Top Ten Tuesday: This is a meme hosted over at The Broke and The Bookish
I’ve never been one to make a bunch of New Years Resolutions, mostly because I anticipate failing them. But this year I’m feeling optimistic, so we’ll see how this goes. I think some of these will be easier than others, since I have accountability through my blog and other communities; plus, I plan on doing a check-up post each month. So without further ado, here are my top 10 goals.
- Read 60 books– Really I want to read over 100 books, but I’ve never really challenged myself to read like this so I’m shooting for 5 a month, and we’ll see what happens.
- Finish and Publish my book– This is something I’ve been saying I want to do for a long time, but I’m actually writing and editing it now, which makes it more likely to happen in 2015
- Read at least one book outside of my usual genera’s a month– This will probably be a non-fiction leadership type book, but I’ll try for some other styles too, such as contemporary fiction. Non-Fiction just takes more time for me to finish because I have to process the material to decide what I agree with and disagree with, then on top of that, what I want to apply. So 12 in a year is probably a good goal for me.
- Comment on other blogs at least 3 times a week– Part of the reason I started this was to meet and interact with other book lovers, and I’ve done a bad job of reaching out into the community so far, so I’m going to try to do better this year.
- Get through the TBR books I own– I am now up to 4 TBR shelves at my house. That’s 48 inches of books I own and haven’t read. Not to mention all the Ebooks I have in my nook and kindle. So this year I’ll probably keep my Netgalley requests to a minimum of a couple of authors and series I’m looking forward to and try to make it through the books I own.
- Organize my books– Now that I’m blogging, I realize how disorganized my book collection is. I’ve always had a bit of a system, but now I need a better one, especially with my Ebooks. So this year I want to get all the books I own organized and I want to get my Goodreads organized. I even joined a Book Blog Organization challenge to help. We’ll see how this goes.
- Complete 5 Reading challenges– This will be my first year doing any reading challenges, and there are a lot to choose from. I picked 13 to participate in, so I’m aiming to finish at least half of them on time, although I think my chances are pretty good considering a lot of them are overlapping.
- Join a writing group- I started looking for one a month before NaNoWriMo and then when all the sit-ins started happening, I usually had work commitments at the same time. So I’m hoping to somehow find one this next year and get connected to other writers.
- Do at least one giveaway- Even though I’ve never won a giveaway, they are fun. So I think I want to try my own. Don’t have any more details than that.
- Get into my shape- I want to be healthy. With work and blogging, sitting is all I do in a day and it leaves me feeling years older than I really am. I know being healthy happens when I keep up with Kick-Boxing and Yoga. I don’t really want to focus on weight but more on inches, look, and feel. I got Just Dance 2015 and a Pulse T4, so hopefully those will get me back on the fitness horse.
