Hello lovelies! I know I’m a little late with these resolutions but better late than never as they always say. So I’m just going to give you a quick recap of 2019’s resolutions and how I did before I set myself some for 2020:
2019’s resolutions were:
Write a little every day.
Hmm, I sort of failed at this. I did write a lot more last year, and I also took part in NaNoWriMo for the first time since 2018 but I can’t say it paid off that much. The only thing I can say is, finally, at the very end of the year, I wrote something that I’m excited about. I’ve even started working on a sequel.
Try more genre that I don’t usually read like:
Historical Fiction,
Non Fiction,
Romance,
Fantasy,
Fairytales,
Classics
Paranormal romance.
I did pretty well with this one. I discovered my new favourite rom-com writer Rich Amooi. I also read a few books like Bonnie & Stan, The Fathers, The Sons and The Anxious Ghost and The Ten Thousand Doors of January, all of which were out of my comfort zone.
Cut down on blog tours.
Ha ha. I have no idea why I put this one down. I think I’ve taken part in more blog tours than the previous year.
Set my Goodreads goal for 100 books. The reason I only picked 100 is because I got to a certain point last year where I stopped enjoying reading, I want to take my time a little more this year.
Okay, so the final count was 135 books. I didn’t slow down but what can I say? I’m addicted to reading!
Get my NetGalley feedback ratio up to 80%.
A fail on this but last time I checked I was up to 73%, not too shabby I’d say.
Attempt my first read along.
Do you know I forgot I even did this one! I participated in a read along over on Instagram to read Pet Semetary by Stephen King.
So here are my 2020 resolutions:
Get a handle on my FOMO.
So FOMO, or fear of missing out, is the bane of my existence. There were a couple of books this year I probably would never have picked up if I hadn’t been so caught up with not missing out. I have to remind myself, I can always buy them later.
Read more books from my shelves.
I own over two hundred physical books, of which I’ve read less than half. I’m not even going to count how many unread ones I have on my kindle.
Start editing my first cosy mystery.
I’m awful at editing (if you’ve read my reviews you may have seen the amount of typos that slip through the net). It’s something I’m really dreading but if I ever want to be published, I know I need to try harder.
Set my Goodreads target at 120 and carry on reading out of my comfort zone.
Finally get my feedback ratio up to 80% on NetGalley.
Sounds simple but I need to curb the urge to request books, they all look so good!
Give my blog a much needed makeover.
Yep, it’s something I’ve been meaning to do for months. Maybe even a change of blog name, so people stop confusing me for other bloggers.
Take better care of myself.
My health, including my mental health, took a nosedive at the second half of the year but as usual I just pushed through it and tried to ignore it, eating my feelings and gaining almost a stone in weight along the way. I can’t do this to myself any more, especially with the risk of diabetes having over me and I need to get a handle on it.
Thank you for reading!
Have you got any resolutions for this year? If you’ve got any blog posts about your resolutions for 2020 please feel free to link them in the comments, I’d love to read them.
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