My Goals for 2026

We are about two weeks into 2026, and it feels like this year has already gone on for months.

Last year I created a list of things I wanted to focus on for 2025, and by the looks of my list for 2026 not much has changed.
I would like my goals for this year to be more specific rather than lofty ideals, but the concepts remain the same.

Watch More Movies
This one is pretty straight forward. I’m a big fan of movies, but have had trouble on occasion making time for them. I’d not only like to go to the Cinemas more this year, but also dedicate more weekend time to watching movies. I usually tend to fill my Home viewing with Youtube, or the occasional TV show. On Friday and Saturdays nights, this means that if there is nothing new on Youtube that I actually want to watch, the time is filled with filler content. I’d like to dedicate this time instead to something more intentional.

I created a Letterboxd Account early last year and have enjoyed the process of logging the movies and looking back on what I have watched.
This also kind of pointed out how little movies I had been watching.

Save Money
2024/2025 was an expensive year for good reasons. But it kind of showed how for the last 5 or so years I had been maintaining a bank balance rather than increasing it. I want to try and get my savings back up. This was something I was focused on last year, but I would like to improve the effort.
whether by spending less money (obviously), but also increasing how much money gets transferred to my savings account.
I had a savings goal last year which I would have hit but sometimes there is the reason to have savings.

Work on more Projects
I pick up hobbies very quickly. With that generally tends to come more projects. I want to create more Designs for my 3d Printer. At the moment I have just been using Microsoft 3D Builder, because it was easy to figure out. I would like to learn more in-depth software. I have music projects that I want to progress. Last year I bought an Audio Interface which I have barely used. I want to make more videos for Youtube. The list goes on, if only I had a consolidated one.

Make More Art
I want to draw more. I want to paint more. I want to start taking photos again.

Write my Book
I have had the idea, plot and pretty much everything else worked out in my head for years. Just put some words down, keep going until its done.
Then work on the next one.

Do/Have More Experiences
Whether it is something like an Escape Room, a Hobby Class or visiting a Museum or some other attractions.
I want to do more and I want to document them better.

Wishlists and Watchlists
The Burden of Choice is real. It’s easy to know if you either want something or If you want to consume something. The problem is when.
In September last year I took two International Flights, both around 14 hours. The planes had 100s of movies and TV shows to choose from.
Before Take off I browsed the selection and chose around 8 movies I would like to watch and added them to my Watchlist. Once we were in the Air, having that Watchlist made the anxiety of picking from all the movies easier. As soon as one movie ended I was able to select from my small list watch to watch next. By building a watch list for shopping or streaming, it should mean less time going through countless catalogues and more time enjoying.

Catalogue, Consolidate, Curate
Whether you have too much stuff or not is determined by how you are able to store or display it.
I own a lot of Media (CDs, DVDs, BluRays, Video Games, Books). I would like to be able to know what I have, and not have appear messy.
The same goes for collections. Everyone should collect something. Something that you keep an eye out for. The collections should be curated though.
I don’t mean only keep the best of the best in a tiny collection. I mean have pride in how you display them. The difference in how people perceive mess is how it’s organised. I bought a bunch of storage sleeves for both my Comics and my Records. I’d like to make try and make the space I live in less chaotic.

First Steps

Top Fives

New Toys…

I finally got around to picking up a new Audio Interface as my last ones were too old and no longer really supported by Windows.
This should hopefully allow me to progress some of my Music Projects and get some recordings going.

I just need to once again reacquaint myself with Ableton Live.

I spent a bit of time comparing the different options, and it came down to the Focusrite Scarlett 4i4 and the Universal Audio Volt 4.

Hopefully I can start getting some use out of it soon.

2025 Focuses

It’s 2025, so of course it is time to put some of that fleeting motivation into trying to create a game plan for the foreseeable future.
Really, this is more of a guide of want I want to personally focus on this year. I don’t think the things on the list ever really change, but sometimes it is good to just get things written down somewhere for personal accountability.

I’ve named the approach to this year as Make/Do. The Idea is to not only Make and Do things, it is also to do it using what I already have.

I’ve grouped up my focuses into a few categories.

