tell me something tuesday: Goals for 2018

Tell Me Something Tuesday is hosted by Rainy Day Ramblings and discusses a wide range of topics from books to blogging.

Topic: Goals for 2018

As I’ve mentioned on here many times before, I don’t like goals. Too much pressure and I crack like an egg. I do have a few book-ish things I want to keep in mind while heading into the new year though. Other than my Goodreads challenge and READ MY OWN DAMN BOOKS, it’s all kind of vague-ish so if I do it yay! but if I don’t that’s cool too.

Challenges for the challenge challenged

My only official goal is Goodreads. It’s the only reading challenge I ever do and I start a little lower (50 books) and usually up it as I go. Since I read over 200 books in 2017 I felt ambitious and picked 100 books for 2018. Let’s hope that doesn’t come back to haunt me. lol

2018 Reading Challenge

Karen has read 1 book toward her goal of 100 books.

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1 of 100 (1%)

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I signed up for Herding Cats Burning Soup’s Blog All About It Challenge 

It’s pretty low key and more of a post prompt than a high pressure challenge. And Anna is always super laid back about the challenges she hosts – so if I can’t join in one month – no worries.

“Each month there's a different prompt that you can interpret as you'd like then create a blog post around it.

January’s prompt is winter and I’ve already been collecting a few ideas for my post.



Books & Where to Find Them

I did an excellent job with limiting my review requests, Netgalley and impulse purchases last year so I want to keep on that track.

I STILL need to wrangle my physical TBR pile under control. I currently have around 80-90 books and would like it get it down closer to 50 or less at any given time. Seems easy because that’s not a huge number but I said – cracks under pressure!

I also want o take better advantage of things I already pay for and free resources to obtain new books.

I have Amazon Prime and that includes Prime Reading which gives you access to thousands of books, magazines and audio books. I used it a bit to try out graphic novels and magazines last year and I want to use it even more in 2018 to read books in genres I might not necessarily buy on my own. I

I also have Kindle Unlimited, which I do use regularly, but I want to see if it’s been worth the price. I did get it at 40% off during Prime Days but the quality isn’t always the best so is it worth it? I need to explore outside of romance a bit more and decide if it’s worth renewing or is Prime Reading more than enough fr how I read.

I updated my library card since I hadn’t been in over a decade. I now have access to the online library which will work much better for me than going there to check out physical books.

Blogging

Just keep on keepin' on!

I seem to have hit a groove that works for me. I’m super relaxed and seat of my pants about it. I have a small but loyal and interactive group of followers and that makes me happy. I know that everyone has a different style and goal with blogging so I always want to add YOU DO YOU but for now, I think I finally came out the other side of my years long blogging rut.

WORD up

I already posted about my One Word choice (rather than a New Year resolution and you can check it out here if you missed it.

Going the distance

We bought bikes this Christmas and I guess the #1 thing would be to use them! We had bikes many, many years ago and they rusted due to neglect. lol

I found a trail not too far from our house that has gorgeous views and one trail is about 5 miles round trip.


I do workout, but grudgingly, and I have crappy endurance.

While we’ve walked the 5 miles a couple of times, I would love to be able to make it on my bike. Without passing out or not being able to walk for a week when I’m done though :-)



What are your goals for 2018? Reading, blogging or other?