Hello and Happy New Year! 

Today, I wanted to share with you some of my goals for this year. I also want to talk about my January TBR! 

This year, the keyword I'm going for is simplicity. I need things to be simple, achievable, and relaxed. I have found that the simpler things are, the better it truly is. Making things too complicated takes the fun out of it. 

Many of my "resolutions" this year are personal mental and physical goals. But I'm going to share my writing and reading goals for this year. 

• read 24 books

• make a tbr for each month and read those books 

• tentative goal: read 50 books

• reread shadow and bone for January

• reread the summer we forgot in the summer 

24 books is my goal on GoodReads, but I also want to read at least two books a month. I lose sight of reading when I get super busy. I want to learn how to make time for it. 

This leads me to the next part of this blog post!

Each month, I am going to set a two-book TBR (to be read) goal. Life is busy and I don't think we always need some long list of books to try to accomplish. having two books is attainable and easy, giving me at least two weeks per book. Most likely, I'll read more than that in some months, but this gives me more room to attain my reading goals. 

For the month of January, my TBR is simple. 

• reread Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo

• Book of Night by Holly Black

Currently, I'm reading The One by Kiera Cass, which is part of The Selection series. While super cheesy and very 2010's writing, I'm enjoying the simplicity of it. 

What about you, friend? any reading goals for the month? any personal goals you want to share? let's chat in the comments!

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