Consume
Create
Catalogue/Consolidate
Conserve

Below you can find a more detailed break down of all of these Focus Categories.

Consume - This Category basically consists of Making Use of what Media I already have. I own lots of Books, TV Shows, Movies and Video Games. Many of which I have never watched, played or read.

When you buy these types of Media (Books, DVDs, Blu-rays, Video Games) essentially what you are doing is pre-paying for an experience you wish to have at a later time. At some point however, you should probably cash in on that experience. So the focus for this year is to first of all Catalogue what I own, and what I haven’t watched, played or read.

Create - For years I have had ideas for various creative projects. Some I have finished, many I have not. This year I would like to focus on making time to work on my various projects. These projects include categories such as Art, Music, Writing and Design.

Last year I started a Habit of waking up an hour earlier in the mornings. This allowed me to start my mornings with a Coffee, watch a TV show and draw. Despite not being a fan of early mornings, It became something to look forward to. I would like to create more situations like this where I can focus on being creative.

Catalogue/Consolidate - This essentially falls into the idea of taking stock and knowing what you have. It is the organizing of things that make them more manageable. This includes the previously mentioned Books, TV Shows, Movies and Video Games. It also includes things like Projects and Photos/Videos. After around 25 years of amassing digital files, it helps to know where to find what you are looking for. This also includes cleaning up email inboxes. I have a feeling I will be clicking my fair share of the “Unsubscribe button” this year.

Conserve - This one is more straight to the point. By hopefully using more of what I already own or have access to, this should hopefully mean i am spending less money. Last year was an expensive year for me, so it is time to try and rebuild some reserves.

I’m sure I could go into all of these Categories in more detail, especially because each category has their own sub-categories…but I guess that’s what future updates are for. Right now I have set some achievable goals…time to start.

Skull Sketch #1

It’s been a while…

While I would have liked to think I would have updated this “blog” a bit more often, i’m not really surprised I haven’t.
In the last 6 or so months since my last entry, I have added “Content” to the site.

I did recently get a 3D printer however, and I have been learning the basics of 3D Modelling. so that is something.

The plan is to rework my storage solutions, so I started with a basic 3D Model of a battery storage case.
Honestly it came out a lot better than I expected in quite a short amount of time spent modelling.

I hope to be able to keep designing and getting more and more intricate.

A Place for Everything

There is nothing more satisfying than having a neat and tidy work/living space. Everything you need is quickly in reach when you need it.
This also applies digitally, with everything organized into easy to follow layouts.

While i’m not going to get into said organization layout in this post. I’ll save that maybe for a digital declutter post.
What I did want to briefly write about was storage upgrades.

For years I would periodically add more digital storage by ways of buying new External Hard drives. This meant that after a number of years my files would be spread out over a bunch of different drives.

My Old Hard Drive Collection

As you can imagine this becomes highly impractical. Not only taking up physical space, but also keeping track of files across many drives.
I finally decided to invest in the largest drive I have ever owned. This way I can consolidate my data better and get rid of older drives that were probably on their way out.

The Replacement

After some looking at options, I decided on 12 TB. After merging all of the drives and getting rid of duplicate files, this so far is more then enough and should last me well into the future. I will be keeping some of the Older drives to use for things such as Backups.

Now that all the data is in one place, it’s just a matter of organizing it all to improve and increase workflow.

I’m sure this will take some time.

🗹 Buy new External Hard Drive
🗹 Copy Data

Beginnings

Everything starts somewhere. It might as well start with this basic first blog entry on a currently mostly empty website.

I’ve done a lot of these types of posts on various websites over the years, promising to keep it updated.
This is something that has generally always not been the case. I am a lot older now, but if anything that just means I have more responsibilities and less time. Maybe I have improved my time management, maybe not.

All I can say is that when I look at this website a few months or even years down the line. I hope that this was indeed a beginning for this site and not just an ending of another idea.

Due to the nature and design of this site, a lot of the work next is cataloging. Taking (literal in some cases) stock of goals and tasks that I want to complete. This also means that the layout of the page will probably also continue to be tweaked, as I experiment to find the best way to showcase the content I plan on adding.

But for now, this is indeed…something.

🗹 Push Website Live
🗹 Publish First Blog