I Tried Making a Bingo Card for My New Year's Resolutions

While drifting through the sea of note, I stumbled upon something called Life Bingo.
What is Life Bingo?
It seems to be a way of listing your goals for the year in a bingo format. The originator is Keita Uehara.

It looked interesting, so I decided to give it a try. While note only distributes the image data, I checked X and found a net print number for 7-Eleven, so I printed it out and actually made a card.

Here is the finished product. I thought of my goals while referring to the card-making guide in Uehara-san's article, wrote them out on a separate sheet of paper, and once I had 25, I filled them into the card while considering their placement... that was the process I followed.

1. Think of one thing you can definitely achieve in a year
This is the goal for the center square. I chose "praise myself." It's a goal to do my best while casually praising myself!

2. Think of four fairly serious goals
・Buy 100 books
・Read 100 books
・Sell 100 books
・Lose 5kg
...I decided on these four.
The goal of "read 100 books" came to mind first, so I tried to make it a 100-book series, but I could only think of three... (lol). For the fourth one, I went with a diet-related goal to keep with the number theme. It's serious.
Wouldn't goals related to books also be fitting for a bookstore vibe?

3. Think of four things related to events happening this year
・Go to vote
・Go cherry blossom viewing
・Become a Book Santa
・Apply for the Creative Awards
It's surprising how hard it is to know what will happen this year. I probably won't go to the Expo... other than that, only the election came to mind.
It's a bit different from an event, but flowers bloom when spring comes. I want to go cherry blossom viewing to properly cherish the sense of the season. Conversely, if we're talking about a season without flowers, it's winter. Speaking of winter... I want to be Santa Claus again this year!
The Creative Awards is a goal related to the "things I want to do" that I wrote about innumber 6 of this article. I'm sure note will have the Creative Awards again this year. If they don't, I'll replace it with a goal to apply for some other public contest.

4. Think of eight things you could do on a weekend if you felt like it
・Do a deep clean
・Watch the morning drama every day
・Finish a doujinshi
・Celebrate my birthday happily
・Get a certification
・Watch 12 movies
・New project
・Increase the number of people I like
There are some things mixed in that don't seem like they could be achieved just on a weekend, but I set goals that felt like they were around that scale.
For movies, something once a month. A movie theater would be fine, but I'm not really taking advantage of my Amazon Prime membership, so I'd like to watch various things on Amazon Prime this year.
"New project" has the nuance of "creating a new work."
"Increase the number of people I like" was originally "make new friends," but I thought, why limit it to friends? Whether it's an object of fandom or a romantic interest, I want to find new people I can like.

5. Think of eight things that are out of your control, like a wish
・Win a prize draw
・Go viral
・Sharpen kitchen knives
・Don't pull an all-nighter
・Go to 12 events
・Send 12 fan letters
・Play Pokémon Sleep every day
・Keep a household account book
The only things that are truly out of my control are "winning a prize draw" and "going viral"... I couldn't think of anything else, so I made other things I wanted to do into goals. That's why there's such a difference in difficulty.
The most challenging goal is "send 12 fan letters." Actually, I'm not good at conveying my impressions. By setting it as a goal, I want to get rid of that feeling of discomfort.
I've been neglecting my household account book for the past few years, so I'm hoping to get back to doing it properly starting this year.

That's it, I'll be challenging bingo this year with these 25 goals.
Let the games begin!
For now, I've already praised myself since the card is finished, so I'm opening the center square!

How many squares will I be able to open? I'm looking forward to it, I'll do my best.

By the way, there is one goal I couldn't fit on the card.
"Say thank you and be thanked"
That's it. I want to express my gratitude in words, and I want to be a person who acts in a way that makes others want to thank me! That's the goal. It's not on the bingo card, but I'll work hard on this too.