I feel like a lot of you understand how hard it is sometimes to keep up with projects and goals (and then there are those of you who are lucky enough to not struggle with this - and I'm jealous), but the past few years since graduating college have been some of the toughest for me when it comes to reading and posting on social platforms regarding books/reading.
My job takes up a lot of time, and it's a very physically draining job at times. I work in a medical-associated field so I'm moving around a lot, moving heavy equipment, and just standing on my feet some days for the whole eight hours of work. So when I come home, I usually want to wind down by just turning on the tv and listening/watching absently.
I also have other obligations in my life that also take up a decent amount of time, and other things that I do that are very important to me like spending time with family and friends. This means that in a given week, I have a very limited amount of time to read. And I just was never really in the mood to read - I've just been so burnt out with a lot. On top of that, I have really bad anxiety and depression.
This led to probably one of the worst years for me when it comes to reading. I usually set my goal around 75-100ish. This year, I set my goal to 80 books, and I've only read 42 and the majority of those books were read in the earlier months.
So, I still really like posting reviews even if there aren't many people who read them. Just getting to put my thoughts down is cathartic for me so I will continue to do so when I am able. That being said, I will probably not post anything for the month of December because I am going to be working on my blog with pages, reviews, etc. A lot of my current posts will be turned back into drafts as I decide whether I want them to still be available as I "revamp" my blog.
But starting in January, I am wanting to post at least twice weekly that are themed and planned postings. I want to still do a monthly wrap-up and tbr. And reviews will be as I read books and decide whether I want to do a review or not on them. Sometimes, I don't have much to say - which is why three star books just end up not really having full reviews because I tend to lean toward a "meh" feeling and I have no positive or negative commentary about them.
I will probably post at the end of December, a list of goals for reading and for challenges (one of which will be my Game Recommendations idea that I wanted to do back at the beginning of last year). The way that I will probably post this will be the game review, and at the bottom a list of recommendations. Then I will probably post reviews for all of the recommendations. That one is still a work in progress because ultimately I am going to be replaying the games and then finding books that fit the game. Initially, I was planning to do a Plague Tale. This game just ended up being much more of a challenge than I was planning on it being. So I'm not going to say what game I might end up doing first or not because I don't want to struggle to find books like I did last time, and this time, I just want it to be easy and fun.
That's all the current updates I have. Hopefully (as I've said many times before), this year will turn out well when it comes to posting. On a side not, I have a reading planner this year that I am going to attempt to try out to help me stay focused on what I want to accomplish. My ultimate goal is just to just rediscover my love for reading. It's just hard when I struggle finding books that resonate in me the way so many books in the past did.
