April's Goal

I did pretty well with January's goal. Going through my books to purge them is not easy for me but I did it.

I did so well I ended up purging clothes and scarves as well (after I wore them one more time).

But Aprils goal is going to be the toughest of them all. I may just give up now. I have tried it several times and every time I FAIL.

I have read a bunch of books about it. Listen to everyone's advice but no matter what I do I fail. But now I need to make a change for a very good reason...I want to live a very long life. Not really but I don want to have an active healthy life for however long I live.

Did I mention the endless and endless number of DVDs I have bought to exercise at home.

So in April I am going to start being active. Only this time I am going to start small instead of going all gang busters and hurting myself and then giving up. 

I hope this time I stick to it.

To have a New Years Resolution or Not!!!

I am not a big fan of New Years resolutions. I end up breaking them rather quickly and then I feel bad. That's a crappy way to start a new year. This year however I did make a few resolutions but I have decided to call them goals. After all its ok to stumble on the way to your goal...people admire you when you pick yourself back up and continue on.

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.

1. I am going to organize my books so I know what I have and don't accidentally buy repeats.
2. I am not going to keep books that I don't like (weird I know but I do that).
3. 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).
4. 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.
5. I will pass on, toss or sell any books that I started reading but didn't not finish for whatever reason.
6. 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).

And I have already started. Yesterday I read a book I have had for 4 years but never read.

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?