Reflecting on 2018 Goals & Challenges


There were a lot of different goals and challenges that I set out to accomplish in 2018. Some I excelled at and others I came up short. I recently posted about my 2018 Reading Stats and thought it would be fun to also post about reflecting on 2018 goals. On those things I set out to achieve this past year and the outcomes of how well I did or didn’t do.



« 2018 Series Challenge 
« 2018 Beat the Backlist Challenge 
« Series Serial Reader Challenge 



« 2018 Bookish Bucket List 
« Big Books 2018 Goals
« 5 Series I Want to Read 2018


First off when I was working on the top part of this post I realized that there were some goals/challenges I made that I totally forgot about, so that is a great start! Below are a summary of those goals/challenges I set for myself and the results. If you would like to see more details check out the posts from above.


Read at least 75 books


I still have a like 10 hours left in 2018 so there is still time, but I have completed 68 books! So I ended up falling short, but I didnt want to push myself at the end and then fall into a book slump.


Read and Complete 10 Series


I picked 5 different series I wanted to get to in 2018 and out of those I only started one, I didn’t even complete it. In addition to that I only finished 6 series total in 2018.


Read at least 6 BIG books

(I am counting this as over 500 pages.)
This was another goal I fell short on this past year. I had picked 8 different books that I wanted to attempt to get to in reaching this 6 big books goal. Well shocker, I did not get to any of them and only read 2 big books total.


Read 50 books from my TBR (#beatthebacklist)


TBR: 33    #Beatthebacklist: 52


Read at least 5 Non-Fiction Books


I was so close on this one with read a total of 4 nonfiction books. I really want to read more next year and own so many so it has to happen.


Post 3 Reviews a Month


This is something that happened sometimes and definitely didn’t happen other months. I started the year off well and then switched to only doing reviews for new releases. I have created a post about my blogging goals for the next year and want to focus more on blogging. Check it out here !


Create or Join A Book Club


So I did in like the first month and then the book didnt arrive on time and I didnt get a chance to read it. After that it went down hill. I think if I am going to join a book club I want it to be in person. I love doing buddy reads with others in the book community but it is not the same as talking to people in a book club.


Create my Own Read-A-Thon

I want to create something that will become a yearly thing and go along with my blogiversary! And I did it! Even though the participate was very low. I am attempting to develop Fierce Female Reads in February with a bunch of other bookish people that I hope will have a better outcome!
Down The Read-A-Thon Hole Challenge| Alice in Wonderland themed Read-A-Thon]


 
Have you reflected on 2018 Goals you set for yourself? How did you fare? Did you set any for 2019?



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4 comments

  1. Hi Ashley, it sucks not being able to complete all your book goals. My 2018 was the same. We start off with good intentions and sometimes life just catches us out. Fierce Female Reads sounds like a Readathon I could get into. Hopefully I remember it when February comes along. Good luck for 2019!

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