2013...A Year of Eh?

Don't get me wrong, some really awesome and amazing things happened in 2013 for me. But then I look at if I've really accomplished more, become a more productive person, or been able to spend more me time this year and the answer has to honestly be a no.

I feel like this year I've regressed a little in my productivity and confidence levels as far as getting things done. I didn't have as much direction. I have been able to really point this back to my lack of resolutions this year, so I am determined to make a lot of focused ones in 2014. I have done this in years past, and done a check-up on my resolutions halfway through the year and this seems to work remarkably well.

Really, I've let my reading and blogging go by the wayside. I'm okay with the blogging part, and some of the reading, because I don't want to miss out on life and making connections with people. However I read so little during most of the year I actually hunger for it and feel so deprived. I've realized that this level of lack of reading is a little unhealthy, and so I'm setting my sights at 40 books this year since I read 28 this past year. I decreased my reading amount so incredibly much, I went from reading 77 books in a year to 28. Obviously something has happened. I don't want to get so completely invested in other things that I lose so much reading, but I don't want the opposite to happen either so I need a balance. So this year I'm definitely going to make more time for reading by not procrastinating on my homework and budgeting my time using a day planner. I hear if you do this, it totally changes your life and what you can get done.

This past year I totally halted all of my giveaway entering and participation, besides ones I really, really could not pass up for a book I'd been wanting for a while. I finally realized what a waste of my time it was and how it cut out so much of my reading time and I'm much happier now because of it.

My lack of resolutions and goals in general can really be traced to the root of my problems in 2014, andd since I llike goals/resolutions/checklists/other modes of planning/organization, I think I'll really enjoy doing more of that this year. 2014 will be a year of goals for me. I have learned from my mistake this past year of not setting more goals because without them, I feel like you veer off of what you want to do and lose focus. I'm glad I learned this early on so that I can do even better in the future.

I'm very optimistic about 2014. I might choose to share a few of my resolutions with you here on the blog, I might not (most likely not). I regret a lot of things about this past year, yet I celebrate so many wonderful things about it. I am excited for the opportunities 2014 can bring me and God is opening up for me this next year.

Love always,