Hey, everyone
Merry Christmas 2024!
I hope you all had a wonderful holiday season; spent plenty of time with family and played lots of games.
Now that Halloween, Thanksgiving, Sonic the Hedgehog 3, and now Christmas are all behind us, I started thinking about my hobby plans for 2025.
I know everyone always comes up with their resolutions right around January, but I’ve known what I wanted for awhile now. I want to tell you my plans for 2025!
Since I have about 30 minutes until Nosferatu starts at the theater, let’s quickly go over my plans for 2025:
My Gaming Plans
I still have a lot of video games on my backlog going into the year 2025; and that’s okay.
That means my goals and dreams of beating my games will carry on another year, which is great for me.
I’ve devised a simple plan to clear out around 24 of my games next year.
The idea is simple: stick to shorter backlog titles.
There are a ton of games in my library that are all under 35 hours long; by focusing on just these games, I can take down a hefty chunk of my list.
In 2025, I want to clear games like Silent Hill, Danganronpa, Shadow of the Colossus, Metal Gear Solid, various platformers, and many more.
I’m also hoping to finish a lot of shelved games I didn’t get to finish this year like Dark Souls and The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap.
All-in-all, I can’t wait to finish lots of games throughout my journey in 2025, and I hope you’ll join me alongside your own backlog journey.
Here’s to the future!
My Anime Goals
I love watching anime, but it seems like I never have time for it because I’m always gaming instead.
This is largely in part by the fact that I have little hobby time and I’m typically invested in a longer JRPG title.
Usually my me time is all used up being invested into a big, story-driven game that could take upwards of 80–100 hours to finish, leaving me little time to read One Piece or watch an anime.
You’d smile at my gaming backlog, but you’d die laughing at my anime backlog.
Well, in 2025, I’m looking to fix much of that.
Next year, I look forward to reading more One Piece, but even more than that — I’ve considered just picking up the anime where I’ve left off in the manga, which is around episode 380.
I feel like watching the anime could bring an even greater excitement than reading the manga, but I’m still unsure.
Other than One Piece, I’m really looking for more short anime that will alter my brain chemistry and change my life.
I’ve been told that anime like Erased and Your Lie in April will rip me apart emotionally.
I’ll also be looking forward to watching Sakamoto Days, DAN DA DAN, and Cowboy Bebop.
I believe that while tending to a backlog of shorter games, it will allow me more time to focus on short anime and reading One Piece throughout the year of 2025.
My goals are to simply keep up a consistent pace so that I can make great progress.
I always wonder: how many games can I beat in 365 days?
What are your goals for 2025?
