I completely forgot about these things, and I think this is the last one for the year.
1. Buy less dolls. Since September, I've basically added 6 more dolls. I'm gonna do another round of removing dupes, but yeah... I got some new bodies for Rainbow High characters and I also got back into customs, and also Barbie Dream Besties. Can't say I've slowed down much, and I fully intend to buy the rest of the Dream Besties, and the Jem and the Holograms dolls coming out next year. But I still think next year will be slower, since I'm done with Rainbow High, Monster High, and I'm thinking of dropping Rainbow Brite. But RB is mini dolls, not full sized ones, which take up less space and I think I should calculate differently.
2. Arts and Crafts, I got a little bit of Halloween crafting done in October, but November's been a really killer month for me, so I haven't had the energy to do anything arts and crafts related until today, when November's almost over. I'm drafting patterns for the Dream Besties that I have, and I'm gonna make them some winter clothes during December. I also have 4 other sewing projects cut out and unfinished that need another chance at life. We'll see.
3. Dolly House Con 24 was super fun, so I'm hoping to do it again next year with Ariel. It really gave us something to work on and look forward to. However, my sister's going to be in the process of moving and have most of her dolls boxed up, so I don't see it happening next summer. I will plan to take 2 dolls to PortConMaine next summer, and hope to sew some space themed cosplays to fit the theme. I'm thinking Star Trek uniforms!
4. Socialize more. Well, this has been really hard. I'm a shut in, and so is everyone else in the doll community. I've joined a new online community called Memoa, and that's been cute, but not really engaging. I still hang on a lot of doll discords. I'm not on FB anymore, so no doll interactions there. People are just too crazy on FB. Instagram has become an absolute crap chute. Tumblr still has my back tho, people be liking my doll pics there, and doll reddit is fun.
Now, I've posted progress reports on my doll goals every 2 months this year, and I dunno if I was terribly successful at anything I set out to do. I at least got into the habit of writing down every doll I bought each month, so I'm better at holding myself accountable, and I downsized a good bit in July. I did a lot of sewing, not as much as I wanted to, but a lot. I sketched a ton of fanart, but didn't finish any of it. Maybe I was a little successful. I'm more mindful of what dolls I bring in, and I'm more willing to take some out. I reached out to different forms of social media to talk dollies on. Reddit is nice and so is Memoa. Literally no in person interaction aside from the anime convention though. Maybe I'll have to suck it up and join that antique doll collecting group and see if I can hang with them. That's really my only option. I'm gonna take December off from trying to keep goals, just take care of myself and try to have a nice Christmas, and I might make different doll goals next January.
What goals? I think photographing and cataloging my dolls would be a good one. I lost a lot of doll pics in a hard drive death a couple years back, and no longer have documentation of some of my precious dollies. I might be using Memoa to do this, or making my own website. Finishing old fanart would also be a good goal. I have 2 sketchbooks full of unfinished work, mostly doll related. I could say buy less dolls again, but that's kind of a drag. I'll think on it more and try to have 3 goals for 2025.
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