Ack wrote:dsheinem wrote:Ziggy587 wrote:
Yeah, something like that. I was thinking, people could do it however they want. But for me, I was thinking of breaking my accomplishments up into specific hobbies and choosing a magic number as a goal for the year. Like, I want to read x amount of books, beat x amount of games, etc.
We do have an annual goals thread about gaming/collecting and we do log/talk about book goals in the Books! thread...and to a lesser extent the movies thread. Something non-media related would be cool, I think.
I used to do this with video games, movies, and books every year, where I would track how much I had beaten, watched, and read. For a while, I had a goal to watch at least 50 films a year and to try to break 100. But I started to notice that I was avoiding longer works as a result, and burn out set in after a while.
Just be wary of whatever you are doing and try not to get so focused on putting up numbers that you stop appreciating variety.
That's it, dsh, it wouldn't be media-centric. Games, books, and movies happen to be three hobbies of mine, but there's plenty of others that don't fall into that category. I was more aiming to just tie it all together as a way to get the bigger picture. A sort of unified hobbies thread. Not even as a way to balance time spent between hobbies. Just a way to get a grip on what you're actually spending your time on over the course of the year. And of course, being able to chat it up about everything.
Like Ack was saying about setting numbers, I totally agree. I've tried to do that before, and I just don't like it. I was thinking of doing something like this: Let's say I want to beat 3 games and read 3 books. Now let's say at the end of the year it turns out that I beat 4 games but only read 2 books. Well, I don't consider that a bad thing. So I spent more time with one hobby over another. At least I'll know that I didn't read that third book because my times was spent with another hobby I enjoy, and not just frivolled away. And again, not just books, movies, games, etc. Things that are harder to set a number goal for, like woodworking or something. For example, I could see that I didn't meet my gaming beating, book reading, or movie watching goals for the year but I did exceed my furniture building, bike riding and electronics tinkering goals.
Now that I think about it, using the word "goal" doesn't really convey what I'm trying to accomplish here. There wouldn't really be any rules, it'd be more of just a way to tally what you're doing through the year while chatting about it.
