1. Produce 2 new projects to completion- In Progress
2. Finish writing Brains.- Complete!
Date of first draft completion: March 4th, 2017.
Date I’ll get over being done: Never.
3. Post a blog twice a month and a personal YouTube video once a month.- Partial completion
- January:
- February
- What I’ve Learned as an Indie Film Producer (blog)
- I’m in my head (blog)
- March
- The Indignance of “Indie” Film Festivals (blog)
- Face Person (blog)
- April
- Writer? (blog)
- My Love/Nope Relationship With Food (blog)
- May
- Transitions (blog)
- What else do people do again? (blog)
- June
- Dead End Day Job (blog)
- This blog!
4. Write 2 new original pilots- one drama, one comedy-Â Partial Completion
It’s been a weird writing year for me. I’ve done a TON of writing, but it was all focused on blogs (for this site as well as for my new job at Stareable) or Brains. Brains was really the only true creative thing I’ve written that has gotten anywhere, and that’s not particularly useful. That said, I did write like 35 pages of a pilot that might become my “drama” pilot, so I’m counting it as in progress.
5. Edit The Toast, my screenplay. [alternate: write a new screenplay]- Partial Completion
I technically have edited a decent amount of The Toast, but there are a few logic holes I keep falling into that make me think maybe I should just retire it. But uggggh I hate writing full-length screenplays. I’d rather write a full season of a new web series.
Hey past Bri… would that count? (no- the point of this resolution is to get me some writing samples that aren’t episodic)
6. Work on a set or production that I didn’t write- Complete!
In February, I spent a Saturday in Queens with my friend Lauren to film a Valentine’s Day commercial parody. You can watch it here:
I was also in an MTV sketch alongside, wait for it, Rupert Grint!!
Plus, I stepped in as an associate producer on season 2 of the web series History.
I was also hired as associate producer and assistant director the new web series The Mother Lode.
7. Leave New York City at least twice. – Partial completion
To film the pitch video for The Mother Lode web series, I went to Hoboken, New Jersey.
Ok, so technically, this resolution should get marked as complete because a few weeks after the above photos were taken, I went BACK to Hoboken, to a different part of it, for a production meeting for the same production. However, I’m holding off calling it a success for now because I’m hoping I can go to two unique places other than NYC this year. I feel decently good about my chances, but you never know.
8. Make better choices when it comes to diet and exercise.- In Progress
Since moving into an apartment just with Quinn, I’ve gotten a lot better about my diet. I’m not making salads for every meal -let’s not go crazy here- but having complete control of my kitchen has encouraged me to start cooking again, meaning I’m eating out less. I’ve also been walking a lot more recently because of all these sets I’ve worked on. Not exactly a choice, per se, but sometimes, when given the option to walk to a closer subway stop from which I’d need to transfer or walking further to not have to transfer, I usually walk further.
9. Be less impatient with other people.
Well. Not having roommates anymore definitely helps with this, but honestly, I haven’t noticed a substantial difference in my internal monologue this year. I’m not even sure what a non-impatient Bri would look like, so this resolution might have been poorly conceived. If you have suggestions for how to measure or combat this, let me know.
10. Go to therapy -Complete!
In record time, I finished this resolution less than two weeks after the new year. Then, five weeks later, I discovered I could no longer afford it due to a series of circumstances, and the suggestions for other therapists to contact fell through because of scheduling. Then like two weeks later I was moving and learned I had lost my job at MTV, which is like a weird therapy trend for me. I stop going, and then my life falls apart. Last time, a week later, my parents got a divorce. Not sure what to do with this information, but hey, new years resolution checked off!
