Q: What are your (intangible) end-of-year accomplishments?
"Seeing the End-of-Year lists of fellow writers..."
Welcome to our weekend conversation!
This time of year can be difficult for many people, for reasons big and small. For writers, in addition to all the usual family triggers and stresses (all the things that probably drove us to become writers in the first place), there are additional challenges. The disruption to our schedules can be massive. Distractions, pressures and obligations—social, financial, familial—abound.
Another challenge specific to writers is seeing people post their End of Year lists. If you’re not on social media, maybe you have no idea what this is. Or maybe you’ve encountered this in other parts of the literary ecosystem.
Around this time, writers often take to the internet to share what they’ve accomplished in the past year. For example, if I posted my own accomplishments list, it would look something like this: