Let’s talk about my July goals!
I used to only post a monthly TBR, but in honor of branching out a little with my blog content, I thought it would be fun to make a more general “goals” post each month that discusses my TBR, other media goals, and life goals for the month ahead.
📚 bookish GOALS 📚
My reading slump over the past couple of months has made me realize that I burnt myself out by making too many bookish goals. I typically always choose 8 TBR titles for my list, which is doable, but I also have my annual goals lists that have been adding a lot of pressure (like my “24 in ’24” and my 2024 “series to complete” list). TBR lists are typically a fun way to keep me motivated and on track, but they can get overwhelming at times. I’m not ditching my annual goals altogether, but I have decided to stop tracking them so closely and to start viewing them more as “guidelines”!
June goal check-in:
- Post to IG 4+ times per week ❌
- I only succeeded at this one week, I think.
- Post to my blog 3+ times per week ❌
- I also only succeeded at this one week!
- Write 25 mini reviews ❌
- Nope!
My bookish goals for July are:
- Stop worrying so much about what time of day I post to IG or my blog
- Half the time, I don’t remember to post until the evening and then I don’t post at all because it feels like it’s too late in the day to bother. 🤡
- Finish or DNF some current reads to get back down to 6ish
- I have 13 current reads right now and it’s too much!
- Reorganize my ARC tracker
- My ARC tracking spreadsheet is a mess right now and isn’t serving me well at all.
My TBR for July is:
- A Letter to the Luminous Deep by Sylvia Cathrall: BOTM pick for my Discord server
- Your Coffin or Mine by Jaclyn Hyde: buddy read with Misty & Malli (moved over from last month)
- Bespelled by Laura Thalassa: buddy read with Misty (moved over from last month)
- A Broken Blade by Melissa Blair: buddy read with Malli
- Beast of Burden by Judith Sonnet: Dead Readers Society group read
- Cannibal Vengeance by Carl John Lee: Dead Readers Society group read
- Whalefall by Daniel Kraus: TBR & Beyond horror BOTM
- You Like It Darker by Stephen King: Horror Aficionados group read
🍿 other media goals 🎮
Last month, I decided to start setting myself some “non-bookish” media goals and I ended up loving it. It motivated me to spend less time scrolling and more time gaming, plus I watched a few movies I hadn’t seen before. It was so nice to get back into two hobbies that I love a LOT and had been neglecting this year!
June goal check-in:
- Get KK to play a concert at my new ACNH island ✅
- Re-install The Sims 4 and spend some time on it ❌
- I re-installed it, but never got around to playing it!
- Pick a random unplayed game in my Steam library to try out ✅
- I played a LOT of new-to-me games in June!
- Watch one movie per week (even if it’s a re-watch!) ✅
- I think I missed one week, but I watched more movies in June than I have in a while and I’m counting it as a success!
- Write a non-bookish media review/recap post at the end of the month! ⭕
- I haven’t written it yet, but I’ll be posting one this week!
July goals:
- Watch 5 movies from my watchlist
- Play 3 games from my TBP (to be played) list
- Listen to 1 episode of a podcast (another hobby I’ve been neglecting!)
💪 “real life” goals 👪
I really enjoyed setting these “real life” goals for myself last month! I didn’t succeed at all of them, but it was helpful to be conscious of them and track them. Plus, I just like getting real on here and talking more about my everyday life stuff! It makes this blog a lot more fun for me when I feel like I can totally be myself and not worry about oversharing or posting stuff people don’t care about. 😅
June goal check-in:
- Go to the gym 4 times per week ❌
- My gym partner and I both had very unexpectedly busy months in June, so there were a couple of weeks I didn’t hit this goal.
- Cut back on sodas ✅
- I think I might have had 3 sodas total in the month, which is a number I’m super okay with!
- Work an average of 30 hours per week 🤷♀️
- I completed this a few weeks and got close the other weeks, so it’s almost a success!
- Try out digital journaling/planning for the whole month ❌
- Nope, I quickly forgot about this one! But I did take a break from physical journaling for the month and it definitely helped rejuvenate me and made me miss it!
July goals:
- Go to the gym 3+ times per week
- Go to bed on time 5 nights per week
- Work 30 hours per week
- Keep up with my physical reading journal all month
What are you looking forward to this month?
— destiny ♥
Kristina
July 1, 2024Goals definately sounds doable! Im not a gym person- i loaded this one dancing app, and though I gained 5pounds twice while exercising 100+ mins a week, I finally see results ???? some back fat has shredded off- so thats motivating! No need to travel, and dancing is fun so I stick to it ??
mistysbookspace
July 6, 2024Yay for cutting back on soda. 3 a month has been my go to for a while now. I was going to try cutting it down even further but I think 3 is my sweet spot. Also I just realized that August will be a full year since I started cutting back on soda. I love seeing all of your other goals aside from your bookish goals. Even if you don’t reach all of them you’re still killing it.
laina1312
July 12, 2024Whalefall looks super interesting!