2020 Goals

I'm sure I'm no different from anyone else who, when it comes towards the end of the year, starts thinking about goals for the year to come. Not only are we nearing the end of the year in this case, but it will also be the end of a decade (gosh that makes me feel old!).

I've had quite a bit of time to mull this over and have some things to consider over the next few months. I absolutely love where I teach at the moment, but I moved house last summer and I am now a 40 minute drive away from where I work. So, do I stay where I am, knowing that I feel confident, liked, appreciated etc or do I think about moving school? At the ripe old age of 50 (soon to be 51 in 1 week 😮), do I really want to go through the interview process and put myself up against much younger teachers? Something for me to mull over me thinks.

What about reading goals... I don't really like to set a target of reading so many books a year. I just want to read, read, read and enjoy it. That is good enough for me. However, there are things I do want to do within that:

• I really want to build this blog; continue with book reviews and posting relevant content about children's books. I need to try and get, retain and gain followers.
• Build my Twitter feed.
• Review more on NetGalley
• Be in a position to review MG books, prior to their release
• Alongside the blog, I'm also thinking about keeping some kind of reading journal. I'm just weighing up whether or not I'm doubling up on what I'm doing, but I do love writing things down as well as typing.

Moving away from reading, I want to start baking again. The reason I haven't, and why I may still not, is that I live on my own. If I bake, I have to eat it! I know I could probably take my baking into school or something but then am I just throwing money away or would I say that that money is going towards my enjoyment (the actual baking) and my friends enjoyment (the eating)?

This next goal fights against my previous goal (or maybe even answers one of the questions)... I really need to lose weight. Again, living on my own isn't helpful with this as I have no-one to spur me on and I'm not one for going to weight loss groups so I guess I will end up seeing just how much I want this to work!

Finally, as I mentioned before, I only moved to this town last summer. I was working 2 jobs to bring more money in, but it wasn't doing my health any good; so now I have a little more time on my hands, I would like to start to somehow make friends here. Any ideas how to go about this?

So there we have it. Some things to aim for. I will look back in 6 months and take stock of how things are going. I may even add more as time goes on. 

Have you got any goals? Can we help each other in any way? I'd love to hear yours.

Happy reading,

Allison x