2022 Goals and Resolutions

I am a real nerd when it comes to New Year’s resolutions and after a couple of years of keeping to really basic More/Less drawings, I’m back to more rigorous planning for 2022. I think it’s because I’m starting to feel ever so slightly >hopeful<. Hopeful that these terrible pandemic years are coming to an end, hopeful that we will be able to stop living in a constant state of stress and uncertainty, hopeful that we can move forward again soon.

Good resolutions open up your year to richer and more rewarding experiences, and this is what I was striving for here.

vgriff’s 2022 Resolutions

  1. Read more broadly (follow Read Harder 2022) and deeply (pay attention to the writing, take good notes, write reviews)
  2. Work on writing out what I think and feel, and share it
  3. Document these precious days in photographs, writing, and art
  4. Take lots of classes to keep learning
  5. Submit three pieces of writing for publication
  6. Give more money away
  7. Get outside and walk (or bike) every day
  8. Bicycle the Olympic Discovery Trail from Pt Townsend to La Push
  9. Say what I’m feeling to the people I love
  10. Spend my time where it counts



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About Me

I’m Victoria Griffith and I am enthusiastic about a LOT of things. Pine trees and mushrooms and the desert. Mountains and motorcycles, travel and photography. Friendship and writing and books and surviving the love of your life’s terminal diagnosis.


I read constantly, think about reading obsessively, and have strong opinions about what makes a great memoir. I write about books here, and I’m working on one of my own.

I was born in Paterson, NJ, call Seattle home, and spend winters in the desert of Southern California, where the light is different and the ocotillos are doing something extraordinary. I try to get out and see as much of the world as time and money will allow.

If you’d like to say hi, you can reach me at vgriff@vgriff.com.

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