This is the fourth year I’ve been using a reading journal, and once again I’ve kept quite a few of the same pages, but I’ve also added more pages than I’ve ever had before, though I’ve tried to keep most of them very simple. I wanted to fill out more space in my journal and do more to track my reading in a more personalised way.
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Why You Need a Reading Journal
Sometimes referred to as book journals, reading journals have quickly become my favourite way to track my reading that I’ve ever tried. When I realised that even though I could look at my shelves and see the books I had read, I could hardly remember anything about them, I decided I needed to change that.
10 Reading Goals for 2023
New year, new goals. Or in some cases the same goals with a better plan to reach them! This year, I’ve decided to spell out exactly what I want my year of reading to look like and share it for some accountability, and maybe inspire you to make some goals too. I feel the need to begin by making it clear that I’m not trying to control my reading but prioritise it because I sometimes forget just how much I enjoy reading in all the excitement and stress of everyday life, and just how good it is to quiet my mind.
Monthly Wrap-Up – December 2022: Not Quite Reaching my Goals
In the latter half of this year, reading only two books a month has been my only trick and it has not proved very useful for the reading goal I picked for this year, which I set at 40 books and missed by four. Though I’m a little annoyed by how close I was, I read more than I did last year, which was the goal, so I’m content with a humble 36.
