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I like to set goals and make plans; planning is essentially my hobby. I like to feel like I am carving out agency in my life and make decisions on where it goes. I like to have a destination to point myself towards. I like to dream and have ideas and see how I could make something work. So I’m still setting my word, deciding some goals, focusing on some intentions – although they are a little more open-ended this year. Aside from the dystopian backdrop of the pandemic, in my personal life I am also carrying a lot of uncertainty. I don’t even know where I’m going to live after January. So I’m not making a whole lot of SMART goals this year, because how can one decide what’s specific and measurable and relevant right now? Instead, my goals are mostly practices and promises – joyful things I want to have more of every day and things I want to do for myself. I can’t help but think this is a better kind of goal-setting for even the best of years.. Word Of The Year 2021 Light I think I...