I debated on whether I was going to set goals for this year or not, but I decided to set a few light goals for my reading and blogging life to work on over the year.
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1. Read 55 books
2. Read at least five non-fiction novels- I have quite a few nonfiction novels that I have owned for years and have yet to read, I want to get to them this year.
3. Lay off of Book Outlet for a while- I buy way too many books at one time on that site, and I have so many books from there that I need to read already. I'm going to try to stick to buying one or two books at a time this year.
4. Go through my books and organize them- I need to go through my books and get rid of what I don't think I will ever read, and put books I have already read but don't plan on rereading in a pile to put in my classroom after I graduate. I have my books separated between my apartment and my parents house, so this will be a bit of a task.
5. Complete my Classics Club Women's Literature Event list- You can see the list here. I'm really excited for all of these books.
6. Post at least four Literary Look Posts- I love putting these posts together, but they take a lot of time to research and write up, so I tend to put them off, or push them to the back-burner when I'm busy with school work.
7. Use my time more wisely- I find myself procrastinating a lot during the semester by just laying in bed and scrolling through my phone. I'm not saying I'm going to stop procrastinating school work, because that would never happen, but I want to make my procrastination time more productive. I want to spend more of that "nothing" time reading, blogging, or doing other stuff that makes me happy and feel productive.
8. Reread at least five books- I love to reread, and planned to do a lot more of it than I ended up doing last year, so this year I want to make sure I get more rereads in. I won't be making a list of specific books; I'll just pick up whatever I'm in the mood for.
What are your goals for the new year? Do you track your goal progress through the year, and if so, how?
I really need to lay off the thrift shops and discounted books, as much as I love them. I already have so many that I haven't read yet. :)
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I hear ya! I'd like to buy a very small amount of books this year.
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I would like to reread more this year too. Fingers crossed! Good luck with your resolutions. :-)
ReplyDeleteRereading is great, but sometimes it's hard to make time for it. Good luck!
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My big goal is to read from my own shelves. Which could definitely involve rereading. I love to reread books - you always know what you are getting. Good luck!
ReplyDeleteI would love to do the same, I have owned some books for years and never picked them up. I need to read them or ditch them this year!
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There's a few books I want re-read this year as well, but I never seem to have time lol. Good luck with your resolutions! Here is my TTT http://angelerin.blogspot.com/2016/01/top-ten-tuesday-my-top-ten-most-ocd.html?m=0
ReplyDeleteWhen I don't get to read a lot, I feel guilty rereading sometimes, but I'm going to work on that this year!
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I also need to stay away from BookOutlet...and Half Price Books, and every other bookstore!
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haha! Yes, me too, but there's a slim chance of that happening!
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I've had to cool it on the book buying too- I was buying SO many books last year I can't get to them all! And I need to read some classics this year...
ReplyDeleteI would love to read more classics too, but school makes that difficult sometimes. Good luck cutting down on the book buying.
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I want to make my procrastination time more productive as well!
ReplyDeleteAwesome! Can't wait to hear your progress on it!
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Great list, Mallory! I think I'd like to be more productive with my time this year, too. :)
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ReplyDeleteThese are all spectacular goals. I am entirely too guilty of scrolling through my phone when I could be doing a number of more important things. Here's to a successful year in 2016!
ReplyDeleteIt's so hard to make yourself do something more productive sometimes, but even if I spend that half hour watching an episode of something I enjoy on Netflix, I will have done something that makes me happier than just mindlessly scrolling the internet.
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