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What I’m Looking Forward to This Year
I’m starting this new year a little different, and instead of working on a list of goals, I am writing a list of things I’m looking forward to over the next 12 months.
And yes, I’m posting this in February because I took January to think about this topic, and because there’s no right or wrong timeline for a list like this. We can pause and look ahead and decide what we choose to focus on at any time of the year. I hope this resonates with my fellow spoonies, as we’re often made to feel like we’re “behind” in so many ways. So whether you’re chronically ill or not, this is me giving you permission to pause and think about what you want to focus on in the coming year, whenever you feel ready to.
(I’m going to write another blog post soon about why I am waiting to set goals until later in the year, which I think is helpful for anyone, but especially for those of us with chronic illness.)
Brainstorming for this list has helped me to feel more excited and positive about the coming year. Last year, I experienced some small but meaningful milestones in my healing, but I’ve also experienced some intensely rough stretches of time over the last several months, and lots of ups and downs in 2025. So this list has been a really useful way to look ahead with anticipation and to keep my spirits up during the difficult winter.
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Tips For Setting Reading Goals & How I Met Mine
December is a great time for reflecting on the past year. The last few years, I’ve spent some time at the close of each December recording some of my favorite things from the last year, including favorite books. This year I’ve enjoyed keeping track of my favorite books in “real time” in my mini book review posts.
This was also my first year setting reading goals for myself, and I like how my goals helped challenge me as well as give me direction when choosing books. It helped prevent me from getting into reading ruts due to brain fog.
I’ve already started thinking about what reading goals I’d like to set for 2020. But first, I’m going to record how I did with my 2019 goals (read my post about setting these goals here). And, I have some tips for anyone who wants to set goals for the following year.
Here’s how I did meeting the five goals I set.
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Update on my 2019 Reading Goals
It’s (somehow!) already June, so I’m posting an update on my reading goals now that the year’s hit the halfway mark. As I blogged about earlier, this is my first year setting reading goals for myself. If you’ve set goals too, I’d love to hear about it!
I’ve been a little hit or miss on my goals so far (I’m going to blame brain fog at least in part for that. You’ll see I completely forgot about one of my goals below!) There’s still plenty of time to work on my goals over the next six months, so I’m glad I’m reviewing them now. Summer seems like the perfect time to dive right into this list and be a little more intentional about reading.
(If you haven’t set reading goals for 2019, why not set some now? Or set some for the summer?)
Here’s the progress I’ve made so far.
