Goals are so important to me. However, I have to admit that I tend to overdo it when listing out my goals for the year… This time, I’ve toned it back a bit!
Let’s dive in to take a look at my 2019 goals and how I did, as well as what I hope to accomplish in 2020.
My 2019 Goals
First, let’s touch base with my 2019 goals and see how I did:
Book Blogging Goals:
- Continue growing my blogging community base | Success!
- Take part in at least one blogging event and one in-person bookish event |Success!
- Continue adding to my testimonial page |Success!
Reading Goals:
- Work through my TBR stacks | Semi-success.
- Make it through my list of honest reviews | Semi-success.
- Re-read the books I have been meaning to re-read | Fail.
Big Goal of 2019:
- Buy a house | SUCCESS!
I still can’t believe we did it!! I don’t think it has really hit me yet that we actually have a HOUSE! It’s so overwhelming!
My Goals for 2020
Book Blogging Goals:
- Use a calendar to be more organized with my post schedule.
- I’d like to take part in at least one blogging event and one in-person bookish event again this year.
- Continue adding to my testimonial page.
Reading Goals:
- Get caught up on honest reviews – I am determined to finally get caught up! I have so many books in my queue that I need to get to…
Lifestyle Goals:
- Drink more water.
- Do more yoga.
- Spend more time relaxing.
- Use less plastic.
- Go exploring with my camera more often.
- Avoid negativity.
- Complain less/try harder to put a positive spin on things.
- Get back into going to therapy.
Big Goals of 2019:
- Pay back a personal loan – I hate, hate, hate owing people money. I cannot wait to get this paid back.
Thanks for reading!
Have you set your goals or resolutions for 2020 yet? I would love to hear about them!
I love your lifestyle goals for 2020! From the small ones, like drink more water, to the big ones like complain less, I’m all about that! I haven’t totally decided on all my goals for 2020, but I would like to run a 5k.
Thank you! 🙂 Ooh! That’s an awesome goal!
You did a good job on your 2019 goals. It’s hard to re-read old favorites when there are so many good books coming out each year. You also did a good job coming up with your 2020 goals. I’m still working on them, but mine so far:
1. I wrote a book in 2019 (unpublished). I will write a BETTER book in 2020.
2. Each month read a non-fiction book outside my normal interests.
3. No gossip disguised as “concern,” and no venting or ranting. That sort of stuff only prolongs my grumpiness and makes the listener uncomfortable.
OOh! Wonderful goals!! I LOVE #3!
Continue growing my blogging community base
What metrics did you use to measure this goal? I’m always interested in other people’s methodology.
Each year, I do a post on my blogging anniversary where I update the following:
My follower count here on WordPress has grown from 0 to x after the switch from Blogger.
My email subscribers have grown from x to x.
My page view count has grown from x to x.
My Facebook fan page follower count has grown from x to x.
My Instagram follower count began at 0 and grew to x.
Honest review requests completed this year: x
I’d say that any progress on your goals is a success. Just having those little reminders helps you stay on top of things. Congrats on the house, and good luck with getting that loan paid off!!
<3 Thank you so much!
Wow! you did amazing with your 2019 goals. Buying a house! Congratulations! Your lifestyle goals are great, but also realistic. I like that. Good luck with them all!
Thank you! <3
Good luck with your goals for 2020, Erica!
Thank you! <3
You are so organized! I never make goals for my blogging at all. But I do have a goal to self-pub my romance novel this summer (under my pen name) so I’ve been laser focused on that.
That’s so awesome!! <3
My goals are pretty small-get more books off the tbr, don’t buy all the books that look good and catch up on book series! I’d like to watch more films and box sets too so next year is less stressful about reading goals vand I fit in more fun stuff! Congrats on the goals you achieved this year!
I love it!! I need to make more time for fun as well! 🙂
I agree with Deanna, I’m impressed you are so organized. You accomplished a lot this year! Good luck with your 2020 goals too.
Thank you! <3
Those are some great goals! All my goals are blogging and reading related atm. I want to read 175 books, buddy read Bloodlines series by Richelle Mead, Blog hop more, Re-read Dark In You by Suzanne Wright and take part in at least one readalong.
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I owe my sister quite a bit of money, and I hate owing people too. We can do it!! I think you did awesome on your 2019 goals, so good luck in 2020.
-lauren
Thank you! Good luck to you as well!
One of my biggest goals for 2020 is to grow both my blog and my business. Which, thankfully, the two slightly intersect. I really want to do more blog wise but I get so overwhelmed or panicky when I try to. I would love to do a blogging event this year! You have some really great goals and you did amazing for 2019!
That’s awesome!! I hope you have great successes in 2020! <3
I usually also tend to overdo my goals, so I’ll try to take it slow in 2020. I think you were very successful on your reading and blogging goals. Also, congrats on buying a house. =D
Good luck with your 2020 goals.
Happy readings!
It’s so difficult to try to keep things simple! Thank you so much! Happy readings to you as well!
I seem more successes on your 2019 goals list than anything else so congratualtions! Ah yes, I hate oweing people money too. And I like the ones about drinking more water and doing more yoga! I also need to catch up on my reviews too…
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Drink more water is one of my 2020 goals as well. In general, making my physical health a priority is a big 2020 goal. And then creating a daily writing and reading habit are on my list. That might sound silly, but I just survived my first year of motherhood, and making time for reading flew right out the window.
Physical health is so important! I had a crazy busy 2019 and all of my wellness habits went right out the window…so I totally understand lacking the time! Especially by adding a little one to the mix <3