I've thinking a lot lately about what I want my blog to be, look like, feel like. etc. I've come up with some blogging resolutions for myself...
- Be better at planning for my reading -- This past year, I felt very rushed and out of sorts when it came to my reading. Sometimes I had a list that I followed and other times I just grabbed things off shelves. Because of the latter tactic, I didn't finish the reading challenges I signed up for and read a ton of books that didn't count for any challenge. This year, I have made a monthly spreadsheet. I am trying to space out my genres over the course of the year. I decided to list ~20 books a month for the first six months. I might read those 20 and I might not. If not, the books will get pushed to the next month. I imagine I will have to tinker with the list over the course of the year, but I hope it goes better than 2011.
- Participate in at least one readathon per quarter -- I did well with these in 2011, so I want to continue the trend. I'm already committing myself to two readathons in January (Bout of Books and A Winter's Respite from The True Book Addict). Plus, I will probably do the Dewey 24-Hour Readathon in April with some better planning.
- Be better at chronicling my crafting -- I'm really getting into scrapbooking and card making. Hopefully, I will have some fun creations up this year.
- Put more family updates -- Do you even know that I have a family? It's really hard to tell from the blog. I need to put more family activities, pictures, etc up on here.
- Reinstitute Quote Wednesdays -- Somehow, I just stopped doing these, but I want to get back to them. One of my Day Zero tasks is a list of inspirational quotes. Quote Wednesday would be a great place to showcase those.
- Branch out into some new music for Music Mondays -- Another Day Zero task is 26 new bands. I want to showcase these and revisit some favorites.
- Not commit myself to every meme I find interesting -- I don't have to do them all. And some I can just do sporadically. Nothing bad will happen if I don't do them all.
- Share more interesting links, blogs posts, articles, etc. -- I won't be reposting everything I find interesting, but every once in a while I run across something really fun and/or thought provoking.
- Clean out my Goggle Reader -- It's getting a bit ridiculous... I have a ton of sites in here that aren't updated very often. Plus the list keeps growing. I really need to do an overhaul.
- Post at least once a week on another blogger's site -- I am horrible about commenting. I read tons of others' blogs and love what they have to say. But then I just move on. I need to set myself a committment of commenting and letting those bloggers know that I like their stuff.
- Get moving on my Day Zero Project -- I'm doing pretty good, but I need to get moving on some of the bigger tasks...
- Possibly include movie reviews? -- I posted movie reviews for my Sept. A to Z, but those are the only ones I really reviewed. Maybe I should include more. Or at least the new movies (new to me or new in general) that I love. Possibly...
Twelve resolutions. I think these are doable. Any more and I think I would drown in resolutions. I'm going to put reminders throughout the year to keep me on track. Do you have any blogging resolutions for this new year?