New Year's Resolutions and Other Goals

If you've been following the Arts and Crafts or Writing signup posts, you've seen the MerMay entries there.  It's a straightforward challenge: create something related to mermaids every day in May.  This is one of the many thematic month challenges, ideally suited to people who like shorter challenges and/or have goals like "date a hobby" or "do the thing every day."

redonthemoon is calling for MerMay prompt ideas.  There's a potential working list for 2026 plus previous examples from 2024 and 2025.  You can comment to leave suggestions, or just grab what's already there for your inspiration.

Happy Snowflake Season to all! As we prepare to kick off the 2026 snowflake_challenge, please feel free to promote this event within your own circles. You are welcome to use any of these new banners for that. The community page also has icons.

This event may appeal to those with goals about blogging, reading, writing, arts and crafts, networking, making friends, having fun, and so on.



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Prompts are out for Whumptober 2025.  Write about hurt/comfort in October.

The old sunshine_challenge is defunct, but other folks are reviving it this summer with the sunshine_revival. See the schedule and link below for more information. Spread the word!

Are you looking for a month-long July goal for blogging, writing, art, or other creative expressions?  This event works great for that kind of goal.



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The old sunshine_challenge is defunct, but other folks are reviving it this summer. This is a great option for people with a goal of "create more" or "blog more," or anyone seeking a month-long goal for July.



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Three Weeks for Dreamwidth is a celebration of the platform's anniversary, running April 25-May 15. During this time, people post content only visible on Dreamwidth (although it can be reposted elsewhere after the event ends). There's usually a flurry of activity as bloggers share anchor posts, new fiction, icons, banners, questionnaires, friending fests, memes, and other goodies. Community hosts often hold special activities in their communities too. Watch your reading page for more festivities. 

Watch for a series of posts about goal-setting methods.

Are you doing a post a day for Three Weeks in your blog or other community, or some other activity? Post a comment about your goal to attract more readers. Follow the Threeweeks feed. See my 2024 Questionnaire and a list of other thematic questionnaires. See the Introduction / Friending Meme for this community's questionnaire about new bloggers, and the Introduction tag.

Watch for the upcoming event Three Weeks for Dreamwidth, running April 25-May 15. Folks post content only visible on Dreamwidth, and there are usually memes and other activities too. Mark your calendars!

What are your goals for this event?

This year I'm planning to focus on goal-setting methods.

Today is the last day to nominate projects and patrons for the 2025 Rose and Bay Awards. If you have not yet nominated or boosted the signal, please do so now. It would be especially helpful for folks you know via places like Kickstarter or Patreon, as I'm not on those sites.  If you have goals like "participate in more Dreamwidth activities," "read more," or "support crowdfunding" then this is a good opportunity for those things.

These are the handlers for the 2025 award season:

Art: fuzzyred Nominate art! Vote for art! (3 nominations)
Fiction: curiosity Nominate fiction! Vote for fiction! (4 nominations)
Poetry: fuzzyred Nominate poetry! Vote for poetry! (4 nominations)
Webcomic: ysabetwordsmith Nominate webcomics! Vote for webcomics! (2 nominations)
Other Project: ysabetwordsmith Nominate other projects! Vote for other projects! (3 nominations)
Patron: curiosity Nominate patrons! Vote for patrons! (3 nominations)

These are the three pictures I selected as most memorable (not the most aesthetically beautiful or technically ept) from 2024 for threeforthememories.

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