one of my "resolutions" (in quotes because I use the term loosely - more like "general ideas I'm thinking about") for 2026 is to stop giving myself homework.
I have a lot of hobbies (or as my partner would say, I'm "quite hobby-pilled"), and I've got a tendency to turn them into chores for myself. even things as mundane as "listening to music" - at some point I decided every song in my music library had to have been played at least once, so I made a smart playlist of everything I haven't listened to before, and before long listening to music became homework - I wasn't picking songs or albums based on what I wanted to listen to, but based on the assignment I'd given myself.
this can happen with nearly everything I like to do - watching TV (finish that series! - even if I'm in the mood for something stupider), playing music (finish writing that song, even if I'm bored of it!), reading books...
I think there's a good side to this - I'm glad that I'm able to stick to things, see them through, finish them up - but everything in moderation, I guess.
so yeah, 2026, stop giving myself homework.
