Hello! I hope you’re well 🤗
Today, let’s talk about goals for next year (while also seeing how I did this year).
I said back in my post for my 2023 goals that I wanted to take this year more chill. I definitely did that, and it did bring me back some of the joy of reading again. In 2024 I want to keep building on that – I’m going to still keep it low key and low effort.
I’ve made my usual spreadsheet tracker for the year, and its a bit more simplified than previous years. And I’m setting my Goodreads goal as 52 – correlating to one book a week, which is double what I set for 2023 (and absolutely smashed), but I should still hit it with no issues if I do pick up some books each month (and with a couple of readathons). But I shouldn’t be rushing to do so.
Unhauling was a big focus for me this year, and I did do amazingly (especially as all I’d done previously was hoard with no unhauling – I must be up to around 150 books unhauled!) – but my books still somehow don’t all fit on my shelves, so my new goal is to just get down to a level where all my physical books do fit on my bookcases.
I did set a goal last year to reduce my physical tbr by around 100 books, I didn’t make that, as I bought too many (as per usual – book subscriptions do not help at all!). I don’t think I want to set another goal around that for 2024, but I have cancelled a few subs, so hopefully I’ll naturally shrink a bit if I do keep up with the unhauling.
A goal I sort of set myself during the year was to work on finishing some series – I looked at how many I have ongoing, and it is over 175… I finished 3 series this year, so I’m setting a goal for 2024 of 5. It’s not quite double, but again, I don’t want to stress myself out over them.
And then a genre I have neglected this year is classics. I want to pick up two new, to me, classic books this year. If you have some to recommend, or just another books in general – I’d also like to give a go the 24 in 24, as some extra motivation to pick up a book (and as its recommended by you, some really good books too). So please recommend me some books!
I might tack a couple extras on – I’m not sure. I’m feeling like I want to plan a bit more, as readathons etc. do motivate me to some degree. So surely a bit of planning will do too, right? But as I mentioned right at the start, I still want to keep it fairly chill still.
TL;DR?
This year, I did amazingly well at unhauling, but failed at reducing my tbr as I bought too many new ones.
Next years goals are:
- 52 books
- Physical books actually fit on my shelves
- Catch up on / finish 5 series
- Read at least 2 classics
- 24 in 24 challenge (please send some recommendations my way!)
What goals do you have for 2024?
Wishing you a wonderful New Year,
The Bookworm's Feast 
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