At the start of 2023, one of my art friends posted a goals bingo board and it looked fun so I did one too. Since today is the start of 2024, here’s how I did and what’s to come.

I originally wanted to go for blackout cause I’m crazy, but I ended up doing 20 events this past year and 2023 threw all kinds of punches both to the business and in personal life. But in consideration of all that, seeing I only missed a few squares, I feel it was still quite an accomplishment.

Some of the goals were all about revamping my booth display. After 15 years of business, it really needed some updating so there were squares for that that I got to mark off (finally). Wombat was successful and made. The lions got funded and are currently at the factory. The groundwork for HoneyBun’s Kickstarter was laid out yesterday. I got more Korean culture pins done.

As you can see, the ones that mostly got missed were the ones that involved more detailed art. Which brings me to 2024.

Most of the squares on here are art focused. Lesson learned this year that 20 events while still working a full time job was just too much. I’m cutting back and want to really use the time to focus on my art. I’ve always loved doing fantasy and illustration stuff and just haven’t had time to do it since I started Kimchi. Many of these on here will fall under that and help to expand my illustration brand, Haetae Illustration. I also miss doing traditional media work too.

I know one of the reasons this worked so well for me in 2023 was cause I actually printed out the board and had it on my coffee table. It was a visual, daily reminder of what I wanted to accomplish. There were times when I knew I wanted to create something, but I wasn’t sure what and I’d look at the board to get inspired. And it was also motivating to see the blue check marks stacking up.

So I hope you’ll join me on this year long adventure! I’ll be posting on social every now and then with the Goals Bingo progress and will do a year-end summary like this one. Let’s do this!