So I finally got Windows 7 a little while ago, and after some bumps along the way, managed to install it and get everything up and running. I have a couple things left to recover, and then I'll be all set, program-wise. But also, I figured, a new operating system is kind of a big deal, at least for me, who's been using Windows XP on this computer for the past 4 years. So I decided that, with a new operating system, I should give myself a push towards doing things I've been meaning to do, or at least do more often. Some of these will take quite a while, but others should be easy enough to accomplish fairly quickly. And I've decided to list them here, as my New Operating System Resolutions. Yes, I know, a new operating system isn't quite the same as a new year, but they're both new starts, in a way, when you think about it.

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I will use my Tumblr account more often. That is, I will make more original posts, and reblog more of the posts those whose tumblrs I have watched make.

I will get my friends to post more stuff on their Tumblrs as well, for they have really good pics they've drawn, and ideas they have, that I think should be shared with others.

I will redesign my ex-PCA characters at least a little. If not their body appearances or something similar, than at least what they wear will be redesigned.

I will finish the designs/backgrounds/etc. of my new characters.

I will create a new setting that uses all of my characters somehow (and maybe even my friends' characters, too!).

I will go through my watch lists on FA and DA, and tidy it up a bit. Just to get rid of accounts that aren't being used, or add ones I've seen that I've found interesting, and such.

I will comment more often on pics I like, on FA and DA.

I will use DA more often in general.

I will learn how to color linearts better and more efficientally.

I will color linearts more often.

I will do collabs with my artist friends. Perhaps we'll go back and forth, for example, they could draw a lineart for me to color, which when I do so, I will send back to them for touching up.

I will learn how to code and create a website. For what purpose, I'm not sure yet, but I'll think of something.

I will talk with my friends more often. Perhaps to discuss ideas, or hear what's on their minds, or even to just say hello.

I will speak up about my ideas more often, when I have ideas I wish to share, instead of just freezing up and keeping them to myself.

I will make journals more often on FA and DA, if only to just mention stuff that's happened to me recently.

I will try to donate to Weasyl, a new art site I've heard lots of good things about (the Tumblr for which can be found here), that's having a donation drive to raise money for the start-up costs of the site. The site looks like it's shaping up quite well, and from what I've seen looks like it'll be better than FA or DA, so I wanna give it a shot when the beta opens in August by donating a little money to it in order to get a beta pass. Of course, this is only if I have the money to spare to donate to it, since stuff could pop up to prevent me from having enough money to donate to it (like the Steam Summer Sale that's coming up soon).

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So there you have it, my New Operating System Resolutions. Now, I may not succeed at all of them right away, but if I don't succeed, I'll just have to keep trying. Fall down nine times, get up ten, as they say. Now if you'll excuse me, I need to get back to reinstalling games on Steam.