and I'd like to have a decent social like this break. So many things to do and so many people to see. I want to keep busy.

Six, a nice even number and a good amount of goals. They're for the most part pretty vague, as I didn't get into much detail. But they're things that I know I can handle but need to actually keep up with.
This ended up being longer than a five minute breather.

Had this song on repeat this whole week.