Goals Update
As we head into the last quarter of 2024, I feel like I should do an evaluation of my goals and where I stand with them.
I started out with 4 big reading goals.
- Read 100 books in 2024.
- Read the 10 books that have been on my TBR the longest.
- Read 50 books from my shelves as they stood on Jan. 1.
- Complete the Booklist Queen's 2024 Reading Challenge.
Read 100 Books - I have read 78 books this year. Goodreads tells me that is 3 books ahead of my goal. 22 books left in 3 months. 7 books a month (plus one). That's doable, but I like to not have it quite that close. I think I read 120 books last year. But, as long as I reach the goal, it's fine.
10 Oldest Books on My Shelves - I am currently reading the last book on this list. It might take me the whole 3 months to read it because it is 850 pages long. Otherwise, this goal is done.
Read 50 books from my shelves - This goal meant that any books I bought this year and read would not count toward my goal. It has to be books I owned before January 1, 2024. I even keep a list in my reading journal of all the books I've purchased this year, so I don't forget and count one of those toward my goal. I currently have read 32 books from my shelves. 18 more to go. 3 months. 6 books a month. That doesn't sound so difficult. Why am I stressing about this?
Booklist Queen's Reading Challenge - By my calculations, I have 7 books left for this challenge. The original challenge had 52 prompts. 11 weeks left in the year and 7 books to go. 2 books a month (plus one). Definitely doable.
So it looks like I will be able to reach all of these goals. When I started this post, I was thinking I would have to decide which things to let go of. But they are overlapping goals. If I had to read separate books to meet all the goals, that would be 48 books. But since every one of the books I read for the other 3 challenges count toward my 100 books, the 10 oldest books all count toward books from my shelves, and I am mostly choosing books from my shelves to meet the reading challenge prompts, that brings the total number down to like, 18 total.
Deep breath. I got this.