End of a Decade and my 2020 Goals

This time last year, I set myself what I considered to be five achievable goals, and once again I have failed dismally.

Goals 1 and 2, concerning my wip, were abandoned. No work has been done on that story this year.

Goal 3 - Read and review 30 books faired better. According to my Goodreads log, I have read 65 books this year. That's great you say. However, I stipulated that I would:

1. Read the seven books I bought for the #DecTheShelves challenge 2017 - I managed just one!
2. Restrict myself to twelve blog tours - Epic Fail. I took part in 41 tours. 
3. Read eleven books from my TBR pile - nearly there - I read nine books from that list.

Goal 4 - Write 4 short stories - another epic fail.

Goal 5 - Create a game, meme, or feature for my blog - not really a success. Although I hosted #DecTheShelves 2019 in December, it wasn't of my creation, so I'll give myself a half-tick for that goal.

This year I have a number of outside influences which will impact the number of books I will be able to read and my writing - including blogging.

With this in mind, I have set less goals for 2019.

Goals 2020 1. Read and review 30 books               Target set for Goodreads Reading Challenge: 45 books               Restrict blog tours to 6 books.               Read the 6 books on my Netgalley shelf.               Read the 23 books I bought for myself during #DecTheShelves 2019               Read 10 book club books 2. Create a game, meme or regular feature for my blog                 I am looking into setting up a reading challenge later in the year 3. Write a short story                   4. Support other Indie Authors

I am determined not to take on too much this year because I already know that I will have a lot less time for my reading and writing in the coming months.

Let's see how it goes next year...

Meantime, Happy New Year, and thank you for reading my blog.