They just look at you sadly when you break your resolution the 1st week of the year.
So here is one of my 2012 "GOALS"
I am going to purge my books!!!!
What you say has the the world ended? Has a girl named Michael lost her mind? Is there a new world order?
All very good questions but no none of those things have happened (although to be honest its possible I lost my mind a LONG time ago).
My problem is to purge the 557 books I own (this does not include any of the books I have bought or received in the last 6 months nor the 50+ books on my kindle), I need to read the ones I haven't read yet. And I am betting that I have not read at least 200 of the books.
The big question is why do I have 200 books I haven't read? And the answer is I don't know why. I try not to ask questions that will cause me to think to hard but the hard truth is I am a book hoarder. And I have decided I am not going to hoard them any more so here is my plan.
- I am going to organize my books so I know what I have and don't accidentally buy repeats.
- I am not going to keep books that I don't like (weird I know but I do that).
- I am going to read the books I own and decide if I like them (this may take a year or two because I still have to read other books).
- I will pass on, toss or sell any books that I have had for over 7 years that I have not reread or thought about once I finished it.
- I will pass on, toss or sell any books that I started reading but didn't not finish for whatever reason.
- I will borrow more books from the library even if that means I have to be on a waiting list and I am not able to read the book for a month or two (this will save me money also).
You can find my review of the book on A Girl Named Michael Reads a Book.
I will share my other 2012 Goals as soon as I start working on them.
What goals did you set for 2012?
I don't make resolutions because they make me focus on the negative. Instead I just keep on trying to improve myself on a regular basis.
ReplyDeleteThat's why I make goals
ReplyDeleteHey there hunni! Yeah I told myself that I would NOT make or indulge in resolutions...I think they are negative and like you said a crappy way to start the year off. Who in the world wants to start the year off with known failure on the brain. So yes I like the word goals and like Linsdey stated....lets just keep on trying to improve ourselves!! That we know we can do! :)
ReplyDeleteOnly positive goal setting this year.
ReplyDeleteI'm not a fan of New Year's Resolutions either...one of my friends said, "Every day is the beginning of a new year!" I like that because I like to live in the right now. (Oh, and I purged our bookshelves this weekend too.)
ReplyDeleteAny books you want to pass on to me....oh wait I'm getting rid of books not getting more.
ReplyDeleteI've decided to try to set a monthly goals instead of a yearly one this year. Maybe if I break it into small pieces I might actually accomplish something. Of course, I haven't set any for January yet and it is half over.
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